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Perak Tourism - The Annual God's Little Acre Commemorative Ceremony - A Pictorial History

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Subject :Perak Tourism - The Annual God's Little Acre Commemorative Ceremony - A Pictorial History
Published By : MPOA Perak Little Acre Sub - Committee  
Location : Batu Gajah, Perak
Estimated Year : 2008
Media Type : Ephemera
Source : Malaysian Palm Oil Association (Perak)
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The Commemorative Ceremony for those who fell in the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) and were interred in the Cemetery at Batu Gajah which the planters fondly named as “God’s Little Acre”, has been held annually for since 1980. The, then Officer Commanding Police District Batu Gajah, DSP R Thambipillay, with the permission of the Chief Police Officer Perak, Deputy Commissioner of Police Yuen Yuet Leng, initiated this ceremony, in conjunction with the Police Week Celebrations, which was held on April 10, 1980.

The remembrance day at God’s Little Acre is observed on the second Saturday, annually in June by friends and relatives of those planters, miners, members of the Malayan Police Force, the Commonwealth Forces and the general public, who gave their lives in the defence of the security and integrity of the emerging nation.

There are only 116 of these lying in repose in the cemetery. The ceremony held annually also symbolically commemorates the sacrifices of thousands of others who died for same cause. They too gave their lives in the fight against insidious Communist Terrorism immediately after the declaration of the Emergency and into the early years of Independence.

The Commemorative Ceremony which was run under the aegis of the Perak Planters’ Association (1984 to 2000) and continues to be organized under the umbrella of the Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA) - Perak (from 2001), received strong support from the planting community, well - wishers, the various High Commissions and overseas Regimental Associations.

The year 2008 marked the 60th year of the start of the Malayan Emergency and hence to commemorate this occasion, the MPOA Perak Little Acre Sub - Committee compiled and printed this pictorial history of this Special Remembrance Day (1980 -2007). Images of the front (left) and back cover are shown above.

To see photographs of the first God's Little Acre Ceremony in 1980, click here.

To read more about Dato’ Seri Yuen Yuet Leng, click here.

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