Pak Samad Ismail meninggal dunia
Sep 4, 08 2:12pm
kemaskini 6:50pm
Tokoh Kewartawanan Negara Tan Sri Abdul Samad Ismail meninggal dunia
kira-kira 5.58 petang tadi di Pusat Perubatan Pantai selepas menghadapi
jangkitan paru-paru penghujung bulan lalu.
Kesihatan keadaan allahyarham semakin merosot hari ini, dengan buah pinggangnya
sangat lemah, kata anaknya Nuraina."Keadaannya tidak bagus langsung, walaupun
mesin dialisis sudah dipasang ia tidak menunjukkan perubahan.
"Malah
doktor memberitahu buah pinggang ayah sangat lemah ketika ini dan hari
ini doktor akan melakukan dialisis lagi untuk melihat perkembangan
seterusnya," katanya tengah hari tadi.
Abdul
Samad, 84, yang lebih dikenali sebagai Pak Samad, dimasukkan ke Unit
Rawatan Rapi (ICU) Pusat Perubatan Pantai pada 25 Ogos lalu akibat
jangkitan paru-paru.
Keadaan kesihatan beliau, yang juga
mesra dengan panggilan Pak Samad, menunjukkan kemajuan pada peringkat
awal sebelum kembali tenat sejak Sabtu lepas setelah masalah jangkitan
paru-parunya merebak ke organ lain.
Jenazah beliau akan disemadikan di perkuburan Islam Bukit Kiara selepas solat
Jumaat, esok.
Pak Samad, dilahirkan di Geylang, Singapura pada 18 April 1924. Beliau
menamatkan persekolahan Senior Cambridge pada 1940.
Pak Samad mula menempuh alam pekerjaan dengan Utusan Melayu ketika berusia 16
tahun, kemudian sebagai pengarang Berita Malai (1944) pada zaman Jepun sewaktu
berusia 20 tahun.
Pada 1946, beliau dilantik sebagai penolong pengarang, Utusan Melayu. Beliau
juga pernah bertugas sebagai wakil Utusan Melayu
Pada 1959, Pak Samad dilantik sebagai pengarang pertama akhbar Berita Harian,
sebelum menjadi pengarang urusan bagi kumpulan akhbar The New Straits Times
(1974).
Pada
1984, Pak Samad dilantik sebagai penasihat jabatan pengarang bagi
kumpulan akhbar berkenaan sehingga beliau bersara pada 1988.
Pak
Samad aktif dalam pergerakan politik. Pada 1947, bersama-sama Abdul
Aziz Ishak, beliau menubuhkan Gerakan Angkatan Muda (Geram). Penubuhan
itu menjadi anggota Pusat Tenaga Rakyat (PUTERA) bawah pimpinan Dr
Buhanuddin Al-Helmi dan All-Malayan Council of Joint Action (AMCJA) di
bawah pimpinan Tan Cheng Lock.
Pak Samad juga terbabit dalaqm pakatan Anti-British League bersama-sama PB
Sharma, JJ Putucheary, Devan Nair dan John Eber.
Beliau
pernah ditangkap dua kali di Singapura oleh pemerintah British (1946
dan 1951). Ekoran daripada Peristiwa Natrah pada 1951, beliau
dipenjarakan di Pulau Sekinchan kerana dituduh sebagai penghasut yang
menyebabkan peristiwa perkauman.
Pada 1976, Pak Samad ditangkap
lagi, tetapi kali ini oleh kerajaan Malaysia, di bawah Akta Keselamatan
Dalam Negeri (ISA) kerana dituduh bersimpati dengan komunis.
Beliau
dibebaskan pada 1981 oleh pentadbiran Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad
yang mengambil alih pentadbiran daripada Tun Hussein Onn (yang
memenjarakan Pak Samad).
Pak Samad turut menyertai rombongan
"Malaysia Merdeka" yang pertama ke London (1953). Pembabitan Pak Samad
dalam politik secara aktif bermula pada pertengahan dekad 1950-an
apabila beliau turut terbabit dalam penubuhan Parti Tindakan Rakyat
(PAP) di Singapura pada 1954.
Beliau kemudian menyertai dan memimpin Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu
(Umno) Singapura pada 1958.
Pak
Samad menceburi bidang penulisan kreatif sejak zaman pemerintahan
Jepun. Cerpen ciptaan awalnya terkumpul dalam antologi seperti Mekar dan Segar
(1959) dan Karangan Bunga Dari Selatan (1963).
Cerpen
yang ditulis pada dekad 1960-an dan belum pernah tersiar sebelum itu,
akhirnya dikumpulkan dalam dua kumpulan persendiriannya yang berjudul Temasya
Tinta (1967) dan Mastura
Antara
1966 hingga 1975, Pak Samad menghasilkan 11 buah novel dan empat buku
bimbingan penulis dan wartawan. Antara novel yang dihasilkannya ialah Patah
Sayap Terbang Jua (1966), Tembok Tidak Tinggi (1967), Kail Panjang Sejengkal
(1967), Detik-Detik Cemas (1969), Hussen Zet (1960) dan Sutinah (1975).
Buku lain termasuklah Mengasah Bakat (1966), Kursus Wartawan (1966), Bimbingan
Penulis (1967) dan Memoir A Samad Ismail di Singapura (1993).
Sebagai
seorang aktivis bahasa dan budaya, Samad turut menyarankan peningkatan
penggunaan bahasa Melayu dan di kemuncak perjuangannya, beliau
menyokong penubuhan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) yang mula
dicetuskan pada 1968.
Selaras dengan perjuangannya dalam bidang
sastera, beliau menjadi pengasas Angkatan Sastewawan 50 (Asas 50) di
Singapura dan Persatuan Penulis Nasional (Pena) di Kuala Lumpur.
Pada
1971, Pak Samad dilantik sebagai ahli panel Hadiah Karya Sastera
anjuran kerajaan. Pada 1974, Pak Samad menerima Anugerah Ramon
Magsaysay.
Pada 1976, Kerajaan Malaysia menganugerahkan Hadiah
Pejuang Sastera kepada Pak Samad di atas jasa dan sumbangannya dalam
bidang penulisan.
Pada 1987, beliau dianugerahkan Ijazah
Kehormat Doktor Falsafah oleh UKM, sementara Institut Akhbar Malaysia
(IAM) memberikannya gelaran Tokoh Wartawan Negara.
Tan Sri Samad
dilantik sebagai Karyawan Tamu selama dua tahun di UKM (1991-1993).
Kemudian mulai Oktober 1993, beliau menjadi Karyawan Tamu di Jabatan
Penulisan Universiti Malaya.
Sejak 1992, Pak Samad dilantik
sbeagai pengerusi Panel Menggubal Dasar Komunikasi Negara. Pada tahun
itu beliau dianugerahi darjah kebesaran daripada Yang di-Pertuan Agong
yang membawa gelaran Tan Sri. di Jakarta.
(1967).---------------------------------------------------http://nursamad.blogspot.com/2008/09/bapak-has-left-us.html
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Bapak Has Left Us
Alfatihah. My dad passed away at 5.58 pm today.
Thank you for all your prayers for him.
May God Bless You.
We are taking Bapak's body back from the hospital to the house at 2, Lorong
16/7C, Petaling Jaya now.
The kebumi will be at Bukit Kiara after Friday prayers tomorrow.
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Veteran journalist Samad Ismail passes away
Sep 4, 08 7:06pm
Veteran journalist A Samad Ismail passed away at 6pm this evening
at the Pantai Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur. He was 84.
MCPX
Samad, who is affectionately known as Pak Samad, had been suffering from lung
infection and was hopsitalised on Aug 25.His remains will be buried at the
Muslim cemetery in Bukit Kiara after Friday prayers tomorrow.Samad
was born and educated in Singapore. He completed his Senior Cambridge
in 1940, just before World War II began, and entered journalism almost
immediately, starting as a cub reporter in the newly established Malay
daily, Utusan Melayu.
During the Japanese Occupation, he did editorial work for the
Japanese-sponsored, Berita Malai. The returning British jailed him in 1946 but
only briefly.
After the war, he returned to Utusan Melayu as the assistant editor and his
influence helped to promote Malay nationalism.Former ISA detainee
His
close ties to left-wing Malay nationalists and his anti-colonial stance
led to a second arrest in 1951. Upon his release in 1953, he returned
to his job at Utusan Melayu and became a founding member of the People's Action
Party along with Lee Kuan Yew.
However, disagreements with both Lee and with the Utusan MelayuNew Straits
Times.
He
remained a strong advocate of the Malay language and culture, and
continued to explore the complex dimensions of race and politics in
Malaysia.
He expressed some of these thoughts through his Malay novels which he began
writing in the early 1960s.
In
1976, he was again arrested under the Malaysian Internal Security Act
and was not released until 1981. Upon his release, he returned to the New
Straits Times and took up the position as editorial advisor.
He retired from journalism in 1988.
In
1994, Samad received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism,
Literature and Creative Communication Arts. He was recognised "for
applying his intellect and journalistic skills to champion national
independence, cultural revival, and democratic nation-building in
Malaysia." saw him leaving for Kuala Lumpur in 1959. There, he would head the
Berita Harian and later the
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Al-Fatihah
Pak Samad returned to rahmatullah today, in the
holy month of Ramadan. He was 84.
Pak
Samad (1925-2008), or A Samad Ismail, was an icon of the letters, and a
nationalist who was jailed several times by the colonialists and by his
own countrymen.
In 1953, while working as a journalist, he became a founding member of the
People's Action Party along with Lee Kuan Yew.
However, he had disagreements with both Lee and the Utusan Melayu and left for
Kuala Lumpur in 1959. He went on to head the Berita Harian and later the New
Straits Times.
In 1976, he was again arrested in his adopted home in Malaysia under
the Internal Security Act and was incarcerated until 1981. Upon his
release, he returned to the New Straits Times and took up the position as
editorial advisor.
He retired from journalism in 1988.
Pak Samad was conferred the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature
and Creative Communication Arts in 1994.
To my dear friends, Maria and Nuraina, my heartfelt condolences.
Al-Fatihah.
Veteran journalist Samad Ismail passes away
Sep 4, 08 7:06pm
Veteran journalist A Samad Ismail passed away at 6pm this evening at the Pantai
Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur. He was 84.
Samad, who is affectionately known as Pak Samad, had been suffering from lung
infection and was hopsitalised on Aug 25.
His remains will be buried at the Muslim cemetery in Bukit Kiara after Friday
prayers tomorrow.
Samad was born and educated in Singapore. He completed his Senior
Cambridge in 1940, just before World War II began, and entered
journalism almost immediately, starting as a cub reporter in the newly
established Malay daily, Utusan Melayu.
During the Japanese Occupation, he did editorial work for the
Japanese-sponsored, Berita Malai. The returning British jailed him in
1946 but only briefly.
After the war, he returned to Utusan Melayu as the assistant editor and his
influence helped to promote Malay nationalism.
Former ISA detainee
His close ties to left-wing Malay nationalists and his anti-colonial
stance led to a second arrest in 1951. Upon his release in 1953, he
returned to his job at Utusan Melayu and became a founding member of
the People's Action Party along with Lee Kuan Yew.
However, disagreements with both Lee and with the Utusan Melayu saw
him leaving for Kuala Lumpur in 1959. There, he would head the Berita
Harian and later the New Straits Times.
He remained a strong advocate of the Malay language and culture, and
continued to explore the complex dimensions of race and politics in
Malaysia.
He expressed some of these thoughts through his Malay novels which he began
writing in the early 1960s.
In 1976, he was again arrested under the Malaysian Internal Security
Act and was not released until 1981. Upon his release, he returned to
the New Straits Times and took up the position as editorial advisor.
He retired from journalism in 1988.
In 1994, Samad received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism,
Literature and Creative Communication Arts. He was recognised "for
applying his intellect and journalistic skills to champion national
independence, cultural revival, and democratic nation-building in
Malaysia."
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Thursday, September 04, 2008
A. Samad Ismail, 24 April 1925-4 Sept 2008
Innalillah. Pak Samad has breathed his last. My condolences to Ena and the
family of this great man. Although he has been very ill for the last 10 days or
so, the weight of the sms from Mariah was heavy to bear. "My dad passed away at
5.58pm".
I had just then left a comment on DSAI's Doa untuk Pak Samad.
May Allah bless his soul. Alfatihah.
p/s
Pak Samad's jenazah will be sent to the family's house at 2, Lorong
16/7C, 46350vPetaling Jaya. The kebumi will take place after Friday
prayers tomorrow.
To convey your wishes on the blog, please go here.
Reading;
1. Pak Samad, 1994 Magsaysay Award recipient
2. ... and the Government should apologize to him!
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Thursday, September 04, 2008
Al-Fatihah
A. Samad Ismail (April 24, 1925 - September 4, 2008)
*Not to be confused with A. Samad Said.
Read here and here.
Tan Sri Abdul Samad Ismail (b. 24 April 1925, Singapore -
) a journalist, political activist, and creative writer, known for
promoting Malay nationalism. He was a founding member of the Gerakan
Angkatan Muda (Geram) and of the PAP (People's Action Party). He was
Chairman of the Malaysian Press Institute and was also a founding
member of the National Association of Writers (PENA). For his
accomplishments in the literary and journalistic field, he was awarded
the title, Pejuang Sastera, meaning "literature champion" by the
Malaysian Government.
Early life
From
Javanese parentage, Samad Ismail was born and educated in Singapore,
and was effectively bilingual in Malay and English. He completed his
Senior Cambridge in 1940, just before World War II began, and launched
into journalism almost immediately, starting as a cub reporter in the
newly established Malay daily, Utusan Melayu.
Politics
During the Japanese Occupation, he did editorial work for the
Japanese-sponsored, Berita Malai. The returning British thus had him
jailed in 1946 but only briefly. After the war, he returned to the Utusan
Melayu
as the assistant editor and his influence helped to promote Malay
nationalism. His close ties to left-wing Malay nationalists and his
anticolonial stance led to a second arrest in 1951. Upon his release in
1953, he returned to his job at the Utusan Melayu and became a founding
member of the People's Action Party along with Lee Kuan Yew.
However, disagreements with both Lee Kuan Yew and with the Utusan
Melayu saw him leaving for Kuala Lumpur in 1959. There, he would head the
Berita Harian and later the New Straits Times.
He remained a strong advocate of the Malay language and culture, and
continued to explore the complex dimensions of race and politics in
Malaysia. He expressed some of these thoughts through his Malay novels
which he began writing in the early 1960s. In 1976, he was again
arrested under the Malaysian Internal Security Act and was not released
until 1981. Upon his release, he returned to the New Straits Times.
Career
1941 - 1945 : Assistant Editor, Berita Malai during the Japanese
Occupation.
1945 : Editor, Berita Malai newspaper at the age of 21.
1955 : Represented the PAP at the Bandung Conference.
1959 : Editor, Berita Harian when it moved to Kuala Lumpur.
1958 - 1959 : Chairman, UMNO, Singapore.
1974 : Managing Editor and Deputy Editor-in-Chief, The New Straits
Times group.
1981 : Editorial Advisor, The New Straits Times group.
1988 : Retired from journalism.
Publications
Novels
1963 : Kail Panjang Sejengkal.
1966 : Patah Sayap Terban Jua.
1967 : Tembok Tidak Tinggi; Orang Jauh.
1968 : Menduga Lautan Dalam; Menimba Yang Jernih.
1969 : Detik-detik Cemas; Orang Lama.
1970 : Hussein Zet.
1975 : Sutinah.
1995 : Hud.
Short-story collections
1959 : Temasya Tinta.
1967 : Mastura.
1994 : Ingin jadi pujangga : kumpulan cerpen 1944 -1991.
Awards
1994
: Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative
Communication Arts, being recognised "for applying his intellect and
journalistic skills to champion national independence, cultural
revival, and democratic nation-building in Malaysia".
1992 : Knighted by Malaysia's Sultan
Family
Wife: Puan Sri Hamidah Hassan (deceased).[Source]
Will LKY issue an obituary?
Note: Allahyarham's era of PAP, UM, NST and BH are not the same as today.
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http://syedsyahrul.blogspot.com/2008/09/belansungkawa-samad-ismail-24-april.html
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Belansungkawa. A Samad Ismail. 24 April 1925-4 Sept 2008.
Pak Samad
bukan orang biasa. Sebahagian dari sejarah Singapura dan Malaysia.
Wartawan tersohor dan pejuang kemerdekaan tulen. Kehilangan beliau
terasa macam kehilangan orang yang sangat dekat. Orang kata, patah
tumbuh hilang berganti. Tapi hanya satu Pak Samad. Takkan ada pengganti.
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http://anwaribrahimblog.com/2008/09/04/doa-untuk-a-samad-ismail/
Doa Untuk A. Samad Ismail
post info
By Anwar Ibrahim
Categories: Aktiviti, Anwar and Catatan
[kemaskini jam 8.00 malam]
Al Fatihah.
Pak Samad telah kembali ke rahmatullah
pada jam 5.58 petang tadi di Hospital Pantai Kuala Lumpur. Jenazah
Allahyarham akan dibawa pulang ke rumahnya di No 2 Jalan 16/7C,
Petaling Jaya dan akan dikebumikan pada hari esok, selepas solat Jumaat.
Semoga Allah SWT mencucuri rahmat ke atas roh Allahyarham.
—————————————————————————————
Perkhabaran diterima memaklumkan Tan Sri A. Samad Ismail kini sedang tenat.
Ahad lalu, saya, Azizah, Izzah dan Shahrir sempat menziarahi beliau
yang kini sedang terlantar di Hospital Pantai. Sabelum daripada itu,
sahabat beliau, Dr.
Syed Husin Ali turut meluangkan masa melawatnya.
Jika disorot kembali sejarah era penjajahan, tidak boleh dinafikan
sama sekali perjuangan beliau menentang penjajahan Jepun dan British
melalui Kesatuan Melayu Muda, disusuli peranan beliau mendrafkan
Perlembagaan Rakyat bersama-sama Pak Sako dan Ahmad Boestamam.
Saya mendoakan agar beliau terus dikurniakan kekuatan oleh Allah SWT
untuk melawan penyakit. Buat keluarga Pak Samad, diharapkan terus cekal
memanjatkan doa ke hadrat Ilahi. Semoga barakah Ramadhan ini membuahkan
kerahmatan buat semua.
ANWAR IBRAHIM
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Thursday September 4, 2008 MYT 7:46:40 PM
Veteran journo Pak Samad dies
KUALA LUMPUR: Veteran
journalist Tan Sri Abdul Samad Ismail (pic) died at the Pantai Medical Centre
at 5.58pm Thursday after suffering from lung infection. Abdul
Samad, 84, affectionately known as Pak Samad, was admitted to the
hospital on Aug 24 after complaining of difficulty breathing.
He leaves behind wife Puan Sri Habibah Hamid and 10 children.
His first wife Hamidah Hassan died June 2, 1990.
According to Bernama,
Abdul Samad's body will be taken to his house at No 2, Lorong 16/7C,
Petaling Jaya and it will be laid to rest after Friday prayers. Pak Samad
touched many lives through his writings which were radical at times but always
thought-provoking.
Born
and educated in Singapore, Samad's career in journalism started in 1940
after he finished his Senior Cambridge certificate. He started working
as a cub reporter in the newly-established Malay daily, Utusan Melayu.
As
a Malay nationalist, Samad fought for independence from the British
through his writings and the newspaper sympathetically covered news of
student movements and labour agitations.
He also joined hands
with left wing Malay nationalists in pushing for de-colonisation and
met with anti-colonialists of all races including Indonesian
revolutionaries fighting for their own independence against the Dutch.
He went on to head Berita Harian and later on The New Straits Times
group as its managing editor. He was arrested in 1976 under the
Internal Security Act. He was only released in 1981 after which he
re-joined the NSTP group as its editorial adviser. He retired from
journalism in 1988 and was honoured by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in
1992.
He was also awarded the title Pejuang Sastera (Literature
Champion) for his accomplishment in the literary and journalistic field.
In
1994, he received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature
and Creative Communications Arts in recognition of his role in
championing national independence, cultural revival and democratic
nation building.
Some of the novels he has written include Kail Panjang Sejengkal (1963), Patah
Sayap Terbang Jua (1966), Tembok Tidak Tinggi; Orang Jauh (1967), Menduga
Lautan Dalam; Menimba Yang Jernih (1968), Sutinah (1975) and Hud (1995)
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Tokoh wartawan, Tan Sri A Samad Ismail meninggal dunia
Harakahdaily - Thu | Sep 04, 08 |
8:09:13 pm MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Sept (Hrkh) - Tokoh kewartawanan, Tan Sri
Abdul Samad Ismail meninggal dunia di Pusat Perubatan Pantai di sini
pada 5.58 petang tadi kerana jangkitan paru-paru.
Menurut laporan Bernama, Abdul Samad, 84, yang lebih dikenali sebagai
Pak Samad, dimasukkan ke hospital itu sejak 24 Ogos lepas setelah
mengalami kesukaran bernafas.
Anak kelahiran Singapura itu meninggalkan seorang balu Puan Sri
Habibah Hamid dan 10 orang anak termasuk blogger dan bekas wartawan
Nuraina dan Maria.
Isteri pertamanya Hamidah Hassan meninggal dunia pada 2 Jun 1990.
Jenazah Abdul Samad akan dibawa ke rumahnya di No 2, Lorong
16/7C, Petaling Jaya di sini dan akan dikebumikan selepas sembahyang
Jumaat esok, menurut menantunya Azmi Ansar. - mks._ --------------
http://jelas.info/2008/09/04/al-fatihah-pak-samad/
Al-Fatihah - Pak Samad
Posted on September 4th, 2008 by Nathaniel Tan
I note with great sadness the passing of Pak Samad. May the rest of us honour
his memory by upholding his ideals…
I had the great honour of meeting him once, at a Raya open house which Nuraina
was kind enough to invite us to. I think he was having a chat with Rocky and
Zam at the time.
Rest in peace, Pak Samad.
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