Time to join hands for Malaysia Day


The 57th National Day has seen Malaysians at loggerheads with arrests for sedition and some nasty words. It would be nice if we can join hands to celebrate Malaysia Day.

IT was Merdeka Eve. And I was in historical Malacca, at Dataran Pahlawan to be exact, the spot where Tunku Abdul Rahman had announced to the world that independence for Malaya was at hand.

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