Education
Mahathir first attended a Malay vernacular
school before continuing his education at the Sultan Abdul Hamid College in
Alor Star, both in Alor Setar. He was active in debates in school. He passed his Senior
Cambridge with flying colours in 1945. Then, in 1947 he had been offered a
scholarship, therefore, Mahathir attended the
King Edward VII Medical College in Singapore, where he edited a medical student
magazine called The Cauldron; he also contributed to the Straits Times newspaper anonymously under the
nickname "Che Det".
While he was in the college, DR M was active in
Rugby and very concern about the other students’ welfare. Thus, he
obtained his medical degree (MBBS) in 1962.
He showed a very outstanding leadership at his college years by becoming the President
of the Muslim Society in the college.
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