ON AUG 31 every year, we recognise and remember the significance of Merdeka and the road travelled by leaders of the past, including our Father of Independence, Tunku Abdul Rahman, to attain self-rule from the colonial masters in 1957.
However, many of us forget that Malaysia was formed only in 1963.
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