The real Malaysia that’s over the sea


Khalifa Affnan, born in Kuala Lumpur, studied in Johor and won an award for his work in Sabah.

THE National Day is done. And Malaysia Day is around the corner. There have been festivities for close to a month. People of all races, religion and creeds have been celebrating.

Some 20,000 people took part in the National Day parade, about 600 of them schoolchildren from Selangor. Another 80,000 came to watch.

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