{"id":56328,"date":"2019-12-26T11:36:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T03:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=56328"},"modified":"2019-12-26T14:58:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T06:58:55","slug":"barber-ah-kim-pays-tribute-to-the-legendary-p-ramlee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=56328","title":{"rendered":"Barber Ah Kim pays tribute to the legendary P.Ramlee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5>By Muhammad Najieb Ahmad Fuad<br><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/p-ramlee-805x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56334\" width=\"313\" height=\"398\"\/><figcaption>The late P.Ramlee was a popular Malay actor, singer and director whose fans included Indians and Chinese in Malaysia. His sense of humour and wacky acting made him a highly entertaining artiste who starred in many of the popular Malay movies.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>REMBAU,&nbsp; Dec 26 &nbsp;(NNN-Bernama) &#8212;&nbsp;The art work&nbsp;&nbsp;of&nbsp;the late Tan Sri P. Ramlee lives on and remains fresh among his fans until today, despite his death about 46 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A multi-talented artiste, P. Ramlee &nbsp;was a singer-songwriter, composer, actor, director and producer whose career spanned the golden age of Malaysian film making from the late 1940s to the early 1960s.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His&nbsp;art works, including&nbsp;songs,&nbsp;not only captured the hearts of the Malay community, but also other races in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of them is &nbsp;Ng Kim Soi, 75, who runs a barber shop which has been operating here for&nbsp;the past 56 years. &nbsp;While snipping the customers\u2019 hair, you can hear him sing, hum or whistle the tune of P. Ramlee\u2019s songs, like \u201cGetaran Jiwa\u201d and \u201cJangan Tinggal Daku\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Getaran Jiwa - P. Ramlee\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6L1_empGNvg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>The rich voice of P.Ramlee singing Getaran Jiwa. Courtesy of YouTube.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Popularly known as \u201cAh Kim\u201d among his customers, Ng has also been given the nickname \u201cP. Ramlee of Rembau\u201d by the local community because he sounds like the legendary artiste when he sang the songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAny new&nbsp; customer who comes to the shop thinks that I am a Malay because I&nbsp;don\u2019t sound like a Chinese when I sing P. Ramlee\u2019s songs,\u201d he said when met by Bernama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Making P Ramlee his icon, Ng said he started to learn and mimic P Ramlee\u2019s voice and style of singing at the age of 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/kim-sings-ramlee.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56365\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/kim-sings-ramlee.png 800w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/kim-sings-ramlee-300x188.png 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/kim-sings-ramlee-768x480.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cI learn P. Ramlee\u2019s song by listening to his records, but now they are easily available in CD and VCD form, as well as by surfing them on the Internet,\u201d he said, adding that living in a Malay community made it more easier for him to grasp the language during the early years of learning to sing P. Ramlee\u2019s songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ng, who has five children, said there was a time when he was invited to participate in a singing competition in Singapore, but he had to turn it down as he did not have the means then to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere was also a time I&nbsp;was invited to sing P. Ramlee&#8217;s songs at an event that was attended by the 10th Yang Dipertuan Besar of&nbsp;Negeri Sembilan&nbsp;( Almarhum&nbsp;Tuanku Ja&#8217;afar ibni Almarhum&nbsp;Tuanku Abdul Rahman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was a great honour for me,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Muhammad Najieb Ahmad Fuad REMBAU,&nbsp; Dec 26 &nbsp;(NNN-Bernama) &#8212;&nbsp;The art work&nbsp;&nbsp;of&nbsp;the late Tan Sri P. Ramlee lives on and remains fresh among his fans until today, despite his death about 46 years ago. A multi-talented artiste, P. 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