A ‘Man of Action’ is Gone
Eminent economist and politician, Sjahrir, passed away last Monday. He was a man of principle, an activist, a scholar and an optimist to the end.
July 29, 2008
AFTER four weeks of battling lung cancer at Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Sjahrir finally succumbed and breathed his last on Monday, July 29, just a little after 9am. He was 63 years old.
He led a full life, always managing to be where the action was. Sjahrir’s name first made headlines during the New Order’s infamous January 15, 1974 Malari tragedy. Although he was no longer a university student at the time, along with other you
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