Thursday, October 29, 2015

Vocabulary1

1)haze










2)fumes

3)chimneys

4)mask

5)pesticides

6)poisonous

7)detergent


Who is Mr Chung Keng

 Chung Keng Quee (traditional Chinesesimplified ChinesepinyinZhèng Jǐngguì, 1821 – 13 December 1901)[1] was the founder and administrator of modern Taiping in Perak, Malaysia.[2][3][4][5][6]Appointed "Captain China" by the British in 1877,[7] he was a millionaire philanthropist and known as an innovator in the mining of tin. He was involved in many other industries including farming, pawnbroking and logging.[8][9] He was respected by both Chinese and European communities in the early colonial settlement.[10] His survival in the chaotic era owes much to his standing as leader of the Hai San, a Chinese secret society in British Malaya during the time of theLarut Wars (1862–73).[11] a position he is said to have held till early 1884[12] although in all probability he continued to remain a leading member.[13] The old fort at Teluk Batu was built by him to safeguard the mine that he opened there.[14]He was a member of the Commission for the Pacification of Larut and sat as one of six members of the Advisory Perak State Council appointed by the British.[15] Commenting on the role of the Perak Council, Richard James Wilkinsonwrote,

Who is Tan Sri Dr B.C. Shekhar


Tan Sri Dr B.C. Sekhar modernised Malaysia’s natural rubber industry. He was known as Mr Natural Rubber.[citation needed] He was also involved in the development of the nation's palm oil industry. Sekhar was of ethnic Indian origin.