1.
LS CROWD
2 ft

2.
MS KING AND QUEEN OUT OF CAR
7 ft

3.
LS CROWD
8 1/2 ft

4.
MS FARIDAH READING KORAN
11 ft

5.
MS CROWD
12 1/2 ft

6.
CU HASSAN READING KORAN (TWO SHOTS)
19 ft

7.
MS KING AMONG CROWD
20 1/2 ft

8.
CU THAI COMPETITOR - HAJI AHMAD SHARKI
23 ft

9.
MS COUPLE LOOKING
24 ft

10.
MS TUNKU SPEAKING
26 ft

11.
MS KING HANDS TROPHIES TO HASSAN AND SHARKI (TWO SHOTS)
31 ft



Initials CAR/S/MK/GAP/AB



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Background: HUNDREDS OF MUSLIMS FROM ALL OVER MALAYSIA, JAMMED THE FREEDOM STADIUM IN KUALA LUMPUR, THE MALAYSIAN CAPITAL ON FEBRUARY 6, FOR THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL KORAN READING COMPETITION.

THE COMPETITION ATTRACTED ENTRANTS FROM SIX COUNTRIES - MALAYSIA, BRUNEI (A BRITISH PROTECTORATE ENCLAVE IN NORTHERN SARAWAK), THAILAND, THE PHILIPPINES, INDIA AND PAKISTAN.

THE MALAYSIAN KING AND QUEEN, TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN, THE MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER, AND OTHER DIGNITARIES, INCLUDING DELEGATES TO THE SOUTH-EAST ASIA REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE WORLD MUSLIM CONGRESS, WERE PRESENT.

THE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S SECTION WAS FARIDAH BINTE SAMAN. TWENTY-TWO YEAR OLD HASSAN BIN MUSA WON THE MEN'S SECTION. HIS CLOSEST RIVAL WAS HAJI AHMAD SHARKI OF THAILAND.

TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN, SPEAKING AT THE END OF THE COMPETITION, SAID THAT MALAYSIA HAD BEEN FORMED WITH THE WISHES OF THE PEOPLE. NO ONE COULD CRUSH MALAYSIA EXCEPT GOD -- "IF HE WILLS."