ALOR GAJAH: Melaka plans to gazette the country’s Independence Declaration Day as a public holiday in the state, which will be announced in the near future, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh.
He said the one-day public holiday had been approved by the state government, and it would come into effect next year, in conjunction with the commemoration of the Declaration of the Independence of the Federation of Malaya, which took place in Bandar Hilir here in 1956.
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