TAN SRI DATIN SERI CEMPAKA HAJJAH KONTIK KAMARIAH

Abstract

This article describes the multi-faceted contributions of Tan Sri Datin Cempaka Hajjah Kontik Kamariah. She was active in the field of education, championed the cooperative movement, was a respected female personality in Malaysian politics and was also known for her social activism. Born in 1911 she was not the conventional Malay women and was very active in sports in her childhood days and went on to get a Malay and English education. She was ambitous and was instrumental in developing the cooperative movement and is fondly remembered for developing a housing estate through the coperative that she served. She showed leadership qualities in politics and in her social activism. This article is a life history of a women who was successful in many fields at a time when women were hardly visible in the public domain.