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“Malaysia Where Love Grows”

Tuesday, 9 September 2014 | 09:10 | 0 Alien[s]

Malaysia is a very unique and special country. It is located in South East Asia. The citizens are from different races and religions. So, Malaysia is called a multi-racial, multi-cultural and multi-religious country. There are three main races in this developed country such as the Malays, the Chinese and the Indians. Most of them live in Peninsular Malaysia and are government servants. Although they practice different religions, they work together and live peacefully.

The Independence Day is an annual celebration by the whole world but Malaysian names it as a Merdeka Day. All countries honour their respective independence day, celebrating it as a national holiday. Thus, on the 31 August every year, it is marked as the Malaysian Independence Day. However, there are lot differences of celebrating the Independence Day on 31 August and today in terms of spirit and technology.

“Malaysia Where Love Grows” is the theme for the country’s 57th Independence or Merdeka Day celebration. Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said the theme was picked from the song “Warisan“, made popular by the late entertainer Sudirman Haji Arshad.“I believe this theme will have a deep impact and fill the hearts of all Malaysians with love for their country,” he told reporters at the pre-launch of this year’s Merdeka celebration.He also hoped that the theme chosen would not be politicised by any quarters.

This year’s celebration will begin with the “Doa Untuk Malaysia” (Prayer for Malaysia) at Putra Mosque, here, on Aug 15 followed by the ‘Fly the Jalur Gemilang’ campaign, which is scheduled to be launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on Aug 16.

The highlight of the celebration will be the Merdeka Day procession and parade at Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur on Aug 31 while the national-level Malaysia Day celebration will be held in Sarawak on Sept 16.

The National Day parade in the morning is going to be carried out too along Dataran Merdeka stretch. The only official Independence Day’s event maintained this year. I have heard many helicopters flying the past few days which indicates that they were practising for rehearsal for the parade.

Many Malaysians are happy of this Independence Day celebration every year just because that it gives us another public holiday. Yes…and this year, it falls on Sunday. So, the next Monday would be the replacement holiday. Wonderful. A longer weekend to enjoy, which is also the weekend that saw the end of August and the arrival of September.

Last but not least, I would like to wish all Malaysians a Happy 57th Independence Day to our beloved country, Malaysia!