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  • 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.

  1. a. On 30 March 2019 at Badan Warisan Malaysia, 2 Jalan Stonor, Kuala Lumpur.

  2. b. On 29 June 2019 at Badan Warisan Malaysia, 2 Jalan Stonor, Kuala Lumpur.

  3. c. On 26 September 2019 at AS8, Level 7, Meeting Room 07–60, National University of.

  4. d. On 14 December 2019 at Badan Warisan Malaysia, 2 Jalan Stonor, Kuala Lumpur.

LECTURES

  1. a. Talk by Suraya Ismail entitled “Rethinking Housing: Between State, Market and Society”, at the Badan Warisan Malaysia on 29 June 2019.

  2. 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.

  3. 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
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
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...

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