The last general election does change a lot of things. From an unrecognized date, September 16 has been a public holiday for the past 2 years.<\/p>\n
While I am happy that the Day is finally\u00a0being recognized, I find that the idea of Malaysia Day in the mind of the federal government and what I call Malaysia Day-neophytes really revolves around the celebration of Sabah and Sarawak. I despise that.<\/p>\n
This is moving from a wrong to another wrong.<\/p>\n
Malaysia Day is not the celebration of the independence of Sabah or Sarawak. History does not say so. Sabah gained independence from the British on August 31 1963. Sarawak gained its independence from the British on July 22 1963. It was Malaysia that was formed on September 16 in that same year.<\/p>\n
And it is not a celebration of Sabah or Sarawak specifically either. The federation that we have now was formed not just by Sabah and Sarawak. Have we forgotten that?<\/p>\n
Malaysia Day should be about remembering the formation of a federation called Malaysia and those who supported us. Malaysia Day should be about Malaysia, not about Sabah or Sarawak specifically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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