OPTIONAL PIC, IF USING, MUST USE CAPTION AND CREDIT: Iconic: Onn speaking after the Umno flag was raised for the first time in Kluang, Johor, in 1946. －National Archives Malaysia
IT is interesting that we are now having a lively debate on approaches to the nation’s history in certain informed circles. We took the first steps towards writing a Malaysia-centric history more than 50 years ago with eminent historians like Wang Gungwu and RR Bonney.
In the drive and haste to achieve development and create new successes, we seemed to have overlooked our nation’s own key founders. After more than 20 years of developing Putrajaya, our national administrative centre, there does not seem to be any single facility of note to honour Datuk Onn Jaafar.
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