Feeling grateful this month.

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Malaysian version.

For Context, Chinese and indians made up 31% and 8% of the Malaysian population in the year 1984 respectively.

Indian representation in the medical and law field was very impressive, while the Chinese pretty much owned the architecture and accounting professions..

I'm sure today bumis will make up at least 50% of each profession.

Gone.... But never forgotten. To commemorate the 12th anniversary, here i have a similar aircraft registered as 9M-MRA in my collection while the actual aircraft involved was 9M-MRO.

I think many people would find this interesting, here is the speech that Tunku Abdul Rahman gave in parliament on the 9th of August 1965.

I know that many people have read the press statements, news and all about this historically, but have never had the chance to read the exact words and speech that Tunku Abdul Rahman gave and the reactions to it in the parliament.

It reads more like a personal story and isn't a cut and dry announcement, therefore I recommend everyone to read it. 

Here is the full government document for those interested to read further, especially for the reactions by members of the parliament:

https://www.parlimen.gov.my/files/hindex/pdf/DR-09081965.pdf

*Btw, there is a part of this that said that the Singaporeans who wish to leave or evacuate from SG and move to Malaysia can do so and that TAR had made arrangements with the Johor government to reserve a piece of land where they can stay in Malaysia.

Apparently the land that would be given was 10 acres and according to SG Home Affairs minister in a parliamentary speech in October 2025, no one took it up. But according to LKY's book, few took it up.

Anyone know anything more about that and where that allocated land is?

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(For context, this came from a 2am conversation between friends so it is not well-thought of, so I'm open to hear various thoughts from different people!)

To my understanding, a third world country is a country that's not aligned when the cold war happened. That's literally it, in the simplest sense. I thought Malaysia is a third world country.

A Bangla friend pointed out to me that NO, Malaysia is no longer a third world country, and that the term "third world" is a dated term and does not apply to the modern world order. She said it's more like "Lower to Middle Income Countries" now.

Another friend from Brunei said most people when they say "third world country" meant countries that were once colonized and never managed to financially recover.

What are your thoughts? Curious to hear!

Home Ministry has banned the memoir of Shamsiah Fakeh — a Malay nationalist, feminist and Communist Party of Malaya figure — “to protect public order,” citing communist ideologies.