ON September 16,1963, Malaysia was born. Then, as the next decade dawned, the Rukun Negara was conceived – and within it the idea of what this new nation should be was enshrined.
When I was in school, we would recite the Rukun Negara preamble every week during assembly before we sang the Negaraku. In it was the vision and philosophy worthy to be repeated, again and again, by generations of Malaysians. And I quote:
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