Note of Appreciation

On behalf of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, I would like to thank Tun Mohammed Hanif bin Omar, who stepped down as President of the Society with effect from September 2016. He became President in January, 2007, succeeding the late Datuk Abdullah Ali. Tun Hanif, who in his professional career was a distinguished Inspector General of Police, studied history at the University of Malaya in Singapore under the then Raffles Professor of History, C Northcote Parkinson. His ongoing interest in Malaysian history was evident in his contributions to Council meetings, and his strong backing for the Society’s publication program. We thank him warmly for his wise contributions to our deliberations, and for his enthusiastic support for the society’s activities over the years.