Posted
August 31, 2013
Happy
Hari Merdeka! On this date in 1957, the
Republic of Malaya became independent of Great Britain.
By the way, in 1963 Malaysia was formed by combining the Federation of Malaya
with Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore (although a few years later, Singapore
was kicked out of the federation)—and that event will be celebrated in a couple of weeks!
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| Malaysia is highlighted here in green. |
Malaysia
is an interesting nation. Part of it is located on a Southeast Asian
peninsula (a bit of land that juts out into the ocean, so
that it is surrounded by water on three sides). The other part is
located on the island of Borneo—but just the northern part of the
island! The rest of the island of Borneo is the country of
Brunei and part of the country Indonesia.
(The
island of Borneo is fairly large. It is the largest island in Asia,
about the size of Texas. Still, to be divvied up into three
countries, two of which have other land as well, is a bit surprising
to me! And check out Brunei—it is made up of two tiny, unconnected
bits of northern Borneo!)
Another
reason Malaysia is interesting is that it has a parliament, which is
a group of lawmakers elected by citizens, modeled to some extent on
Britain's parliament. The nation also has a king and a Prime
Minister—again, just like Britain—but Malaysia's king is elected
to a 5-year term rather than just being born the king (or queen), and ruling for life, as almost all nations with a monarchy arrange things! As a
matter of fact, only one other modern nation—Cambodia—has an elected
monarch—and that king is chosen for a life term.
(The
citizens as a whole do not elect the king. Instead, the nine
hereditary rulers from the Malay states have a secret vote to see who
will be the next king. There seems to be an informal decision to pass
the title around to each of the nine in turn, originally based on
seniority.)
Malaysia
is multi-cultural, modern, and economically strong. It is one
of the most diverse countries in the world in terms of number of plant and animal
species. Check out this compilation of various tourism videos
for great scenery and wildlife sequences as well as glimpses of posh
cities and colorful culture!
Also
on this date:
Here
are my Pinterest pages on August
holidays, historical
anniversaries in August,
and August
birthdays.
And
here are my Pinterest pages on September
holidays, historical
anniversaries in September, and September
birthdays.
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