HE was only 10-years-old at the time but educationist and former National Union of the Teaching Profession secretary-general Datuk N. Siva Subramaniam remembers the iconic gathering at Stadium Merdeka on Aug 31, 1957, like it was yesterday.
Watching eagerly as Malaysia’s Bapa Kemerdekaan (Father of Independence) Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj made his way through the crowds of people in a Nash Rambler Custom Convertible to famously proclaim “Merdeka!”, Siva remembers the buzz he felt that historic day.
