Unique federal set-up

Significant rules were introduced to regulate the newly established Malaysia, a federation that resembled a union of five unequal entities. 

THE nation just commemorated its fiftieth 50th anniversary of independence. As we bask in the afterglow of the celebrations, it is time to remember another milestone – that of Malaysia Day on Sept 16, 1963, when the 11 regions of Malaya merged with Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore to form the new nation Malaysia.