What is Khoo Kay Kim?
[[File:200802KhooKayKim.jpg|thumb|200px|Khoo in February 2009]] '''Khoo Kay Kim''' ({{zh|s=邱继金|zh|t=邱繼金|p=Qiū Jiājīn|poj=Khu Ke-kim}}; 28 March 1937 – 28 May 2019) was a [[Malaysia]]n historian. He was born in [[Kampar, Perak|Kampar]], [[Perak]] to a family of [[Chinese people|Chinese]] heritage. He was an [[emeritus professor]] in the history department of the [[University of Malaya]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]]. He was one of the co-authors of ''Rukunegara''. In January 2011, Khoo was named Chancellor of [[KDU University College]]. Khoo died of [[respiratory failure]] on 28 May 2019 in [[Petaling Jaya]], [[Selangor]]. He was 82.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/05/28/historian-khoo-kay-kim-82-passes-on-from-lung-failure/|title=Historian Khoo Kay Kim, 82, passes on from lung failure|author=Goh, Daryl|date=28 May 2019|access-date=|work=The Star Online}}</ref> Prime Minister [[Mahathir Mohamad]] has paid tribute to Khoo, whom he said greatly contributed to the development of Malaysian history.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-28|title=PM hails Khoo Kay Kim’s contribution to Malaysian history|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/05/28/pm-hails-late-khoo-kay-kims-contribution-to-malaysian-history/1757188|access-date=|website=www.malaymail.com}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Khoo, Kay Kim}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Malaysian academics]] [[Category:Historians]] [[Category:Malaysian writers]] [[Category:People from Perak]] {{Bio-stub}}