BFM 89.9
The Business Station
Recommended
Last Friday, Toh Puan Umasundari Sambanthan née Subramaniam passed away, at the age of 90. She was an activist, social worker, and a leading figure of the cooperative movement. Toh Puan Uma was one of the founders of the National Council of Women’s Organisations (NCWO) and she worked tirelessly to raise the status of women. Her husband, the late Tun V.T. Sambanthan, was Malaysia’s first Minister of Labour and president of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), and is regarded as one of the founding fathers of Malaysia.
Back in 2011, we had the pleasure of meeting and speaking to Toh Puan Uma, where we got (then) university student Kenneth Ng to interview her. We revisit that interview, where Toh Puan Uma candidly shared her eyewitness accounts of the consolidation of the MIC, the work put into making Merdeka a reality, and those early years of building a new nation. She also talked about her work with the NCWO and her life as an activist, social worker and leading figure of the cooperative movement in Malaysia.
Presenter: Juliet Jacobs & Kenneth Ng
Producer: Juliet Jacobs & Kenneth Ng
Share:
Recent episodes
0
Latest stories
Podcasts · Jan 3 · 12:00PM
I Miss TV!
45 mins
Podcasts · Jan 3 · 11:00AM
Can United Weather The Red Storm?
44 mins
Podcasts · Jan 3 · 10:00AM
Squid Game S2 + Do You Watch Stuff Because of Hype?
45 mins
Remembering Toh Puan Umasundari Sambanthan
39 mins
·
15:00, 5 Feb 2020
Last Friday, Toh Puan Umasundari Sambanthan née Subramaniam passed away, at the age of 90. She was an activist, social worker, and a leading figure of the cooperative movement. Toh Puan Uma was one of the founders of the National Council of Women’s Organisations (NCWO) and she worked tirelessly to raise the status of women. Her husband, the late Tun V.T. Sambanthan, was Malaysia’s first Minister of Labour and president of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), and is regarded as one of the founding fathers of Malaysia.
Back in 2011, we had the pleasure of meeting and speaking to Toh Puan Uma, where we got (then) university student Kenneth Ng to interview her. We revisit that interview, where Toh Puan Uma candidly shared her eyewitness accounts of the consolidation of the MIC, the work put into making Merdeka a reality, and those early years of building a new nation. She also talked about her work with the NCWO and her life as an activist, social worker and leading figure of the cooperative movement in Malaysia.
Presenter: Juliet Jacobs & Kenneth Ng
Producer: Juliet Jacobs & Kenneth Ng
Share:
Recommended
Jan 3
·
45 minsI Miss TV!
Jan 3
·
44 minsCan United Weather The Red Storm?
Jan 3
·
45 minsSquid Game S2 + Do You Watch Stuff Because of Hype?
Download app
60,000 other podcasts in your hand
Recent episodes
0
Latest Stories
Podcasts · Jan 3 · 45 mins
I Miss TV!
Podcasts · Jan 3 · 44 mins
Can United Weather The Red Storm?
Podcasts · Jan 3 · 45 mins
Squid Game S2 + Do You Watch Stuff Because of Hype?