Prof. Dato' Dr. Harun Nizam: Born to Serve
Benefits of Banana
Benefits of Turmeric
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Managing Diabetes
About Heart Disease
Retirement Planning
Prof Dato’ Dr. Mohd Harun Nizam (far left) feels that food brings people together in any occasion and finds comfort in being a restaurateur.

Rhetorical and resolute -Prof. Dato Dr.Mohd Harun Nizam is a person every Malaysian should epitomize. An encounter with this wonderful person is definitely an etch in my mind. A psychologist by vocation, Dr. Nizam had a distinctive anecdote to share with PASSAGE.

One will be astonished at the wealth of knowledge he possesses on various subjects. Most certainly, he is not the run-of-the-mill workaholic. In these times of globalization, members of the working class struggle to even spend quality hours with their family. But, for this father of five daughters and granddad of three, not only finds time for his family but also for the society where he does community service.

Dr. Nizam took his first steps to community service at the tender age of nine. When he was in standard three, he willingly paid the school fees for his underprivileged classmates, without their knowledge, from the meagre wages he received from assisting his father at their family-run sundry shop. Despite the fact that Dr. Nizam had an average family background, his ignited passion to help the people around him never burnt out.

Dr. Nizam, who is a Penangite, had to cross umpteen hurdles that came along his way in life. After completing his secondary school education, he industriously worked as a supervisor in an electronic manufacturing factory, where he stumbled upon the late Tun Lee Chong Eu. He pursued his tertiary education in the field of psychology and further obtained a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Australia. A raconteur by nature, it is of little surprise that Dr. Nizam is a polyglot – he speaks fluent Bahasa Malaysia, English, Tamil and Hokkien.

 

 

A Psychiatrist's Tryst

The Iron Lady of Malaysia

 

 

Finally a magazine for senior citizens has come to the newsstand for the public to read. There are many reading materials published for children, teenagers, men and women and now, it is time to publish one for our golden people.Although this magazine is meant for the senior citizens, the articles published are for the benefit of all. All are welcomed to associate, contribute, participate and comment. The magazine is packed with a lot of information on biographies of personalities, health, travel, technology, finance & law, lifestyle and aging forums & events.

Wisdom comes with age, likewise, senior citizens’ expertise, knowledge and advice are valuable assets to the younger generation. Aging is not only a seniority of calendar years but also an accumulation of wisdom. As we advance technologically, the humanitarian aspect of helping people should not be forgotten. Progression of arts and science is the acquisition and execution of knowledge and progression of age is the combination of forbearance, righteousness and sense control which produces wisdom. Age is not confined to numbers; aging is a biological process not a psychological one.

As James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States said, “If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.” So long as your psyche is strong, you do not age.

Editor-in-Chief
Major Krishnan Nambiar (Retired)
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