[8] The paper covered events in Muslim countries outside Singapore and British Malaya, and claimed to be the first Malay-newspaper to subscribe to international news agencies.

[10] The staff of the newspaper included future prominent political figures of both Singapore and Malaya.

Former staffs include Onn Jaafar, the first president of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), Abdul Rahim Kajai, dubbed as the "Father of Malay Journalism", and Yusof Ishak, the first President of Singapore.

[2] In April 1941, Ibrahim Yaacob, a Malayan nationalist, and then-president of the Kesatuan Melayu Muda (KMM), bought the newspaper for use of anti-British propaganda.

Syed Hussein bin Ali Alsagoff, the proprietor of the newspaper, took control after 1934 until 1941.