Welcome to MMHTA
“Preserving and promoting Malaysia Military History”. — Founder- Col Allen Lai
Colonel Allen Lai Kim Hinn (Rtd), PAT KMN PKK (Kel) BSK (Kel) PJK (Perak) PJM PPA
Born in August 1944, Colonel Allen, graduated from the Federation Military College (“FMC”) in 1964 and he was commissioned into the Federation Artillery Regiment. He had commanded Artillery Batteries and a Regiment providing artillery fire support for combat troops during the Malaysian Emergency and Confrontation era. He had also served as an Officer Cadet instructor in the Royal Military College, Malaysian School of Administration (LATEDA) as Senior Directing Staff, and the Malaysian Armed Forces Staff College as Deputy Commandant. Colonel Allen’s last appointment was Chief of Staff of the 4th Infantry Division. He had attended several Artillery overseas courses in UK and Australia. Colonel Allen had served the Malaysian Army for 36 years until his retirement in 1999.
Operations
MMHTA has a myriad of innovative and purposeful tours including Malaysia Military History, Military Adventure, Military Skills and Military Entertainment tours. MMHTA have insider access to military archives providing unmatched authenticity. MMHTA has comprehensive tours and bespoke tours customized upon request, including Remembrance Days and specific tours dedicated to tourists who had personal losses of their relatives during their duties in Malaya.
Miltours are MMHTA patented and trademarked tours. Miltours or Military History Tours are exclusive tours in Malaysia curated by MMHTA. All the founder members of Miltours are former senior military officers of the Malaysian Armed Forces. MMHTA tours are tours with lots of time to relax and reflect without compromising a high level of professional service and comraderies. Watch clips of Malayan History movies in our tour coaches whilst on the move. There is never a dull moment.
Miltours have exclusive rights and access to all military history sites in Malaysia. Miltours are operated by veterans, most of whom have served in or had attended Malaysia and overseas Military Staff colleges. Miltour guides shall provide unparalleled historical accuracy in the only tourism segment in Malaysia to focus on Malaysia Military history. Miltour guides have personal experiences and in depth explanations to all the episodes in the tours.
Miltours offers all the significant military history sites not offered by city tours and other segments of Malaysia Tourism, some of these sites are in restricted military camps and former black areas. Tourist on Miltours shall hear memoirs and legacies like no other because Miltours guides often share their first hand experience. They were there and back.
MMHTA military tour guides speaks several international tourist languages including English, Malay, Arabic, Tamil and Chinese dialects. Miltours are sensitive to and are paced for senior citizens, the handicapped and young children alike. All Miltours tours have the full support of the Malaysia Armed Forces and Malaysia Tourism Council.
Persatuan Pelancungan Sejarah Ketenteraan Malaysia or Malaysia Military History Tourism Association (MMHTA) is a registered tourism association organized by military veterans with the sole purpose to curate and manage Malaysia military history tours.The Objectives of MMHTA are to promote Military History Tourism in Malaysia and to provide job opportunities to Malaysian Citizens and retiring veterans. MMHTA exist to benefit essentially Military and their families.Military Tour Guides and Military Historians are volunteers or Contract for Service staff.
Malaysia has a very rich military history, particularly shared with the United Kingdom and commonwealth countries. Malaysia and Singapore’s military history are one history track until 9 August 1965 when Singapore left Malaysia to be an independent Republic.
MMHTA thank MOTAC and the MTC who had played a major role and guiding the association to provide professional military history tours. MMHTA is also thankful to the personnel caretakers in maintaining and upkeep Malaysia’s military heritage sites.
Malaysia military history tours are curated into packages to meet the requirements of inbound tourists and domestic tourists alike. MMHTA endeavors to fill in this important gap for tourists to experience our military history tours conducted by our military historians and military tour guides.
Our curated packages comprise features to include military history tours , entertainment tours, adventure tours and skills tours. Military historians shall share their personal legacies filled with live stories of gallantry and valour. MMHTA shall also cater to Remembrance Days and Services tours upon request.
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