A return to our guiding principle

Instilling love for country: Pupils reciting the Rukun Negara (constitution) during the school's National Day celebration. Proclaimed on Merdeka Day, 1970, Rukunegara was drawn up to unite the people after the fateful race riots of May 13, 1969.

ENSURING a liberal approach to her rich and diverse cultural tradition” – full marks to anyone who can remember this pledge from our Rukunegara.

“Although we grew up reciting it every week in school, many have forgotten about Rukunegara, especially the beginning, which states that our nation is committed to creating a country that is united, democratic, just and progressive,” says Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) CEO Wan Saiful Wan Jan.