This is a collection of essays that provide a canvas of a man who has been described as a polymath and a dominant personality in the intellectual and cultural life of Malaysia. Royal Professor Ungku A. Aziz has had a significant effect, since the decade of the fifties, on the growth and development of the nation in general and the University of Malaya in particular. He explained the emergence and roots of poverty and how exploitation was the key to the problem and that market reform is essential to overcome the poverty problem. With bibliography and index.