Witnessing the very first Merdeka Day in 1957

I RECALL with pride and patriotic fervour that I was at the newly-built posh Merdeka Stadium on our first Merdeka Day on Aug 31, 1957. That was 61 years ago!

I was an undergraduate at our only university for Malaya and Singapore.

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