国庆日
A new federation under the name of Malaysia was formed on September 16, 1963 through a merging of the Federation of Malaya and the British crown colonies of Singapore, North Borneo (renamed Sabah), and Sarawak, the latter two colonies being on the island of Borneo. The Sultanate of Brunei, though initially expressing interest in joining the Federation, pulled out due to opposition from certain segments of the population as well as wrangling over the payment of oil royalties.
马来西亚举国上下都在庆祝国庆日。可是据我所知，八月三十一日是MALAYA的独立日，并不是MALAYSIA的成立日。 这样好象其他州是被colonized的。在这里九月十六日被称为马来西亚日(Malaysia Day)，而且不是那么隆重的被庆祝。不知各位是否想过这件事？
