It’s back to the roaring 60s

A ministry staffs arranging the launch equipments on stage during the final preparations for the Malaysia Day celebration at the Proclamation of Independence Memorial Square in Banda Hilir, Melaka yesterday. - IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star .

MELAKA: The historic site where Tunku Abdul Rahman first announced the date of the country’s independence will come alive in a blaze of colour and splendour as the Malaysia Day celebrations are held there for the first time today.

More than 20,000 people, both from within and outside Melaka, are expected to gather in the historical city to hear Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob deliver his 59th Malaysia Day message this evening.