42 years ago, on this very day, Malaysia was formed, by four supposedly equal partners, namely Malaya, Temasek, North Borneo and Sarawak. It was also the time for President Soekarno and his Pinoy counterpart to “Ganyang Malaysia”.

The idea of Malaysia itself was proposed by Tunku Abdul Rahman, encompassing Malaya, Temasek, Sarawak, Brunei and North Borneo on May 27, 1961, at a luncheon given in his honour by the Foreign Correspondents Club in Raffles Hotel, Temasek.

True Mohd Hafiz, I realised that, 40 years prior to the day Malaysia was formed, MM Lee was born, on Sept 16, 1923.

And for one reason or another, mysteriously, the actual date for the formation of Malaysia was postponed from Aug 31, 1963 to Sept 16 the same year.

Due to difference between KL and Temasek, the merger broke apart. However, we still remember this important day until this very moment, aren’t we ?

Now, there’s a valid reason why they should tell us just stick to our National Day on Aug 31, eh ?

Quoting Colonel’s Diary,

Alas, not all is well. East Malaysians look at West Malaysians with suspicion, West Malaysians doesn’t know anything about East Malaysians. This thing has been going on for many, many years now. Without proper attention, Malaysia’s unity will be cracked…

Chatted with Miss Nurin Aina, acting chief of Johor Keadilan Youth the other day. She just came back from a public hearing regarding national unity and national service in the Johor state assembly the previous night. She said,

After 42 years, people are still talking about unity, weird isn’t it ?

Indeed.

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Kadazan Sasat : Today’s the day to shout “Happy Bday Malaysia!”

Chipperazzi : A day to remember, not alone but together