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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Main Author: Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
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Language:English
Published: 2009
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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