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| 31 Aug 1957 |
Happy Merdeka Day to all Malaysians here and abroad. Today marks our 55th year of independence from British colonial rule. My feelings about Merdeka Day and its associations run the gamut, from apathy to optimism. As a child, Merdeka Day meant 'yay-it's a holiday-no school-so yippeeyay'. As a student abroad, Merdeka Day was just another day in the calendar marked in the Overseas Students' Union (if we bothered to look). Now back in Malaysia after living abroad for some years, it reminds me that I live in a wonderful country. Wonderful, yes. Perfect, no.
