HAPPY MALAYSIA DAY!!! (2012)

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MALAYSIA DAY!!!

Malaysia Day is held on September 16th every year to commemorate the establishment of the Malaysian federation on the same date in 1963. It marked the joining together of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak & Singapore to form Malaysia. The formation of the new federation was planned to occur on June 1st, 1963...but was later postponed to August 31st, 1963...in order to coincide with the sixth Hari Merdeka (Independence Day).

Several issues related to the Indonesian & the Filipino objection to the formation of Malaysia delayed the declaration to September 16th of the same year. The postponement was also done to allow the United Nations team time to conduct referendums in North Borneo (now Sabah) & Sarawak regarding the two states participation in a new federation.

The formation of Malaysia was made possible through the introduction of the Malaysia Bill to the Malayan Parliament on July 9th, 1963...& consent from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on August 29th, 1963.

Prior to the formation of Malaysia...Sarawak gained its transitional administration on July 22nd, 1963...while Singapore & North Borneo (which was renamed Sabah) began its transitional administration from the United Kingdom on August 31st, 1963...thus coinciding with the sixth anniversary of the Malayan independence.

September 16th...Malaysia Day is a federal public holiday in Malaysia since 2010.