Not your average old newspaper

Invaluable collection: Jamal showing his collection in Serkat, Pontian. — THOMAS YONG/The Star

PONTIAN: Antique collector Jamal Ahmad has more than 1,000 pieces of memorabilia in his collection, but the ones that he treasures the most are a bundle of old newspapers which reported the Independence declaration on Aug 31, 1957.

The 58-year-old retired teacher also has a copy of the Independence declaration written in English, Tamil, Jawi and romanised Bahasa Malaysia.