- Annual Report
For the period 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019
PATRONS
DYMM Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Alhaj, Sultan Selangor, D.Y.T.M. Paduka Seri Pengiran Perdana Wazir Sahibul Himmah Wal-Waqar Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah, Chan Sek Keong, Esq.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The 138th Annual General Meeting was held on 29 June 2019 at the Badan Warisan Malaysia, 2 Jalan Stonor, Kuala Lumpur. Tengku Mohd. Bin Tengku Abdul Hamid, President of the Society, presided at the meeting and 17 members of the Society were present and 1 proxy.
ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
The following members of the Society, having been nominated under Rule 21, were elected to the Council.
President
Tengku Mohd. Fauzi Bin Tengku Abdul Hamid elected
Vice-Presidents
Prof Dr Tan Tai Yong | re-elected |
Datin Dr Kobkua Suwannathat-Pian | re-elected |
Dr Loh Wei Leng | re-elected |
Dr Hjh Asiyah Az-Zahra Hj Ahmad | re-elected |
Dr Paul Kratoska | re-elected |
Dr Neil Khor Jin Keong | elected |
Dato’ Chan Chin Lun | elected |
Councillors
Prof Emeritus Dr. Ahmat Adam | re-elected |
Prof Dato’ Abu Talib bin Ahmad | re-elected |
YAM Tunku Zain Al-‘Abidin ibni Tuanku Muhriz | re-elected |
Ms Mary Elizabeth Cardosa | re-elected |
Mr Chua Siow Leng | re-elected |
Dr Helen Ting Mu Hing | elected |
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Hon. Secretary
Prof Datuk Dr Danny Wong Tze-ken | elected |
Hon. Treasurer
Dato’ H.S. Barlow | re-elected |
Hon. Editor
Dr. Paul H. Kratoska | re-elected |
Hon. Review Editor
Dr. Kobkua Suwannathat-Pian | re-elected |
Gomez & Co were re-appointed Auditors for the year 2019. Mazars Risk Management Sdn. Bhd. were re-appointed the Society’s Accountants.
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL
The Council met on four occasions during the year.
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a. On 30 March 2019 at Badan Warisan Malaysia, 2 Jalan Stonor, Kuala Lumpur.
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b. On 29 June 2019 at Badan Warisan Malaysia, 2 Jalan Stonor, Kuala Lumpur.
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c. On 26 September 2019 at AS8, Level 7, Meeting Room 07–60, National University of.
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d. On 14 December 2019 at Badan Warisan Malaysia, 2 Jalan Stonor, Kuala Lumpur.
LECTURES
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a. Talk by Suraya Ismail entitled “Rethinking Housing: Between State, Market and Society”, at the Badan Warisan Malaysia on 29 June 2019.
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b. Talk by Dr Tim Bunnel entitled “World City Routes: Liverpool and the Relational Remaking of Singapore” on 28 September 2019 at AS8, Level 4. Siminar Room, 04–04, National University of Singapore.
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c. Talk by Prof Dr Lynn Hollen Lees entitled “In the public Interest: Messages from Urban Civil Society in the Federated Malay States, 1900–1940” at the Badan Warisan Malaysia on 26 October 2019 [End Page 256]
SALES OF PUBLICATIONS
The total sales of MBRAS publications for the year 2019 were as follows:
Sold by | MBRAS | IBS | ||
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Year | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 |
Monographs | 275 | 229 | 25 | 6 |
Reprints | 92 | 100 | 9 | 1 |
Journals | 911 | 736 | 8 | 8 |
Sejarah Melayu (box set) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Other publications | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
MEMBERSHIP
The number of new applications received and approved by the Council during the period of this report was 25. The total number of members of the Society on 31.12.2019 was 357.
The total number under different categories/areas on that date was:
Honorary | Ordinary | Institutional | Life | TOTAL | |
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Malaysia | 4 | 197 | 11 | 11 | 223 |
Singapore | 3 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 29 |
Brunei | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
U.K. & Europe | 3 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 30 |
Australia & NZ | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
USA & Canada | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Other Countries | 5 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
TOTAL | 17 | 255 | 43 | 24 339 |
PAYMENT OF SUBSCRIPTIONS IN LOCAL CURRENCY
The Society’s Representatives in the United Kingdom, the North America and Australia continued to receive annual subscriptions in local currencies from members resident in those territories. Their assistance was greatly appreciated. [End Page 257]
The names of our representatives in those areas were as follows:
United Kingdom: Dr A.J. Stockwell
36 Sydney Road
Guildford GU1 3LL, United Kingdom.
Email: tony@ajstockwell.co.uk
North America & Dr Patricia Sloane-White
Canada: Department of Anthropology University of Delaware
110 John Munroe Hall, Newark
DE 19716, U.S.A.
Email: pswhite@udel.edu...