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Happy Malaysia Day, when you're ready
Today, I shall blog in the bullet point style of chedet.com. Btw, Tun M, Happy Malaysia Day to you.(1) When a non-Malaysian friend asked how we ended up having 2 Independence Days, 31 August and 16 September, I had to go back to my Form 5 Secondary School textbook to explain.(2) Of course, I did add, that just like Microsoft Windows, there are several versions. Historical facts is one thing and interpretation of historical facts is another.(3) 31 August is Hari Merdeka and 16 September is Malaysia Day. To cut a long story short, parts of Malaysia achieved independence from British rule at different times, on those 2 dates.(4) However I stressed, the story of this geographical region now known as Malaysia is just a series of colonisation: Siamese, Dutch, Portugese, British, just to name some recent ones.(5) 31 August is a public holiday in Malaysia, and 16 September isn't, unless you took MC on that day.(6) So what is the official position on Independence Day? Which day was it?(7) Malaysians should ideally ce
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