How did zubir said contribute to singapore

A self-taught musician, Zubir also worked as a score arranger and songwriter for Cathay Organisation 's Keris Film Productions for 12 years, composing numerous songs for the company's Malay Singaporean films. The eldest child in a family of three boys and five girls, Zubir was born on 22 July in Bukit Tinggi , Minangkabau, Sumatra, Indonesia.

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He attended a Dutch school but had no interest in academic studies. His involvement with music started when he was introduced to the Solfa music system by a teacher. A primary-school classmate subsequently taught him how to make and play a flute , and in middle school , he learned to play the guitar and drums from fellow students and the keroncong group he was involved in.

In at the age of 21, Zubir went to Singapore [ 4 ] to make a living as a musician, taking up the suggestion of a sailor friend who had described the island as a place of "glittering lights, seller [coffee with milk] and butter". This was done in the face of objections from his village chieftain father, Mohamad Said bin Sanang, who believed music to be against religion.

Zubir's first job was as a musician with City Opera, a bangsawan or Malay opera troupe based in Tanjong Pagar. He became the troupe's bandleader. Thereafter, in , he joined the recording company His Master's Voice.

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Coming back to Singapore in , Zubir worked as a part-time photographer with the Utusan Melayu newspaper [ 6 ] while composing and performing music and songs. Singapore, then a British colony , had been conferred city status by a royal charter from King George VI in In , the City Council of Singapore approached Zubir to compose a song for the city to be titled "Majulah Singapura", which was a motto to be displayed in the Victoria Theatre after its renovation.

When Singapore attained self-government in , the Government felt that a national anthem was needed to unite the different races in Singapore. It decided that the City Council's song, which was already popular, would serve this purpose. After some revisions were made to the song, it was adopted by the Legislative Assembly on 11 November , and on 30 November the Singapore State Arms and Flag and National Anthem Ordinance [ 10 ] was passed.

This statute regulated the use and display of the State Arms and State Flag and the performance of the National Anthem.