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| Haji Zaini bin Haji Ahmad (eldest son of HABHAL) |
Full name: Haji Zaini bin Haji Ahmad
Call names: Mak Bedah addressed him as Mama Zaini, sometimes Nana Zaini. He is also referred to as Cikgu Zaini as well as Zaini HABHAL.
Date of birth (DOB): 1926 (based on his retirement in 1981 - 55 years of work)
Occupation: schoolteacher and kicap producer
According to Bapak, Zaini was tall. He was a Raffles College runner and badminton player. He became a schoolteacher at Pulau Bukom. He was known as Cikgu Zaini.
He retired by 12 September 1981 and went for Hajj with his wife on 21 September 1981 (see invitation letter below).
His parents were already deceased when Cikgu Zaini went for Hajj in 1981.
He became the Director of HABHAL & Sons Trading, continuing the soy sauce business after his father. He was the second HABHAL director after his father.
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| Haji Zaini's business card. Card from Bapak's collection 2007. |
Haji Zaini is deceased (from Bapak 2007).
Date of demise: __
Sibs: 7
He was the eldest son of Haji Ahmad bin Haji Abdul Latiff (HABHAL).
His brothers are Mohamad and Mahmud.
His sisters are Zaiton, Saadiah and Aishah.
Marriage:
Zaini married in Kajang. Bapak drove a Morris Minor to see him. There is no photo of Cikgu Zaini's marriage to Cikgu Saadiah.
Wife: Hajah Saadiah bt Buyong
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| Hajah Saadiah bt Buyong Wife of Haji Zaini bin Haji Ahmad |
Saadiah is from Kajang, but lives at Masalink near Woodlands, Singapore.
She was a former schoolteacher.
She is ~70 years old in 2016.
She runs the HABHAL business that makes the HABHAL soy sauce in Johor Bahru, Johor.
Her father is Haji Buyong Lenggang.
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| Cikgu Saadiah's father in Kajang Card from Bapak's collection 2007. |
- Mohd Jamil ... he was already married in 1981, when his parents went for Hajj.
- Ahmad
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| Mohd Jamil bin Haji Zaini Elder son of Haji Zaini |
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| Ahmad bin Haji Zaini Younger son of Haji Zaini |
JEMPUTAN KENDURI ARWAH (Tahlil), RETIREMENT, AND HAJJ 1981
Cikgu Zaini, wife Saadiah and sons, invited Bapak to their house for kenduri arwah (tahlil) and before going for Hajj.
Cikgu Zaini had retired in 1981 - aged 55 years. His wife Cikgu Saadiah was ~35 years old in 1981. She's ~70 in 2016.
His parents, HABHAL and Nenek Amnah, have passed away. Nenek Amnah passed away in late 1960s. HABHAL remarried to Nenek Mahani in 1970 and he passed away before/by 1981.
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| Invitation letter from Cikgu Zaini, Singapore. Letter from Bapak's collection 2007. |
Assalamu'alaikum Wr. Wb.
Dengan segala hormatnya dijemput
Tuan/Puan ke rumah kami di No. 134,
Lorong Sarina, Singapura 1441 pada
hari Sabtu 12.9.81 jam 2.00-5.30 ptg
kerana
Kenduri Arwah Hj Ahmad b. Hj A. Latiff
dan Amnah bt Hj Mohd Shariff.
Doa Selamat Bersara Cikgu Zaini bin Hj Ahmad.
Doa Selamat Bertolak Ke Tanah Suci
Cikgu Zaini bin Hj Ahmad
dan
Cikgu Saadiah bt Buyong
pada 21.9.81 jam 6.30 pagi.
Kehadiran Tuan/Puan sangatlah pehak
kami harapkan dengan kami mendahulukan
ribuan terima kasih.
Undangan dari:
Cikgu Zaini
Cikgu Saadiah
Mohd Jamil dan isteri
Ahmad bin Zaini
Family Photos
Kak Fuziah bt Abdul Latiff (Tumpat, Kelantan) provided photos of Haji Zaini's family at his residence at 134 Lorong Sarina, Singapore (8 January 2016).
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| Cikgu Haji Zaini bin Haji Ahmad, wife Cikgu Saadiah bt Buyong and sons Mohd Jamil (elder) and Ahmad (younger). 134 Lorong Sarina, Singapore. Photo from Kak Fuziah 2016. |
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| Zaini's family with HABHAL and second wife, Mahani bt Haji Khalil. HABHAL married Mahani on 12 April 1970. 134 Lorong Sarina, Singapore. Photo from Kak Fuziah 2016. |
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| Seated at rear from left: Mahani, HABHAL, Zaini, Mohd Jamil, Seated in foreground: Maid (pembantu rumah HABHAL and Zaini), Ahmad and Saadiah. 134 Lorong Sarina, Singapore. Photo from Kak Fuziah 2016. |
Residence: 134 Lorong Sarina, Singapore
Haji Zaini and family lived in a brick double-storey house at 134 Lorong Sarina, Singapore.
However, the house has been vacant.
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| House at 134 Lorong Sarina, Singapore in 2011 Photo by Dr Mohamed Tahir. The house is vacant. |
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