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She died at 3.45pm.
Laila, 68, is survived by her husband, four children including Deputy Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Sulaiman Abdul Rahman, and 15 grandchildren.
Taib’s press secretary Amin Sahmat said the burial would be held at the Demak Muslim cemetery Thursday morning.
Among the first dignitaries to pay their last respects at Demak Jaya on Wednesday were Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is currently on a two-day official visit to Sarawak, and his wife Puan Sri Norainee Abdul Rahman.
The Polish-born Laila and Taib, then pursuing his law degree, were married in Adelaide, Australia on Jan 13, 1959. Three years later, she arrived in Sarawak.
Her maiden name was Lejla Chaleck.
In paying tribute to Laila during their 50th wedding anniversary celebration here last January 13, Taib had said she was his pillar of strength and source of inspiration.
“I must acknowledge that it is not easy for any woman to be a politician’s wife. Laila has played a major part in making my life very bearable,” he said.
A local writer, Christina Mamora, who was commissioned to write Laila’s yet-to-be published biography, A Story of Love and Compassion, described her as “kind and caring towards others.”
“Having spent many long hours interviewing her (Laila) over the past year or so, I was very sad to think how nice and supportive she has been to me, especially in documenting stories about women, when I heard that she was sick,“ she told Bernama here.
In recognition of her active involvement in social work, including as Sarawak Badan Amal Dan Tenaga president, she was awarded the Darjah Utama Yang Amat Mulia Bintang Kenyalang, which carries the title “Datuk Amar” in 1988.
She was also the Pertubuhan Kebajikan Islam Malaysia vice-president (women’s committee chairman) while the setting up of the Laila Taib Cancer Charitable Trust was one of the many testimonials of her keen interest to help needy patients and see that research activities could be carried out for the people’s benefit. -- Bernama
Pada suatu hari, ada seorang yang bermurah hati telah mendermakan sepasang mata kepada gadis tersebut. Setelah melalui satu pembedahan, akhirnya gadis itu dapat melihat semula. Dia berasa amat gembira sekali. Dia telah dapat melihat segala yang dapat dipandang oleh mata kasar termasuklah wajah teman lelakinya.
“Sekarang kamu telah dapat melihat dunia di sekelilingmu, adakah kamu akan berkahwin dengan aku?
Gadis itu memandang dan melihat wajah teman lelakinya. Ternyata teman lelakinya itu seorang yang buta. Gadis itu berasa sedikit terkejut. Dia tidak menyangka sama sekali bahawa teman lelakinya seorang yang buta. Dengan perubahan yang berlaku kepada dirinya, dengan penglihatan yang dia ada kini, gadis itu akhirnya menolak untuk berkahwin dengan teman lelakinya yang buta itu kerana dia beranggapan bahawa dia tidak akan bahagia hidup di samping seorang lelaki yang buta.
Lelaki itu sungguh kecewa dengan sikap gadis itu. Dia menulis satu nota yang berbunyi, “Sayang, jagalah sepasang matamu itu dengan baik kerana sebelum ia menjadi milikmu, ia adalah milikku dahulu.”
Begitulah yang selalunya terjadi kepada kita yang bergelar manusia. Hati kita akan cepat berubah apabila status kita berubah. Sebab itulah kita dapati ramai yang lupa daratan apabila sudah menjadi kaya raya. Manusia seperti kita terlalu mudah untuk menjadi “seperti kacang lupakan kulit”. Jadikanlah cerita ini sebagai pengajaran untuk kita hidup dengan lebih berhemah kerana kehidupan kita di dunia ini adalah anugerah dari Allah.
p/s: i just asked myself to be good one
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