Famous Personalities

Siti Nurhaliza binti Tarudin

Tuesday, 19 February 2013 | 10:28 | 0 comments

Biography

Dato' Seri Siti Nurhaliza binti Tarudin was born 11 January 1979 in Berek Polis Kg. Awah, Temerloh where she is the fourth child in a family of eight siblings to Tarudin Ismail and Siti Salmah Bachik.. She is a Malaysian singer, songwriter, record producer, television presenter and businesswoman. She had won many such award and title either in Asia or International. She comes from a musically inclined family; her brother, Saiful Bahri Tarudin, and her sisters Siti Norsaida and Siti Saerah are also singers. Her grandfather was a famous violinist, and her mother was a famous local traditional singer. From the age of 13, she followed her uncle to invitational shows like wedding ceremonies and dinner parties to give her exposure performing live. She also involved in many performances at school even since she in kindergarten. She was an athlete in school and active in sports.

Career

Siti Nurhaliza's family performed at many public local ceremonies in their hometown, such as weddings and public soirées. At the age of 12, Siti began to learn traditional songs from her mother and went on performing that genre of music during special occasions and events.She also was the vocalist for 'Family Group', a small band founded by her uncle, Abdul Rahim Bachik.

Siti first competed in the 1995 RTM Bintang HMI competition where she auditioned with a song made famous by Ruth Sahanaya, Kaulah Segalanya.

She was granted a contract with Suria Records after making a decision over four offers from different international recording companies, including offers from Sony Music, BMG Music and Warner Music In 1996.

In 1997, Siti started to become a well-known figure in Indonesia's music industry when her story appeared in one of the most popular magazines in Indonesia, POS Kota, in April 1997's edition.

In 1998, at the early age of 19, she launched her own company on January 12, Siti Nurhaliza Productions (M) Sdn. Bhd. which acts as the official management production to handle and manage her schedule.

Siti made her first and biggest appearance on the international stage during the 1998 Commonwealth Games which was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

On December 1999, Siti received one of her first international winnings from an international singing competition when she took part in 'Shanghai Asia Music Festival 1999' that was held in China, where she managed to win the Gold Award for the Asia New Singer Competition.

She took part in 'South Pacific International Song and Singing Competition 1999' held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia and she won the Pop Winner title beating contestants from all over South Pacific and 'Top 40 for International Song' category through her single, We'll Be As One.

Siti took part in 'Voice of Asia 2002' which was held in Kazakhstan where she performed one of her singles from her third album, Purnama Merindu and managed to grab the Grand Prix Champion title, the ultimate prize.

Siti was the first non-Chinese artiste to be invited to perform at the 15th Golden Melody Awards, Taiwan in 2004.

In 2004 also her company Siti Nurhaliza Production (M) Sdn. Bhd. (SNP) produced television programs. With the first musical program Muzikal Aidiladha (Musical of Eid Al-Adha) in conjunction with the Eid Al-Adha.

In 2005, she was dubbed as The Voice of Asia, when Alicia Keys first introduced her with the title during the MTV Asia Aid in 2005 held in Bangkok, Thailand due to her powerful vocal, and her outstanding achievements locally and internationally.

In 2007, She made her first appearance at the Grammy Award for the red carpet session on February 11, 2007 where she was the first Malaysian to walk the red carpet.

In 2008, Siti held one of her first solo acoustic concert at the Esplanade Theatre in Singapore.

Siti's back to business where she announced her major three days concert at the Istana Budaya, SATU Konsert Eksklusif Dato' Siti Nurhaliza. It began in 2009 at Kuala Lumpur.

In 2010, she performed at Konsert Bagaikan Sakti which was held in Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Singapore alongside Malaysian producer-composer-songwriter, M. Nasir which also was broadcasted live through Astro Box Office Events (Channel 955) on January 1, and the repeat show from 2nd till 10 January.

On 2011, she launched her own beauty and cosmetic products under the name SimplySiti. The products underwent research and development in Korea, and are incorporated with Nanotechnology before receiving approval of Halal status by JAKIM.

On January 28, 2012 she received the Anugerah Ikon (Icon Award) by (APPMH) 2011/12 (Media Hiburan Readers' Choice Awards 2011/12.

On November 11 2012, she performed a 2-hour concert at Grand Ballroom, Bukit Gambang Resort City in Gambang, Pahang where it was attended by more than 5000 people including her fans from Indonesia and Singapore and the Sultan of Pahang, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah.

Discography

1996: Siti Nurhaliza I

1997: Siti Nurhaliza II

1997: Cindai

1998: Adiwarna

1999: Pancawarna

2000: Sahmura

2001: Safa

2002: Sanggar Mustika

2003: E.M.A.S

2004: Prasasti Seni

2006: Transkripsi

2007: Hadiah Daripada Hati

2008: Lentera Timur

2009: Tahajjud Cinta

2011: All Your Love

Siti is known to be a formidable and successful and well-known businesswoman in Malaysia. She currently tops the list of the 'Richest Artistes' in Malaysia. She is also worth more than RM50 million and it's believed that her wealth has increased every year and moreover, she was named as one of the millionaires in entertainment in South East Asia as well.

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Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor

Sunday, 17 February 2013 | 10:27 | 0 comments

Biography

Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Al Masrie bin Sheikh Mustapha was born on July 27, 1972. He is a Malaysian orthopaedic surgeon and was the first Malaysian to go into space. He was launched to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-11 with the Expedition 16 crew on October 10, 2007.Sheikh Muszaphar flew under an agreement with Russia through the Angkasawan program, and returned to Earth on October 21, 2007, aboard Soyuz TMA-10 with the Expedition 15 crew members, Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov.

Career

Sheikh Muszaphar was born in Kuala Lumpur and attended high school at Maktab Rendah Sains, MARA in Muar.

He is the son of homeroom Ustaz Muhaidin.

He then earned a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India.

Sheikh Muszaphar is a medical officer, and a university medical officer in medicine at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

In 1998, Sheikh Muszaphar worked at Hospital Seremban.

Followed by a move to Kuala Lumpur General Hospital in 1999.

He was on staff at Hospital Selayang from 2000 through 2001.

Sheikh Muszaphar is also a part-time model.

Timeline Of Space Travel By Nationality

#	Country	Name	Flight	Date (UTC)
1960s
1	Soviet Union	Yuri Gagarin	Vostok 1	12 April 1961
2	United States	Alan Shepard	MR-3	5 May 1961
1970s
3	Czechoslovakia	Vladimír Remek	Soyuz 28	2 March 1978
4	Poland	Mirosław Hermaszewski	Soyuz 30	27 June 1978
5	East Germany	Sigmund Jähn	Soyuz 31	26 August 1978
6	Bulgaria	Georgi Ivanov	Soyuz 33	10 April 1979
1980s
7	Hungary	Bertalan Farkas	Soyuz 36	26 May 1980
8	Vietnam	Phạm Tuân	Soyuz 37	23 July 1980
9	Cuba	Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez	Soyuz 38	18 September 1980
10	Mongolia	Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa	Soyuz 39	22 March 1981
11	Romania	Dumitru Prunariu	Soyuz 40	14 May 1981
12	France	Jean-Loup Chrétien	Soyuz T-6	24 June 1982
13	West Germany	Ulf Merbold	STS-9	28 November 1983
14	India	Rakesh Sharma	Soyuz T-11	3 April 1984
15	Canada	Marc Garneau	STS-41-G	5 October 1984
16	Saudi Arabia	Sultan al-Saud	STS-51-G	17 June 1985
17	Netherlands	Wubbo Ockels	STS-61-A	30 October 1985
18	Mexico	Rodolfo Neri Vela	STS-61-B	26 November 1985
19	Syria	Muhammed Faris	Soyuz TM-3	22 July 1987
20	Afghanistan	Abdul Ahad Mohmand	Soyuz TM-6	29 August 1988
1990s
21	Japan	Toyohiro Akiyama	Soyuz TM-11	2 December 1990
22	United Kingdom	Helen Sharman	Soyuz TM-12	18 May 1991
23	Austria	Franz Viehböck	Soyuz TM-13	2 October 1991
24	Russia	Aleksandr Kaleri Aleksandr Viktorenko	Soyuz TM-14	17 March 1992
25	Belgium	Dirk Frimout	STS-45	24 March 1992
26	Italy	Franco Malerba	STS-46	31 July 1992
27	Switzerland	Claude Nicollier	STS-46	31 July 1992
28	Ukraine	Leonid Kadenyuk	STS-87	19 November 1997
29	Spain	Pedro Duque	STS-95	29 October 1998
30	Slovakia	Ivan Bella	Soyuz TM-29	20 February 1999
2000s
31	South Africa	Mark Shuttleworth	Soyuz TM-34	25 April 2002
32	Israel	Ilan Ramon	STS-107	16 January 2003
33	China	Yang Liwei	Shenzhou 5	15 October 2003
34	Brazil	Marcos Pontes	Soyuz TMA-8	30 March 2006
35	Iran	Anousheh Ansari	Soyuz TMA-9	18 September 2006
36	Sweden	Christer Fuglesang	STS-116	10 December 2006
37	Malaysia	Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor	Soyuz TMA-11	10 October 2007
38	South Korea	Yi So-yeon	Soyuz TMA-12	8 April 2008