Know your history. know it well
MALAYSIA will celebrate its 52nd year of Merdeka tomorrow, and it is timely to reflect on what has happened since the nation gained independence in 1957. Amidst the joy and fanfare, there must be a serious revisit to the history of the events that led to this annual celebration. They say, histor...
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| description | MALAYSIA will celebrate its 52nd year of Merdeka tomorrow, and it is timely to reflect on what has happened
since the nation gained independence in 1957.
Amidst the joy and fanfare, there must be a serious revisit to the history of the events that led to this annual
celebration.
They say, history is a great teacher. But unless this is done in earnest, Merdeka tends to have a repetitive
dampening effect in which the context is largely lost.
It will be reduced to a onetime
cyclical happening, devoid of any meaning. |
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| spelling | usm-327612017-04-04T02:39:37Z http://eprints.usm.my/32761/ Know your history. know it well Abd Razak, Dzulkifli HC79 Special topics-Including air pollution, automation,consumer demand, famines, flow of funds,etc. MALAYSIA will celebrate its 52nd year of Merdeka tomorrow, and it is timely to reflect on what has happened since the nation gained independence in 1957. Amidst the joy and fanfare, there must be a serious revisit to the history of the events that led to this annual celebration. They say, history is a great teacher. But unless this is done in earnest, Merdeka tends to have a repetitive dampening effect in which the context is largely lost. It will be reduced to a onetime cyclical happening, devoid of any meaning. 2009-08-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/32761/1/DZUL132.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2009) Know your history. know it well. New Sunday Times. |
| spellingShingle | HC79 Special topics-Including air pollution, automation,consumer demand, famines, flow of funds,etc. Abd Razak, Dzulkifli Know your history. know it well |
| title | Know your history. know it well |
| title_full | Know your history. know it well |
| title_fullStr | Know your history. know it well |
| title_full_unstemmed | Know your history. know it well |
| title_short | Know your history. know it well |
| title_sort | know your history. know it well |
| topic | HC79 Special topics-Including air pollution, automation,consumer demand, famines, flow of funds,etc. |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/32761/ http://eprints.usm.my/32761/1/DZUL132.pdf |