Haji Moehammad Noer: "The Madurese must respect the Dayaks"
Tuesday, January 8, 2002
Being Madurese and being part of the government bureaucracy runs in the blood and soul of Moehammad Noer. East Java's governor from 1967-1978, he found it his vocation to be a government bureaucrat when he graduated in 1939 from MOSVIA, a school run by the Dutch colonial ruler to train regional administration officials. During his long tenure—from his first appointment as a regional administration official in Sumenep to the position of Governor of East Java—he always devoted himself to the people and prioritized their interests. "I'm a khadam, a people's servant," he says.
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Born 13 January 1918 in Sampang, he was successful in ensuring East Java, one of Indonesia's poorest provinces, a place in the group of `fairly rich' provinces.
Besides, Cak Noer, as he is more familiarly known, is also proud of being Madurese. The Madurese, says the father of eight, with 20 grandchildren and a great-grandchild to boot, are hard working, persevering and good at heart as long as their dignity is not wounded and they are trea
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