Malaysia Day 2012 marks the day that Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo, and
Sarawak unified to form Malaysia on September 16, 1953. It should not be
confused with Malaysian Independence Day (Hari Merdeka), which is on August 31
and marks the day when Malaysia gained its freedom from the British. The
unification of Malay was actually supposed to take place on August 31, 1953 but
was delayed to September because of opposition from the nearby nations like the
Philippines and Indonesia. In 2010, Malaysia Day was declared a public federal
holiday.
Delaying Malaysia Day
The delay was also made to allow the U.N to hold polls in
the countries of Sarawak and North Borneo in order to ensure that both nations
agreed to the idea of unification with Malaysia and Singapore. The bill that
first introduced the idea of unifying was called the Malaysia Bill, which was
brought to the attention of Parliament in July earlier in the year. It was
approved and signed into law by Yang di-Pertuan Agong (head of state) on August
29.
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