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today is seems to be a historic day for Malaysia day!!!!
however it's seems that this day is not being celebrated at general.
i think if you aske poeple on the streets what today means to Malaysia,
most likely they could not relate it to Malaysia day or
they would take a long long time before they would relate it with Malaysia day.
why?
because history only educate us about 31 August 1957
and we forgot that Malaysia was formed at a later date which is 16th September 1963.
it's a day that we should remember, because there is new member in the family of Malaya.
this is a little thing to share where i found it online
The constitution clearly mentions that ‘Merdeka Day is Aug 31, 1957, while Sept 16, 1963 is ‘Malaysia Day’.
All similar dates are anniversaries of the same i e either Merdeka Day or Malaysia Day anniversaries as the case maybe.
However as from 1970, the late Tunku, on the recommendation of the National Goodwill Council, agreed that the Merdeka Day anniversary should be called the National Day and celebrations thereof may be extended from Aug 31 to Sept 16 to allow for various groups and places to organise cross-ethnic and cross-geographic festivities aimed at instilling patriotism and nationalism among the peoples of Malaysia, hence dispensing with the term Merdeka or Malaysia Day anniversary.
so.. we should appreciate the freedom we have as well as the resources that our country have
however it's seems that this day is not being celebrated at general.
i think if you aske poeple on the streets what today means to Malaysia,
most likely they could not relate it to Malaysia day or
they would take a long long time before they would relate it with Malaysia day.
why?
because history only educate us about 31 August 1957
and we forgot that Malaysia was formed at a later date which is 16th September 1963.
it's a day that we should remember, because there is new member in the family of Malaya.
this is a little thing to share where i found it online
The constitution clearly mentions that ‘Merdeka Day is Aug 31, 1957, while Sept 16, 1963 is ‘Malaysia Day’.
All similar dates are anniversaries of the same i e either Merdeka Day or Malaysia Day anniversaries as the case maybe.
However as from 1970, the late Tunku, on the recommendation of the National Goodwill Council, agreed that the Merdeka Day anniversary should be called the National Day and celebrations thereof may be extended from Aug 31 to Sept 16 to allow for various groups and places to organise cross-ethnic and cross-geographic festivities aimed at instilling patriotism and nationalism among the peoples of Malaysia, hence dispensing with the term Merdeka or Malaysia Day anniversary.
so.. we should appreciate the freedom we have as well as the resources that our country have
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