Empower our symbols of unity


But apart from the flag and anthem, do we even know what these symbols are?

OVER dinner, I confessed I had yet to hang out the flag at my house for Merdeka this year. Angry young woman at the table sarcastically said: “Why, you supporting the Govern­ment ah?”

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