Info Asas Negeri Johor

ranjer · Post time 21-10-2008 03:38 PM

Baru terjumpa topik nie. Bendera - bendera yg kat page 1. Bila masa digunakan? Contoh State Commissioner of Batu Pahat. Valid lagi ke bendera ni atau dah jadi sejarah.

muor76 · Post time 24-10-2008 10:15 AM

bendera tu valid lagik...

kalo tengok bendera muor.. skang nih majlis perbandaran muor dah gune balik bendera tu..

tahun bape bendera tu mule digunekan.. tak tau ler pulak

Yed · Post time 24-10-2008 02:34 PM

jap i got the bendera from book..

Yed · Post time 24-10-2008 02:48 PM

nazurah · Post time 5-3-2009 08:57 AM

by Fauziah Ismail

TIGERS in Johor are relatively safe. By saying this, I'm not saying that they are tame but that they are protected under the Tigers Forever programme, which is a collaborative effort between the Johor National Parks Corporation and two United States-based bodies through awareness and a detailed study for the conservation of the tigers.

The tigers in Johor are protected under a Tigers Forever programme, which is a collaborative effort between the Johor National Parks Corporation and two United States-based bodies.
The long-term plan of the programme is to increase the tiger population by 50 per cent in the next 10 years not only in Johor but also key sites in Asia.

One of these sites is the Endau-Rompin landscape, comprising 1,500 sq km of forested land centred on Endau-Rompin National Park.

The patronage of the programme by the Tunku Mahkota of Johor Tunku Ibrahim Ismail completes the circle of royal recognition of the tiger initiated by his great-great grandfather Sultan Abu Bakar.

In 1885, Sultan Abu Bakar created the state's coat-of-arms, making Johor the first state to have one, with two tigers flanking a shield bearing the crescent and star surmounted by a crown.

"The tigers depicted raw strength, courage and majesty. They also reflect on the state as the protector of wildlife and to remind the future generation of the existence of wild animals during the development of Johor," Datuk Abdul Rahim Ramli, the secretary of the Johor Council of Royal Court, said.

Sultan Abu Bakar had also the state motto, Kepada Allah Berserah (Unto God Resigned), inscribed as part of the emblem as a reminder of the Almighty as the protector of the state.

Incidentally, the country's coat-of-arms, designed long after the state's emblem, also featured two tigers.

Rahim pointed out that the tiger's aura also permeated through to the Throne Room of the Istana Besar.

The four legs of the Royal Throne, crafted from local hardwood by Malay artisans during Sultan Abu Bakar's reign, were carved in the shape of a tiger's legs, with the claws clutching spheres.

"This symbolises the sovereignty. The face of a roaring tiger is carved into each armrest depicting added authority. The backrest is topped with the coat-of-arms with the two tigers," he said.

Rahim said two tigers also adorned the insignia of the First Class Order of the Crown of Johor. The front design of the Collar, supported by two golden tigers, is the name of the Prophet in Arabic surmounted by a crown and with a blue scroll below bearing the motto in Jawi script, Kepada Allah Berserah.

But back in the 1890s, tigers were man-eaters in the jungles around Johor Baru, leading the police to put a price on any capture or kill. There were no takers perhaps for fear and respect of the animal.

"They called upon Sultan Ibrahim for help. He made his first kill in January 1898. In the span of 29 years, he shot 35 tigers, mostly man eaters that had terrorised the inhabitants. The last tiger killed was in Kampung Melayu Majidee in 1927," Rahim said.

However, Sultan Ibrahim also saw the need to preserve Johor's wildlife and to prevent indiscriminate hunting and culling.

In 1923, he promulgated and enforced laws to protect wildlife including limiting the hunting seasons, as well as creating reserves for them.

Beyond the royal recognition, you can also find roads in Johor Baru named after the tigers.

In Century Gardens, which could easily be one of the city's oldest housing estates, there are Jalan Harimau, Jalan Harimau Garang, Jalan Harimau Belang, Jalan Harimau Bintang, Jalan Harimau Kumbang, Jalan Harimau Akar and Jalan Harimau Tarom.

Rahim said Johor, too, has her own "tigers" throughout the history.

They include:

- Temenggong Ibrahim, who was honoured by Queen Victoria for suppressing piracy in Singapore and Riau waters in 1846 and who founded Tanjong Puteri in 1855

- Sultan Abu Bakar, the charismatic and the first internationally recognised Malay ruler who for 33 consecutive years successfully thwarted the incessant attempts of British intervention

- Datuk Seri Amar DiRaja Abdul Rahman Andak, a paladin and champion of Johor's independence

- Datuk Bentara Luar Mohamad Salleh Perang, the first Malay surveyor to plot a map of Johor in Jawi and endorsed by the Geographical Society of London in1894

- Statesman, nationalist and founder of UMNO Dato' Onn Jaafar

- Wong Ah Fook, immigrant, entrepreneur and builder

"As the Malay saying goes harimau mati tinggalkan belang, manusia mati tinggalkan nama (a tiger leaves behind its stripes, man is remembered for his deeds) the 'tigers' of Johor may have gone but their legacy lives on," Rahim said.

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nazurah · Post time 5-3-2009 09:14 AM

by Fauziah Ismail

IF you were to go for a meeting at the Iskandar Investment Berhad's headquarters at Danga Bay, do ask their officials the names of their meeting rooms.

A directory at the Dewan Negeri Johor with Arabic characters.
There are Ujong Tanah, Ujong Medini, Wurawari, Lenggiu, Ganggayu, Jauhar and Galoh.

I was intrigued with these names and found that they were names for Johor way before the Temenggong administration.

In fact, IIB had also renamed its flagship development as Medini (formerly known as Node 1), a 2,230-acre green field development that would see international mixed-used development encompassing lifestyle and leisure, a cultural cluster and a financial district.

IIB senior vice president (communications and external relations) Roslina Arbak said the company had consulted the Johor Heritage Foundation before putting these names for the respective rooms.

IIB also refers to the foundation for the naming of some of its projects.

Johor Heritage Foundation deputy director Md Ismail Zamzam said the history of ancient Johor is not clearly known but is based mostly on writings of old.

Notes provided by Johor Corp in a book called "Tajuk Johor", produced for a gathering of Malay minds back in 2000, showed that the name Ujong Tanah was first mentioned by a Portuguese writer Godinho d' Eredia, who made reference to Marco Polo's sailing adventure to Ujong Tanah in 1292.

Meanwhile, an old Javanese text "Nagarakertagama" written by Buddhist monk Mpu Prapanca in 1365, mentioned Johor as Ujong Medini or Land's End, by virtue of it being at the southernmost end of the Malay peninsula and the Asian continent.

"The names, Ujong Tanah and Ujong Medini, were mentioned even before Parameswara founded Malacca," Ismail pointed out. The Malay Hindu prince from Palembang founded Malacca in 1402.

Meanwhile, Sir Richard Olaf Winstedt, the director of education in British Malaya who had produced an extensive body of writings on Malaya, had made reference in his writings of Johor as Wurawari, which in the Javanese language means calm waters.

Besides Wurawari, the other Javanese name used for Johor was Ganggayu, which had the same meaning as Wurawari.

Ismail said Tun Sri Lanang, 17th century bendahara (Grand Vizier) of the royal Court of Johor Sultanate, mentioned the name in his book "Sejarah Melayu" written in 1612.

The book tells the story of Raja Suran, who had invaded Gangga Negara (now known as Perak) and another state known as Gangga Ayu.

Tun Sri Lanang had described Gangga Ayu city as a big state and government, with a fort made of black stones. When Sejarah Melayu was written, the fort was still in existence at Sungai Johor.

According to Tajuk Johor, Ganggayu in the Thai language meant Treasury of Gems, which when translated into Arabic stood for Jauhar.

The Javanese also referred to Johor as Galoh, which stood for gems.

"The Arabs referred to it as Jauhar. It was probably from Jauhar that the word Johor came about," Ismail said.

Incidentally, the Arab script is being used at the Johor State New Administrative Centre, which is the Johor government's version of the Federal Government Administrative Centre in Putrajaya.

IIB, I was told, will continuously engage the Johor Heritage Foundation in the naming of roads and projects in Medini to reflect the state's steep historical background. I am looking forward to this. I wonder if Legoland would have a Malay name for it.

I think it would serve as a history lesson of sorts for the newer generation.

Ismail cited the renaming of Dragons Garden near Pasir Pelangi as an example. The housing area has since been renamed Taman Iskandar and the roads there bear the names of former Sultanahs of Johor.

Those curious enough to know who they were would certainly googled the Internet for more information.

And I also believe that naming roads and projects using words used during ancient Johor or after the state's illustrious sons and daughters would give it a certain character or soul.

nazurah · Post time 5-3-2009 09:51 PM

Pada masa perang dunia kedua, kebanyakan pesakit yang dirawat di Hospital Besar, Johor Bahru adalah anggota tentera dan orang awam yang tercedera. Apabila keadaan peperangan bertambah buruk dan jumlah kemalangan meningkat, hospital ini telah dijadikan hospital tentera. Hospital awam telah dipindahkan ke Hospital Sakit Otak di Tampoi, pada awal tahun 1942. Tidak lama selepas itu, Hospital Sakit Otak juga telah diambil alih oleh tentera Jepun bagi menempatkan anggotanya, Hospital awam juga telah dipindahkan ke "Labour Lines" Tebrau Estate. Oleh kerana Labour Lines ini mendatangkan pelbagai masalah, hospital awam kemudiannya dipindahkan ke sebuah bangunan kecil di kaki Bukit Timbalan. Pada tahun 1944, Istana Lama di Bukit Zahrah telah diperbaiki untuk dijadikan hospital. Bangunan ini boleh memuatkan sebanyak 250 buah katil dinamakan " Civil Hospital ".

Setelah tentera Jepun menyerah kalah pada tahun 1945, tentera British telah mengambil alih pentadbiran hospital ini (BMA Period). Surgeon Commander E.W. Laidlaw telah ditugaskan sebagai P.M.O. Pada masa itu kebanyakkan pesakit terdiri dari anggota tentera yang tercedera. Setelah beberapa bulan kemudian, hospital awam diadakan semula di hospital ini. Sebagai permulaan, wad perubatan lelaki dan wad umum perempuan mengambil tempat di Timur 3 dan Barat 3.

Kakitangan awam mengambil alih pentadbiran hospital ini pada 1 hb. April, 1946. Pada masa itu Dr J.M.A. Lowson dilantik sebagai PMO dan timbalannya Dr J C P Grey. Pada masa itu kekurangan kakitangan awam ketara sekali di mana di wad lelaki hanya Dresser sahaja yang bertugas. Seorang Dresser Tingkatan Khas ditugaskan menyelia sebuah wad. Dalam sehari, seorang Dresser Gred 1 bertugas waktu pejabat, seorang Dresser Gred II dan seorang Gred III bertugas pagi, seorang Dresser Gred II dan seorang Gred III bertugas petang dan seorang Dresser Gred III bersama seorang Probationer Dresser bertugas malam.

Keadaan ini berlanjutan sehinggalah bulan September, 1947 bila mana kumpulan Dresser Pelatih yang pertama selepas perang lulus dan mula menjalankan tugas. Jumlah pesakit yang dirawat disepanjang tahun 1947 ialah seramai 9069 orang. Di Johor Bahru pada masa itu terdapat dua buah Klinik Swasta.

Di wad perempuan pula Jururawat Pelatih, Kakitangan rendah juga ada di semua wad tetapi bilangannya terlalu kecil, iaitu 3 orang bertugas pagi, 2 di waktu petang dan seorang bertugas malam, Kakitangan rendah ini adalah di bawah penyeliaan "Steward". Mereka ini terdiri daripada Atendan Wad, Atendan Makmal, Atendan Rumah Mayat, Atendan Kesihatan dan Tukang Kebun.

Pada masa itu, hanya seorang Pegawai Perubatan bertugas malam bagi seluruh hospital. Semua kes kecemasan dan kes-kes polis diperiksa oleh beliau. Pegawai ini juga dipanggil untuk membantu Pakar Bedah jika terdapat kes-kes yang memerlukan pembedahan serta-merta pada waktu malam. Kes-kes yang terdapat pada masa itu ialah luka terkena tembakan. Ahli kimia ubat boleh dikatakan tidak ada dan "Senior Dresser" ditugaskan menyelia Dispensari. Ubat pil jarang digunakan dan kebanyakan ubat-ubat yang digunakan berbentuk "powder" dan "Mixtures". Makmal dan Jabatan X-Ray juga dikendalikan oleh dresser sehingalah kakitangan yang mencukupi dilatih untuk mengambil alih tugas di jabatan-jabatan tersebut.

Pakar Bedah ketika itu dalam tahun 1947 ialah Mr L E Vine dan bersara atas sebab-sebab kesihatan. Mr H M Gladdery mengambil alih tempat beliau dan akibat dari rusuhan "Maria Hertogh" dalam tahun 1950 mengalami kecederaan. Mr Yeoh Bon Choon (sekarang Dato') dilantik menggantikan beliau pada 8/1/51 dan bersara pada tahun 1969 dan menyambung semula perkhidmatan beliau sehingga 1/3/71 . Dato' Yeoh Bon Choon merupakan Pakar Bedah pertama dari keturunan Asia di negeri Johor dan juga Malaya ketika itu.

Tahun 1950 - pesakit TB telah dipindahkan dari Hospital Besar ke pusat TB Santarium di Tampoi. Dalam tahun 1955 - beberapa buah bangunan baru telah dibina sebagai bangunan tambahan kepada bangunan sediada dan dirasmikan oleh Lady Marcella Ibrahim pada 25/11/55 . Pada tahun 1960'an - perkembangan struktur hospital agak lembab dan hanya tertumpu di bahagian latihan. Hanya pada tahun 1972, sebuah Klinik Dada & wad dibina untuk menempatkan 60 buah katil. Bangunan ini dirasmikan oleh YB Tan Sri Lee Siok Yew - Menteri Kesihatan pada 28/9/72 .

Pada tahun 1929 sebuah wad untuk pegawai-pegawai dinamakan "Officers Wad" dibina di atas Bukit Sah. Mempunyai 22 bilik dan dikhaskan untuk pegawai-pegawai bangsa Eropah dan Pengurus-Pengurus Ladang (Estate Managers). Sebuah asrama untuk "Sisters" juga dibina dinamakan "Sisters Mess" dibina. Bangunan ini menghadap Selat Tebrau dan masih digunakan untuk tujuan asalnya sehingga ke hari ini. Wad Kelas 2 dibina tahun 1938 dan mula digunakan pada tahun 1939. Mengandungi 2 buah bangunan 2 tingkat dilereng bukit berhampiran dengan bangunan Asrama Jururawat. 1 buah bangunan untuk pesakit kelas 2 lelaki dan sebuah lagi untuk pesakit kelas 2 perempuan.

Pada masa ini bangunan tersebut tidak lagi dgunakan untuk pesakit kelas 2. Sebuah lagi digunakan sebagai dapur hospital sementara menunggu siapnya sebuah bangunan dapur baru yang lengkap dibina. Sebelum ini bangunan itu digunakan sebagai Pejabat Kesihatan selama beberapa tahun sehingga pejabat tersebut berpindah ke pejabat yang baru di Jalan Abdul Samad pada tahun 1975. Sebuah lagi bangunan telah digunakan sebagai Wad TB Perempuan di tingkat atas semenjak tahun 1972 sehingga ke hari ini. Di tingkat bawah pula dikhaskan untuk penyakit-penyakit berjangkit jika berlaku wabak penyakit.

Bangunan-bangunan wad kelas 3 yang diperbuat daripada papan sejak tahun 1882 dan tahun berikutnya telah buruk dan penuh sesak dengan pesakit yang semakin bertambah. Oleh yang demikian sebuah bangunan yang baru telah dicadangkan bagi menggantikan wad-wad ini. Bangunan ini telah mula dibina dalam tahun 1938 dan siap dalam tahun 1941. Rekabentuk bangunan ini telah dibuat di syarikat akitek "

almer and Turner" yang mempunyai pejabat di Johor Bahru. Idea rekabentuk hospital ini diperolehi daripada sebuah hospital di Nanking, China semasa satu rombongan perubatan yang diketuai oleh Dr G.H. Garlick menghadiri mesyuarat "Far Eastern Association of Tropic al Medicine" di sana pada tahun 1934. Susunan bahagian dalam (Interior arrangement) adalah kombinasi pengalaman tempatan dan kajian dari hospital-hospital diseluruh dunia yang dikandung dalam Journal "Nosokomeion".

Bangunan setinggi 5 tingkat ini telah memuatkan 857 buah katil. Ia mempunyai dua sayap (wing) berbentuk "T" mengandungi 80 buah katil dalam tiap-tiap wad. Di bahagian tengah terdapat lif serta dapur untuk pesakit-pesakit, bilik pembedahan pula ditempatkan di tingkat satu sementara tingkat yang teratas dikhaskan untuk pesakit-pesakit TB. Jumlah perbelanjaan membina bangunan ini termasuk RM100,000.00 untuk kerja-kerja cerucuk  dan sebahagian besar peralatan adalah dianggarkan sebanyak RM1,275,000.00 tetapi setelah siap pada tahun 1941, ianya telah meningkat kepada RM2,057,075.00.

Pembukaan rasmi bangunan ini telah dijadualkan pada 29hb. Mei 1941 oleh DYMM Sultan Ibrahim. Semua persiapan telah diatur tetapi perasmian ini telah dibatalkan pada saat-saat akhir.  Bangunan ini dikenali dengan bangunan induk pada masa ini. Pada tahun 1938, wad bersalin kelas satu dan berek untuk kakitangan rendah juga telah dibina. Bangunan wad ini letaknya di belakang wad pegawai, menghala ke Selat Tebrau. Rekabentuk kedua-dua bangunan ini juga dibuat oleh syarikat yang sama iaitu Palmer and Turner. Ianya siap dibina pada tahun 1941. Bangunan ini telah ditinggalkan kosong buat beberapa lama apabila Mess Doktor dipindahkan ke bangunan baru yang terletak di Jalan Abdul Samad. Bangunan Mess Baru didirikan pada tahun 1969. Ianya mempunyai 10 buah bilik. Dua buah bangunan lagi dibina dalam tahun 1972 berhampiran dengan  bangunan tersebut. Bangunan-bangunan ini mempunyai 12 buah bilik setiap satu. Walaubagaimanapun pada masa ini ketiga-tiga bangunan ini didapati tidak mencukupi.

Bagi menempatkan semua Pegawai Perubatan Siswazah yang dilatih di hospital ini. Jumlah bilik yang ada ialah 34 buah sementara Pegawai Perubatan Siswazah yang dilatih di hospital ini ialah seramai 54 orang. Bangunan wad bersalin yang di kosongkan telah digunakan sebagai Pejabat Pengarah Perkhidmatan Perubatan dan Kesihatan Negeri Johor kerana bangunan "Central Medical Administration Bureau" yang digunakan terlalu buruk dan hampir roboh. Bangunan ini kemudiannya telah digunakan sebagai Pejabat Penguasa Perubatan sehingga ke hari ini setelah Pejabat Pengarah Perkhidmatan Perubatan dan Kesihatan berpindah ke pejabat baru di Wisma Persekutuan pada tahun 1979 .

Unit Kecemasan Ketika Itu

Jabatan Kemalangan dan Kecemasan pada masa dahulu terletak di Tingkat Bawah Bangunan Induk tetapi dipindahkan ke sebuah bangunan lama yang letaknya lebih kurang 300 meter dari bangunan induk pada tahun 1974. Di bangunan ini juga terletaknya Jabatan Pesakit Luar. Bangunan lama ini tidak sesuai lagi kerana telah terlalu usang dan jauh dari bangunan induk. Bangunan ini juga tidak mencukupi bagi memberikan perkhidmatan yang selesa kepada pesakit. Oleh yang demikian, sebagai langkah "interim" untuk memperbaiki perkhidmatan di bahagian ini, sebuah Jabatan Kemalangan dan kecemasan telah dibina di tingkat bawah kompleks Dewan Bedah Baru. Ianya telah mula digunakan pada 27hb. Mei, 1985. Tempat ini akan terus digunakan sehinggalah cadangan Projek Poliklinik di Jalan dato' Wilson yang mempunyai sebuah Jabatan Kemalangan dan  kecemasan yang baru dan lengkap dilaksanakan.

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lalakiller · Post time 23-3-2009 11:17 PM

bestnya baca sume info ni....
hidup johor

muor76 · Post time 27-4-2009 01:22 PM

Abu Bakar gets railway back on track Zainoh Jawahir ITis politically correct to assume the first railway in Malaya was inJohor in 1869 as the first Federated Malay States railway betweenTaiping and Port Weld was built in 1885.

A train that was once used in Muar.

The Golden Blowpipe, the express train of the East Coast Line, at Gua Musang.

The railway was known as theWooden Railway or Keretapi Kayu Johor, as the rails were made fromtimber. It was also known as Kereta Asap.

The railway was thebrainchild of Maharaja Abu Bakar. He had toured England with an eye onthe needs of his country and was impressed with the railway systemthere.

He was always one step ahead of the colonial governmentand wanted to prove the ability of Johor in preserving its economic andpolitical independence.

He embarked on a seriesof domestic reforms and innovations to modernise his kingdom. A trainservice would provide transport and accelerate the opening of Johor.

Uponhis return from England, Abu Bakar planned for a light railwayconnecting Johor Baru to Gunung Pulai. The concept was similar to thewooden railway of Clifton, New York.

Abu Bakar made JamesMeldrum the superintendent of the Johor Steam Sawmill as his partner toensure the availability of timber. The steam sawmill was the biggest inAsia then, and sawn timber was one of the main exports of Johor.

AbuBakar had planned to open up the Gunung Pulai area for the cultivationof gambier and pepper. At the same time, there was indication from theEuropeans in Singapore of setting up a retreat and sanatorium in a coolenvironment. The highlands of Gunung Pulai at 610m seemed a likelyvenue.

Construction of the railway began on July 21, 1869. Therails were laid for 1.6km starting from the area later called KampongKereta Asap on the western side of the hill at Istana Besar.

Ithad a 0.9144m gauge like the railways in India, although the SingaporeDaily Times of June 28, 1873, reported it to be a 1m gauge.

A 12-tonne Farlie Double-Boogie locomotive suitable for the undulating terrain was imported.

Theround sleepers were of local timber. A total of 1,760 sleepers wereneeded for every 1.6km of rail. The rails were from hardwood includinglocal teakwood each 3m long and connected with a wedge. They were laidon the ground, as Johor was short on granite for ballasting.

Chinesecontract labour was used for the earthworks. Javanese workers did theheavy duties including the laying of sleepers and rails. Skilled Malayworkers were employed as woodcutters and making the rails and sleepers.

The total distance constructed was 16km. It was completed in1874, but by 1877, the project was halted due to technical andenvironmental shortfalls.

The route along the present JalanSekudai had to pass through a swamp. The ground on which the rails werelaid was not treated for termites.

On a trial run, thelocomotive was derailed and fell into a hole in the ground as termiteshad damaged the timber rails. The locomotive was salvaged and sold toSelangor for use of the Selangor Railway. It was renamed the LadyClarke after the wife of the Governor of the Straits Settlement SirAndrew Clarke.

Although the venture did not meet with success, the idea of the railway paved the way for a modern system of transport.

Ametal road to Sekudai and beyond was built. The kangkar (Chinesesettlement) at Sungei Sekudai then was under Kapitan Cina Seah TeeHeng, a member of the State Council. Pepper and gambier cultivationthrived in the kangkar and the road was a boon for transport to market.

Meanwhile, the highlands of Gunung Pulai were suitable as acatchment area. The road proved advantageous and an asset in theconstruction of a reservoir, which was named after Sultan Ismail. Thereservoir supplied water to Johor Baru and Singapore in 1924.

Theworkshop was converted into a crusher for granite used for roadconstruction. Kampong Kereta Asap developed around the workshop and inthe sea parallel to the track. The houses were built on stilts. Theinhabitants were granted land by Sultan Ibrahim in 1897 and resettledin Tarom and Kampong Bahru.

And Abu Bakar was not discouraged.

In1887, he negotiated with investors for a train service from Tanah Merahin Sekudai to a point at the northern corner of the Pulai range to formof the main line to Malacca, but the project did not materialise.

Ayear later, he awarded a concession to English investors for a railwayfrom Johor Baru to Muar. The concession was withdrawn at the insistenceof the Colonial Office.

Abu Bakar then turned his attention to Muar. The rest as they said is history.