A new study by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) finds that prehistoric people living in South-east Asia similarly fled due to rising sea levels, and resettled elsewhere as climate refugees.
This contributed to the genetic diversity found in the world today, with genetic fragments of indigenous Malaysian populations detected in indigenous populations of eastern India.
There was this really hefty book, ‘La Rosalie and other love songs’, by Saidah Rastam, that went into this super extensively. I think it was made possible thanks to a Khazanah grant, and formed the basis of a stage show. I wish it could become a regular sort of show, like annually - it was an enjoyable presentation. But the book is where it’s at - hella heavy too, lol.
It’s actually a good move, economically speaking in the bigger picture. No doubt Singapore’s much more developed economy with its value-added industrial sectors was going to zoom straight ahead as soon as they’re no longer committed to be in the federation and with that, the attendant need to contribute to the development budget of the rest of Malaysia. But because of that, it would have been a long-term economic suicide (see Brunei) to keep hitching your wagon to it. We’re definitely slower, no doubt, and corruption and inefficiencies don’t help. But a more expensive currency (that the central bank has agreed to lose some control over so that’s your monetary policy levers handicapped) with not even basic manufacturing to be competitive, and with that no budget to develop (except of course overvaluing fossil fuel earnings capacity thereby developing only that ecosystem as priority)? Ayyyyy that’s an even worse future.
ETA: there was no expectation we’d “leave them in the dust”. In fact it was more like, we couldn’t afford the projected inflationary pressures from a strengthening Singaporean dollar.
Selamat merdeka juga pada Sabah on this same day! (And Singapore too but theirs was unilateral declaration of self-rule lol) Selamat merdeka for Sarawak earlier! (July 22)
On 2 May 1956, Tunku and McDonald started looking for suitable sites for the stadium, one of the first places they visited was the Chin Woo stadium. While standing on the tower of the stadium, Tunku saw a few athletes practicing near the Coronation Park, and asked “Don’t you think it would make an ideal spot for Stadium Merdeka?”[9] Although McDonald was concerned about the traffic congestion that might arise in the future, Tunku insisted that it was the perfect spot for the country’s first stadium.
The site was a Chinese cemetery before it became the oldest golf course in Kuala Lumpur, which had been abandoned since 1921. The site was then later called “Coronation Park” when George VI was crowned as the King of United Kingdom.[10] Before it was decided to build a stadium on that site, several quarters were planned to be built on the site by the Royal Malaysia Police. The uneven ground of the site means that excavation work had to be carried out before it could be constructed. The construction of the stadium would also mean that a small part of the school ground of Victoria Institution would be acquired.
On its construction
Due to budget constraints, most of the construction materials were made locally, which meant that imported materials such as structural steels had to be avoided.[14] To ensure that the stadium would be finished in time, the designing was done by “fast-track” method,[15][16] which means that after each element of the design was finished, it was immediately constructed.
The stadium held two world records upon its completion: the tallest prestressed floodlight towers at 120 feet[14] and the biggest cantilever shell roofs.[22][23] The floodlight towers, constructed from Hume culvert pipes, was also the first prestressed tower in the world which was made from precast culvert pipe units.[14] Another interesting feat accomplished at the time is that all four towers were erected without using a crane.[24] The shell roof for the grandstand, made out of concrete, was chosen as it was both economically affordable and aesthetically beautiful.
Events held, besides the Declaration of Independence and the Proclamation of Malaysia
The stadium was the venue for the Brunei Merdeka Games, which was held to commemorate the Independence day of Malaya^e5.
Pestabola Merdeka, an annual football tournament, was held at the stadium from 30 August to 8 September 1957^e5.
In 1975, the stadium hosted the Hockey World Cup final between Pakistan and India^e5.
The stadium also hosted numerous major concerts, including two concerts of History World Tour held by Michael Jackson in October 1996, which attracted a total of 110,000 people to watch on site^e1.
In 1975, Stadium Merdeka hosted a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Bugner^b4
Prior to the completion of Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Stadium Merdeka was once the home ground for both the national football team (1957–1998) and Selangor FA (1957–1994), and was used temporarily by the Kuala Lumpur FA in 1997^e5.
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