Merdeka Day and Malaysia Day: So why do we have two national days?

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Merdeka Day and Malaysia Day: So why do we have two national days?
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Malaysia is only 61 years old despite the Federation of Malaya attaining independence 67 years ago. Malaysia Day and Merdeka Day could have fallen on the same...

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Although Brunei rejected joining Malaya, Sarawak, Sabah and Singapore to form Malaysia, it participates in the Malaysian Games . The ratification of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 on July 9, 1963, marked the formation of Malaysia. It was signed in London by all the leaders involved including representatives from the United Kingdom.

The UN study was completed on September 14 of the same year which recorded positive responses towards the unification of territories, similar to the results of the Cobbold Commission report. Two years later on August 9, Singapore separated from Malaysia to become an independent and separate entity but it kept Malay as its national language.

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