KUCHING, Sept 16 ― Malaysia Day must be given more emphasis than any other national event, as it is the day the Federation of Malaysia was founded, says former federal...
KUCHING, Sept 16 ― Malaysia Day must be given more emphasis than any other national event, as it is the day the Federation of Malaysia was founded, says former federal minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Leo Moggie.
Moggie cited peninsula-centric national education policies as having created a gap in cultural ties between the different communities in Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia. “In this context, the constitutional position with regards to legal and constitutional ownership of the Continental Shelf cannot be allowed to fester.
“Based on The Queen’s Order in the Council in June 1954, the boundary of Sarawak included the Continental Shelf... and the Federal Constitution recognises that the territory that was part of The Territory of the State just before Malaysia Day, belongs to that state.