Our nation Malaysia celebrates her 62nd Independence Day today. Tun Dr Mahathir, Lee Chong Wei, Syed Saddiq, the MyPF team, and other Malaysians share their thoughts on Merdeka, what it means, and what we need to do as a nation.

Selamat Hari Merdeka Malaysians! 🇲🇾

Merdeka theme: “Sayangi Malaysiaku: Malaysia Bersih”

Theme explanation: This year’s Merdeka theme stresses the importance of unity and patriotism for shared prosperity and well-being of the people. It is the theme of New Malaysia.⁠

Happy Independence Day Malaysia! The last year has been one fraught with changes. Changes that we the rakyat are so thankful for. ⁠
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May the next year be filled with progressive thinking, togetherness #byebyeracepolitics, and a cleaner and fairer justice system. We have so much HOPE for our nation. We love you Malaysia.⁠

Let’s together as a nation move towards:

  • Unity beyond toleransi.
  • Forward-thinking beyond politicking.
  • Educating beyond spoon-feeding.

#sayangimalaysiaku #merdeka #sayaanakmalaysia #malaysiaku #celebratemalaysia

 

Malaysians on Merdeka

Tun Dr Mahathir on the Meaning of Merdeka

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  • We get to determine our fate as a nation.
  • We get to vote our leaders unlike colonial times.
  • A key challenge is our country is multiracial thus we need to be sensitive of our words used (and not be racist).
  • The 1st Merdeka was very exciting lah as from being colonised we were now independent and our whole nation rejoiced.
  • Are we really independent? Yes we are! Our world today is influenced by massive amounts of information but we are uniquely Malaysian.
  • Youths [Editor: and all Malaysians!] need to be aware of what’s happening in our country and the importance of unity.

”Mengisi kemerdekaan lebih sukar dari menuntutnya.” ~Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad

 

Lee Chong Wei’s Merdeka Salam

Hi all, Salam sejahtera semua.

Recently I have not frequented the social media as often as I used to. Sebab sakit hati I baca content that pops up. Friends and fans shooting vulgarities at each other, all due to some very petty issues. It is not the Malaysia I fought for.

When I met Lin Dan during the 2006 Malaysian Open final, I thought I would lose when I trailed at 13-20. It was impossible. Against the most talented man with a 7 point match point deficit, I was already thinking about what to eat for dinner.

I was tired and dejected. I looked up to the crowd. Their vociferous support never wavered. Then I saw a Malay girl, maybe around 8ish years old putting both hands together with her eyes closed. She was praying for me.

The other side of the stadium I saw an Indian gal, crying. I dunno if she crying for me, but I assumed she was.

Then another corner, my friend’s Son; a ten year old Chinese boy was shouting my name so loud that the umpire had to gaze that corner hinting him to lower down his voice.

I knew I couldn’t give up. The whole Malaysia prayed for me to win. A Malaysia consisting of kawan, ah ne, and Heng Dai. A colourful Malaysia. A Malaysia where I eat Roti Canai for breakfast, Nasi Lemak for lunch and Char Koey Tiao for dinner.

We Malaysians are better than these, my friends.

5 years ago, there was a hilarious report from a someone who said Malaysian Chinese would support Lin Dan it was a Lin Dan- Misbun fight. First and foremost, who are u to say these when faith and loyalty shouldn’t be your forte . Second of all, as a Malaysian who know these two players, of course I support Misbun. Misbun is my countryman, Lin Dan is not. Misbun won, my country happy, everyone happy, maybe got cuti. If Lin Dan won, ape gua dapat?

We Malaysians lepak sekali, mamak sekali, look after one another tak kira kaum. We cheer for our country Malaysia. Are we going to stop all these because of one random voice from the building?

Don’t let petty issues like Dong Zong Nor Khat tear us apart,
Don’t let minor people spreading racial hate beat us,
Don’t let insentive people pull our nose out of our sanity,
Don’t let the anasir jahat (from the Chinese , Indians and Malays) defeat our country, our people.

Malaysians are much much bigger than these. Tunjukkan kita jauh lagi teguh dari semua nonsense ini. Spread love not hate!

I want my sons and grandchildren to have their Malay and Indian friends. I want them to feel safe in Malaysia. I want them to fight for the flag, like how I did for u guys in the last decade.

When Malaysia won the Thomas Cup in 1992, Punch Gunalan was the team manager, Razif was the Captain, Rashid was the most talented, Kok Keong was the fighter and Beng Kiang delivered the winning smash. It was a beautiful Malaysia, multiracial. Don’t kill it .

Happy birthday soon, Tanah tumpahnya darah ku. Kesetiaan kepada Raja dan Negara.

最近的社交媒体充斥着暴力和仇恨的语言，这，并不是我熟悉的马来西亚。

2006年大马公开赛决赛，我和林丹的比分来到了13-20，我落后林丹整整7分！当时的我很累很沮丧，在我濒临放弃的时候，我抬头，看到了全马来西亚人不分你我，全民同心，都在为我加油鼓励，Lee Chong Wei , Malaysia Boleh，这几个字围绕着整个球场仿佛劝我不要放弃！

我爱的马来西亚真的很美。所以，

别让董总课题、爪夷文书法鉴赏这样的小问题撕裂我们，
别让那些传播种族仇恨的小人扰乱我国的秩序，
别让麻木不仁的人牵着我们的鼻子走，
别让外来的负面消息影响我们的国家，我们的人民团结。

还记得1992年当马来西亚第一次拿下汤姆斯杯冠军的时候吗？那时候的球队经理是Punch Gunalan，队长是Razif，我们还有最全面Rashid，最有战斗力的傅国强，还有搭配谢顺吉拿下关键一分的苏明强；最后一球落下，当时电视前或在Mamak档看比赛的大家相互拥抱，全民欢腾举国同庆，这就是美丽的多元种族马来西亚，不要扼杀了它的美好。

我爱我的国家，有国才有家。

明天就是831马来西亚独立日，
让我们手牵手，把马来西亚的多元美好进行到底。Tanah tumpahnya darah ku.🇲🇾

#happymerdeka2019
#iamleechongwei
#wearemalaysian
#spreadlovenothate
#malaysiaismycountry

Lim Kit Siang on the Malaysian Dream

“Let us celebrate the 62nd Merdeka Day today and the 56th Malaysia Day on September 16 consciously that we are in the thick of the battle for the soul of Malaysia — to bridge Malaysia’s divides to build a common future for all Malaysians or for each ethnicity to return to its respective enclave in the false belief that it is facing an existential threat and in denial of a Malaysian dream.” ~Lim Kit Siang

 

Syed Saddiq Sings his Favourite Song

Hannah Yeoh on the Sacrifice of Those Before Us

“Hari kemerdekaan ini adalah hasil dari pejuangan para pejuang terdahulu. Jangan sia-siakan usaha mereka. Selamat menyambut hari kemerdekaan.” ~Hannah Yeoh

 

Tony Fernandes on the Merdeka Gift

AirAsia: KLIA2 Passenger Service Charge Reduced

“AirAsia thanks the Government for agreeing to reduce the PSC charge. We believe the reduction will benefit the tourism industry as a whole. This is a Merdeka Day gift for us.” – Tony Fernandes

  • Passenger Service Charge (PSC) to destinations beyond ASEAN for all non-KLIA airports reduced.
  • Charges rescued from RM73 to RM50 (-30.5%).
  • New PSC rates will take effect from Oct 1, 2019.

MyPF Merdeka Promotion

FREE 1 month Premier membership + 1x consultation session with a licensed financial planner (worth RM360).

 

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