Dol Ramli

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Tan Sri Dol Ramli (1922 - 2011, 88 years old) was a Malaysian who is a former Director General of Broadcasting at Radio Malaya and also the founder of Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM). [1]

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Background

Dol Ramli was born on October 3, 1922, on Dunlop Street, Singapore. He married Che Kamila Marzuki and had five sons.

He attended the University of Malaya, where he studied history. [2]

At the end of his life in 2011 he had 11 grandchildren and two great -grandchildren. [1]

Career

Tan Sri Dol began his career as a newspaper journalist in Malaysia at Radio Malaya 1948–1954, becoming Director in 1955 and serving in the position until 1975.

He was the General Manager of the state-run Bernama news agency from 1975 to 1980. [3]

From there he became Director-General of Radio Malaya. [3]

Dol Ramli was the lyricist of the song Bahasa Jiwa Bangsa. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Mustaffa, Che Su; Ab Ghani, Rohani (2018-10-03). Biografi Dol Ramli: Bapa penyiaran Malaysia. doi:10.32890/9789672064831. ISBN   9789672064831. S2CID   165441059.
  2. Dol, Ramli (1978). History of the Malay Regiment, 1933-1942. Regimental Committee of the Royal Malay Regiment. OCLC   272637990.
  3. 1 2 O., McDaniel, Drew (1994). Broadcasting in the Malay world : radio, television, and video in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Ablex Pub. OCLC   624195464.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. Taufiq, Cikgu (25 March 2009). "BAHASA ITU INDAH: BAHASA JIWA BANGSA". BAHASA ITU INDAH. Retrieved 2022-03-31.