Formation of Malaysia Part 1 - Road to Nationhood
摘要
TLDRThe video chronicles Malaysia's path to independence and the formation of the federation, focusing on key leaders like Tunku Abdul Rahman and Lee Kuan Yew. It highlights the enthusiasm for independence in 1957, the economic prosperity that followed, and the challenges posed by ethnic tensions and communism. The narrative details the political maneuvers leading to the merger of Singapore with Malaya, emphasizing the importance of unity among diverse ethnic groups. The eventual establishment of Malaysia in 1963 is portrayed as a significant achievement amidst various political and social challenges.
心得
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia gained independence in 1957, marking a new era.
- 🤝 Tunku Abdul Rahman played a crucial role in uniting diverse ethnic groups.
- 📈 Post-independence, Malaysia experienced rapid economic growth.
- 📝 The merger with Singapore was driven by the need to combat communism.
- 🌍 The 'grand design' aimed to unify territories in Southeast Asia.
- ⚖️ Borneo leaders expressed concerns over cultural identity in the merger.
- 📣 Lee Kuan Yew campaigned vigorously for the merger's benefits.
- 🔍 The British facilitated the formation of Malaysia while protecting their interests.
- 💬 Public opinion was divided on the merger's implications.
- 🎉 Malaysia was officially formed on September 16, 1963.
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In 1957, the call for independence resonates among the people of Malaya, emphasizing the need for duty, sacrifice, and loyalty to the nation. The atmosphere is charged with hope and determination as the nation prepares for self-governance.
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Following independence, the British depart with mixed feelings, while the new government, led by Tunku Abdul Rahman, aims to build a prosperous multiracial society. The collaboration between Malays and Chinese is seen as essential for stability and economic growth.
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Tunku Abdul Rahman, with his trusted deputy Razak Hussain, fosters a positive working environment, although his lack of financial acumen becomes apparent during budget discussions. The administration focuses on representing the aspirations of all ethnic groups, despite internal disagreements.
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As the nation enjoys economic growth, Tunku's leadership faces challenges with the emergence of a young reformist in the MCA, leading to tensions and a potential rift in the Alliance. The trust built during independence is threatened by public demands for Chinese educational parity and political representation.
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Tunku's resignation in April is linked to his concerns about the upcoming elections and the need for a united front among the ethnic groups. He confronts the reformist demands, asserting his position as the leader of the Alliance, while the public awaits the election results.
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With Tunku reinstated as Prime Minister, he turns his focus to the ongoing Communist threat, particularly in Singapore, where political unrest is brewing. The British are cautious about their withdrawal, fearing the rise of communism in the region.
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The British propose a 'grand design' for decolonization, aiming to create a new nation-state in Southeast Asia. However, Tunku is skeptical, preferring to address domestic issues before considering such proposals.
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In Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew seeks independence and aims to merge with Malaya, but faces opposition. The British are hesitant to grant Singapore independence without ensuring stability, fearing a potential communist takeover.
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As discussions for merger progress, Tunku and Lee Kuan Yew work to address the concerns of Borneo leaders, emphasizing the benefits of joining Malaysia. The political landscape is complex, with varying levels of trust and understanding among the different territories.
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视频问答
Who was Tunku Abdul Rahman?
Tunku Abdul Rahman was the first Prime Minister of Malaysia and a key figure in the country's independence movement.
What was the significance of the merger with Singapore?
The merger aimed to strengthen Malaysia against communist influences and create a more stable political environment.
What challenges did Malaysia face after independence?
Malaysia faced ethnic tensions, economic challenges, and the threat of communism, particularly from Singapore.
What was the 'grand design'?
The 'grand design' was a proposal for the decolonization and unification of territories in Southeast Asia, including Singapore and Borneo.
How did Lee Kuan Yew influence the merger?
Lee Kuan Yew actively campaigned for the merger with Malaya, emphasizing the need for unity against communism.
What role did the British play in Malaysia's formation?
The British facilitated discussions and negotiations for the formation of Malaysia, ensuring their interests were protected.
What were the concerns of Borneo leaders regarding the merger?
Borneo leaders were apprehensive about losing their cultural identity and political autonomy in a merged federation.
How did the public react to the idea of Malaysia?
The public had mixed feelings, with some supporting the merger for economic benefits while others feared loss of identity.
What was the outcome of the negotiations for Malaysia?
The negotiations led to the successful formation of Malaysia on September 16, 1963.
What was the impact of communism on Malaysia's political landscape?
Communism posed a significant threat, influencing political decisions and the urgency for a united front among Malaysian leaders.
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- 00:00:13my people have asked that not be given
- 00:00:16independence if possible during 1957
- 00:00:22[Music]
- 00:00:30[Music]
- 00:00:36[Music]
- 00:00:38to the people of ma I say do your duty
- 00:00:42to your country to obtain independence
- 00:00:46yes well that's typical then to maintain
- 00:00:49there are demands on you sacrifices and
- 00:00:55undivided loyalty to your country
- 00:01:01[Music]
- 00:01:08[Applause]
- 00:01:17[Music]
- 00:01:37[Music]
- 00:01:45[Applause]
- 00:01:55the chipiya Hadiya Merdeka for Scruton
- 00:01:58tanana upon daddy
- 00:02:00ah ha leepu - behind banks the banks of
- 00:02:01the château de la Mucha Pena
- 00:02:03doctor-doctor smile baccata Tomica me
- 00:02:16Jelena prolly hee ha done to our heroes
- 00:02:19began a gallery and Biba's Merdeka
- 00:02:21Danvers at apado
- 00:02:22the entire Negara Negara baba's d jr
- 00:02:27[Music]
- 00:02:29after independence the British leave
- 00:02:32Malaya with a heavy heart everybody very
- 00:02:51enthusiastic spirit we just been
- 00:02:53independent the government under the
- 00:02:56leadership of ten kahramana terraza we
- 00:02:59were rich we were the number one rubber
- 00:03:02and tin produce in the world
- 00:03:04and out of that income rebuilt the
- 00:03:07country
- 00:03:09this is an exciting time for Milan's
- 00:03:13independence heralds a prosperous future
- 00:03:16that will be built on a multiracial
- 00:03:18society we meet the Chinese to make
- 00:03:24things happen and the Chinese need a
- 00:03:27Malaysia to maintain the stability of
- 00:03:29the country so that the business and
- 00:03:31public
- 00:03:32[Music]
- 00:03:45this progress encourages Prime Minister
- 00:03:49Tunku Abdul Rahman by his side as his
- 00:03:54trusted friend Deputy Prime Minister
- 00:03:57Razak Hussain he was a good number - he
- 00:04:02did everything
- 00:04:03the Cougars preside and that will bring
- 00:04:05him happy he just ran through the agenda
- 00:04:07kala
- 00:04:08let's have maka tunku's charisma charges
- 00:04:12a positive atmosphere creating a
- 00:04:15conducive working environment one of his
- 00:04:19most trusted cabinet members is finance
- 00:04:22minister Tom's shusun he said that Tunku
- 00:04:25was a great leader but he was not a
- 00:04:28finance man numbers meant very little to
- 00:04:31him he recall that in one occasion was
- 00:04:35about a budget and to loose it it was
- 00:04:38awfully long string of numbers
- 00:04:40he asked my father but will you round up
- 00:04:42the numbers my father said you can't do
- 00:04:45that because these are very big numbers
- 00:04:47you know billions of dollars just kind
- 00:04:48of rounded up just make it easy for
- 00:04:50everyone to remember
- 00:04:54we are really representative of the
- 00:04:56aspirations of the people of Malaya
- 00:04:58without taking into account whether we
- 00:05:01disagreed on specific issues and
- 00:05:02projects the co wanted us to prosper and
- 00:05:06be stable and be happy I think is
- 00:05:09because Thimphu knew he could trust my
- 00:05:12father and turn Raza to do the actual
- 00:05:14administration that you could declare
- 00:05:16himself the happiest prime minister in
- 00:05:19this country with a strong team behind
- 00:05:22him
- 00:05:22the country enjoys rapid economic growth
- 00:05:26to outsiders
- 00:05:27Tunku is easily leading his Alliance
- 00:05:30coalition to another victory in the next
- 00:05:33general election
- 00:05:34[Music]
- 00:05:43however tunku's next move shocks the
- 00:05:46nation
- 00:05:49[Applause]
- 00:05:49[Music]
- 00:05:51[Applause]
- 00:05:55[Music]
- 00:06:06meanwhile Chthon Cheng lock the
- 00:06:08president of the Malayan Chinese
- 00:06:10Association or MCA and stalwart
- 00:06:13supporter of Tunku had fallen ill and is
- 00:06:16replaced by a young challenger
- 00:06:18who brings with him radical new ideas
- 00:06:22mca an accumulator to be a bit arrogant
- 00:06:25and start up a team be on the wait
- 00:06:28chung you publicize a letter handwritten
- 00:06:32by my grandfather and in this letter
- 00:06:35my grandfather supported tran use
- 00:06:38requests there is Chinese language
- 00:06:41Chinese schools to be on par with Malay
- 00:06:44schools Malay language and then request
- 00:06:46for a portion of 40 seats out of hundred
- 00:06:49and four seats the problem was that
- 00:06:52Chong you made this to request public so
- 00:06:56it was very very difficult because it
- 00:06:58then seemed like ultimatum by the MTA to
- 00:07:02unknown trust is now undermined by
- 00:07:07suspicion of treachery my father then
- 00:07:11realized what had happened was that Tom
- 00:07:13you had actually dictated a letter to my
- 00:07:16grandfather what was not knowing what he
- 00:07:19was doing actually wrote the letter is
- 00:07:21beautiful longhand writing and signed it
- 00:07:26Merdeka was achieved through strong
- 00:07:29understanding and trust between the
- 00:07:32different parties in the Alliance
- 00:07:37now this bond is being eroded by the
- 00:07:41actions of the young reformists
- 00:07:46unfazed by Cheung News requests tunku as
- 00:07:50the national leader of the Alliance
- 00:07:51stands his ground
- 00:07:54the reasons for tunku's resignation in
- 00:07:57April now become clear I think to who
- 00:08:01was very concerned about the elections
- 00:08:03because this was the first election
- 00:08:06after independence and he wanted a very
- 00:08:09strong mainly amongst all three ethnic
- 00:08:12groups and he also felt that if he
- 00:08:14resigned he could devote his entire
- 00:08:16energy in time to winning the election
- 00:08:20and not worry about the running of the
- 00:08:22government a determined - who decides he
- 00:08:26must make his move he confronts the
- 00:08:30young reformist in the MCA
- 00:08:33issued a statement saying that unknown
- 00:08:36was prepared to contest the general
- 00:08:38elections without MCA participation
- 00:08:43tunku's response was debated within the
- 00:08:47central working committee in the MCA and
- 00:08:49by very narrow margin MCA agreed to
- 00:08:53proceed to tongue whose proposal but
- 00:08:59tunku's firm stand can still backfire if
- 00:09:02it is counter to public opinion the
- 00:09:05Alliance will have to wait until the
- 00:09:08general elections in a few weeks time to
- 00:09:11know the final result
- 00:09:14you
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- 00:09:22[Music]
- 00:09:33the poorest Anya's kelloggi cumin and
- 00:09:35paprika
- 00:09:38I can oniony to play anything to a
- 00:09:41brahmin with this triumph Tunku Abdul
- 00:09:47Rahman is reinstalled as the Prime
- 00:09:49Minister now Tunku turns his attention
- 00:09:53to an old enemy the Communists the
- 00:09:58emergency declared by the British in
- 00:10:001948 is still in place 12 years later
- 00:10:06Tunku wants to move on
- 00:10:08[Music]
- 00:10:14the anthem at me a dollar at the lapels
- 00:10:17Brandon Apollo satu smog at Varro moon
- 00:10:20Cheol debugger setlist Mahalo can
- 00:10:22crominus sella pass Bijan salami Robles
- 00:10:25towel
- 00:10:25kini second up the Nagas Ryan eaten
- 00:10:28Buchan won't open Bergman and and Mario
- 00:10:30and Megara
- 00:10:38[Music]
- 00:10:47however the Communists have not given up
- 00:10:50and it became clear that there was no
- 00:10:53way to secure their political objectives
- 00:10:55in Malaya attention focus to the actions
- 00:10:57of the Communist Party structure in
- 00:11:00Singapore and the aim was to eventually
- 00:11:03win political power in Singapore this
- 00:11:07development in Singapore worries Tunku
- 00:11:10the island of Singapore is connected by
- 00:11:13a causeway with the Malay Peninsula the
- 00:11:18island is situated on the narrow Straits
- 00:11:20of Malacca between the Indian and the
- 00:11:22Pacific Oceans Chinese firms control
- 00:11:26much of the large business and trade and
- 00:11:28the population of the island is over
- 00:11:31half Chinese 1950 Singapore is a nation
- 00:11:36in the throes of growing pains Singapore
- 00:11:39had a growing population that were
- 00:11:42essentially migrant
- 00:11:43but not enough of an economy that could
- 00:11:46support that growing population so those
- 00:11:49kinds of conditions will arrive for
- 00:11:52political unrest there were many
- 00:11:53material issues which were previous us
- 00:11:56that the Communists could exploit
- 00:11:58[Music]
- 00:12:00this could be a setback for the plan
- 00:12:02that the British have in the region the
- 00:12:06British who are already thinking of
- 00:12:08gradual withdrawal gradual sort of
- 00:12:12decolonization for Singapore in other
- 00:12:14words handing over power they were not
- 00:12:15about to leave yet they had a lot of
- 00:12:17interest to protect in Singapore the
- 00:12:20emergency may have ended in Malaya but
- 00:12:23Southeast Asia is still a battleground
- 00:12:26of political ideologies it was about who
- 00:12:31would rule the post-war world the
- 00:12:34post-colonial world there was the free
- 00:12:37world led by the United States and
- 00:12:39Britain and then there was the Eastern
- 00:12:41Bloc or the Communist world led by
- 00:12:43Soviet Union and later China for the
- 00:12:46imperialists of the world decolonization
- 00:12:49is seen as something imminent after the
- 00:12:53war there was a general feeling that
- 00:12:55imperialism is out so they were urging
- 00:12:58all the other Imperial nations of Europe
- 00:13:01to give up all their colonies so there
- 00:13:05was a general train what he wanted was
- 00:13:07to see in Southeast Asia kind of a
- 00:13:10post-colonial region that would be
- 00:13:12friendly to Western interest but the
- 00:13:15British have three remaining territories
- 00:13:17in the region to worry about North
- 00:13:21Borneo Sarawak and Brunei the concern
- 00:13:25when the British were thinking about was
- 00:13:27that what do we do with this treat
- 00:13:29territories right leave them alone
- 00:13:32continue holding on to it let them fade
- 00:13:35rate into one territory or make them
- 00:13:39join the Federation that they were
- 00:13:41already thinking about the British
- 00:13:46encouraged Tunku to consider a proposal
- 00:13:48it is an idea that has been in the works
- 00:13:51for more than a decade it is called the
- 00:13:55grand design
- 00:13:59the grand design I think is a phrase
- 00:14:01that tripped off the lips of Malcolm
- 00:14:03MacDonald in the mid 1950s the grand
- 00:14:06design looked attractive on paper and it
- 00:14:08would certainly have got the British out
- 00:14:10of a hole in Southeast Asia it would
- 00:14:12enable them to have retreated with I
- 00:14:15suppose in good faith feeling that there
- 00:14:18the colonial job had been done and a new
- 00:14:20nation state had been created the grand
- 00:14:22design would solve a number of
- 00:14:24objectives
- 00:14:25you could decolonize at one going so you
- 00:14:28don't have to do it in many phases
- 00:14:30they want to pan over this place and
- 00:14:32they want to move put the Bonilla state
- 00:14:35in the hands of people they can trust
- 00:14:37and they could castle the movie however
- 00:14:40the tunku is not convinced by this
- 00:14:43proposal he already has enough issues at
- 00:14:47home to occupy him
- 00:14:51[Music]
- 00:14:53meanwhile in Singapore newly appointed
- 00:14:56Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew is a man
- 00:14:59with a mission he dreams of a Singapore
- 00:15:04independent from the British by 1963 the
- 00:15:08British had to decide what makes for
- 00:15:10Singapore now possibilities of course
- 00:15:12give Singapore the independence that was
- 00:15:14scheduled to happen but it's his own
- 00:15:16country or as part of the Federation the
- 00:15:19British were not sure that giving
- 00:15:21Singapore independence on his own would
- 00:15:24really work because it was too dangerous
- 00:15:26given that you could have a Singapore
- 00:15:29that would then communist
- 00:15:31luckily for Lee the British are inclined
- 00:15:34to grant independence but only under the
- 00:15:38right circumstances when he became prime
- 00:15:41minister in 1959 he knew that he would
- 00:15:44have to try to bring Singapore into
- 00:15:46Malaya and that's where he had to
- 00:15:49convince the Tunku and he knew that the
- 00:15:52Tunku did not believe that Singapore
- 00:15:55should join Malaya for reasons that are
- 00:15:58well known he didn't trust the Chinese
- 00:16:00population of Singapore he believed that
- 00:16:03if he took Singapore in it would just
- 00:16:05complicate politics in Malay
- 00:16:07and this is where the British draw will
- 00:16:10be to try and convince them lion leaders
- 00:16:13look if you leave Singapore on his own
- 00:16:16the risks of Singapore falling into
- 00:16:18communist hand is very real
- 00:16:21then who is a person who fears communism
- 00:16:25the British tell him if you don't go for
- 00:16:28modular Singapore and then combination
- 00:16:31will take over
- 00:16:32even if Tunku agrees to merge Singapore
- 00:16:35with Malaya he must first appease
- 00:16:38skeptical party members within unknown
- 00:16:41we are not interested in Buddha the
- 00:16:43merger was by PDP there was some fear
- 00:16:50that PAP politics infiltrating into the
- 00:16:54peninsula might change the priorities
- 00:16:57and the landscape that the Malays were
- 00:16:58comfortable with
- 00:17:01Tunku is also worried about upsetting
- 00:17:04the racial balance in Malaya you are
- 00:17:07heading a huge number of Chinese from
- 00:17:10Singapore into the Federation and this
- 00:17:13will change the balance in terms of
- 00:17:16racial political saying
- 00:17:19but Lee knows that despite voices of
- 00:17:23dissent within unknown he only needs to
- 00:17:26persuade the man of the top
- 00:17:30in May 1961 the British encouraged Lee
- 00:17:34Kuan Yew to discretely submit a proposal
- 00:17:37to toku outlining the benefits of the
- 00:17:40grand design the proposal contains an
- 00:17:43idea designed to appeal to Dooku why
- 00:17:47don't you start considering balance that
- 00:17:49dominance of the Chinese population in
- 00:17:51Singapore looks to at Tarawa look
- 00:17:54towards North Borneo looked swell Brunei
- 00:17:58later that month the true guru gives his
- 00:18:01response publicly so loud today as a
- 00:18:05nation realizes that she cannot stand
- 00:18:08alone and in isolation
- 00:18:11sooner or later Maya should have an
- 00:18:15understanding with Britain and the
- 00:18:19peoples of the territories of Singapore
- 00:18:22Borneo Brunei and Sarah those words
- 00:18:25spoken by Malaya's prime minister he
- 00:18:28launched that bombshell as he called it
- 00:18:30in a speech at the foreign
- 00:18:32correspondents Club in Singapore and
- 00:18:34suggested that that was the way forward
- 00:18:36he didn't say that Malaysia was going to
- 00:18:37happen he said a time has come for us to
- 00:18:40consider seriously the possibility of
- 00:18:43Singapore joining Malaysia
- 00:18:46you
- 00:18:47[Music]
- 00:18:53see love
- 00:18:58[Music]
- 00:19:10the decision to merge Malaya and
- 00:19:13Singapore is celebrated by all
- 00:19:16a partition of malaya into two parts
- 00:19:19into the Federation and into Singapore
- 00:19:21was seen as a very unnatural act
- 00:19:24Singaporeans saw themselves as Malayan
- 00:19:26they saw Malaya as one country everybody
- 00:19:29thinks that Singapore is ours and they
- 00:19:33shouldn't have been a barrier we could
- 00:19:35have gone in shopping Singapore come
- 00:19:37back it was the place where artists
- 00:19:41would go to it was the place where you'd
- 00:19:43go to if you wanted to get a better
- 00:19:45education if you wanted more
- 00:19:47opportunities Singapore is basically to
- 00:19:50Malaya what New York is to the US or
- 00:19:53London is to the UK it was the
- 00:19:56intellectual cultural artistic capital
- 00:19:59since the inception of the People's
- 00:20:02Action Party in 1954 its manifesto has
- 00:20:06included seeking Singapore's
- 00:20:08independence through merger with Malaya
- 00:20:11mojo has always been one of the aims of
- 00:20:14Singapore's people it started off after
- 00:20:17the war because we were in the pre but
- 00:20:21they card generation and we go to
- 00:20:23university and they be made with the
- 00:20:26people from KL from Penang and we all
- 00:20:28feel the same
- 00:20:30[Music]
- 00:20:38if we looked at the concept itself it's
- 00:20:41a beautiful concept from economic point
- 00:20:45of view so if all could join we could
- 00:20:49all enjoy the common denominator of
- 00:20:52development
- 00:20:55now Lee Kuan Yew is hopeful this
- 00:20:58long-held ambition will be fulfilled he
- 00:21:03also hopes merger will address the issue
- 00:21:06of growing communist influences in
- 00:21:08Singapore including that within his own
- 00:21:12party one of the radical left leaning
- 00:21:16members in particular has caught the eye
- 00:21:19of the Duke Dongo specifically cited lim
- 00:21:23qin qiong's
- 00:21:24and I quote talismanic ability to
- 00:21:26organize the people of Singapore to
- 00:21:28organize the left don't you fear that
- 00:21:31limits shown come into a unified
- 00:21:33Malaysia and organize the left-wing into
- 00:21:36this coherent force against the Alliance
- 00:21:40he was observing Singapore politics for
- 00:21:43a couple of years but as he watched the
- 00:21:45scene in Singapore he became
- 00:21:47increasingly concerned that Lee Kuan Yew
- 00:21:50was losing ground Lee Kuan Yew was
- 00:21:52becoming politically weak Tunku had
- 00:21:57recognized that is important for overall
- 00:22:00security of Singapore and Malaya for
- 00:22:02Singapore to be part of a Federation of
- 00:22:04Malaya so the central government can
- 00:22:06control the security situation in
- 00:22:08Singapore ironically Lee Kuan Yew's
- 00:22:12political weakness is the key element
- 00:22:15needed to persuade Tunku to intervene he
- 00:22:20believes a weak Singapore will become a
- 00:22:23hotbed for communism meanwhile the
- 00:22:30Borneo territories present a different
- 00:22:32set of challenges so distant you know
- 00:22:34they don't know whether the people of
- 00:22:36Sabah Sarawak could integrate with us
- 00:22:39they're not sure about that because some
- 00:22:41of us have never beat Sabah Sarawak
- 00:22:43before that generally we did not
- 00:22:46understand the complexity of the
- 00:22:50population there we had assumed that the
- 00:22:54tribal people were like our orang asli
- 00:22:57you know which was ridiculous regardless
- 00:23:02the majority in the alliance put their
- 00:23:05trust into goo although a lot of us were
- 00:23:08ignorant about the proposal but I think
- 00:23:11we had faith in our leaders that I think
- 00:23:13give us the confidence that I think
- 00:23:16Malaysia will work merger is rapidly
- 00:23:19proving to be an uphill battle for those
- 00:23:22planning it
- 00:23:24[Music]
- 00:23:25they were concerned about putting this
- 00:23:27puzzle together of these different
- 00:23:29territories with different histories and
- 00:23:31at different stages I suppose in their
- 00:23:33political and economic development on
- 00:23:37the northeastern tip of the great island
- 00:23:39of Borneo is Sabah the home of the
- 00:23:42Doosan the Murat the Bajau and other
- 00:23:44races bruna the ancient Malay Sultanate
- 00:23:50which during the 15th century dominated
- 00:23:52almost the whole of born largest of the
- 00:23:57three Borneo territories to join in the
- 00:23:58proposed Federation is surround the land
- 00:24:01of the daya and ebon Kenya and Pune
- 00:24:04Sir Robert too has many Malaysian
- 00:24:06Chinese among her people in the East
- 00:24:10things are not looking any brighter the
- 00:24:15Borneo leaders are apprehensive about
- 00:24:17the idea of merger the pono territories
- 00:24:21and Malaya had hardly anything in common
- 00:24:24in Malaya you have for example you have
- 00:24:28Sultan you have King you have three
- 00:24:31mainstream racists whereas in the poem
- 00:24:36now has more than 40 ethnic communities
- 00:24:44people in stock at that time the level
- 00:24:47of education is severely limited the
- 00:24:49understanding of the what's happening
- 00:24:51outside is quite restricted so their
- 00:24:54concern was if Malaysia has they
- 00:24:58understood it but to happen what role
- 00:25:02can they play the political environment
- 00:25:04in North Borneo sera WA and Brunei was
- 00:25:08very different
- 00:25:09you do have political parties you do
- 00:25:11have a group people who very interested
- 00:25:13in politics why you have was individual
- 00:25:15leaders within the community who was
- 00:25:17starting to have an interest in politics
- 00:25:19the Bonilla people are worried about the
- 00:25:23intentions of the Tunku and Lee Kuan Yew
- 00:25:27click when you want a federation between
- 00:25:31Malaya and Singapore it made a lot of
- 00:25:34sense because Singapore had no natural
- 00:25:36resources Tunku on the other hand looked
- 00:25:39at if only Malaya and Singapore for the
- 00:25:43rate possibility Malay will be
- 00:25:47outnumbered by the Chinese and to
- 00:25:51without even having set foot in the
- 00:25:53Borneo territories try rope in the
- 00:25:57Borneo territories so they bought one
- 00:26:00Malaysia for different reason Tunku
- 00:26:03heads to Borneo on a diplomatic mission
- 00:26:12it was alleged that the leadership in
- 00:26:16Malaya the time were two assumptions
- 00:26:18that sabah and sarawak were just like
- 00:26:21melis
- 00:26:24[Music]
- 00:26:29my complaint was that lots of melenz
- 00:26:32people from under for example who
- 00:26:35visited there they would make a speech
- 00:26:37they will come out and are Solomonic um
- 00:26:40come out with hadees everything else
- 00:26:41then after the event you realized the
- 00:26:44whole group of Christians
- 00:26:47I think the chunk of problem was naive
- 00:26:50in thinking oh I forget these porneia
- 00:26:52people they're just like us in that
- 00:26:53world you know racially someone say for
- 00:26:55that
- 00:26:56it's a counterweight to the Chinese job
- 00:26:58done and it wasn't a simple set of
- 00:27:00course an influential North Borneo
- 00:27:03leader emerges to oppose this plan
- 00:27:06together with leaders from party Raja
- 00:27:09Brunei and the Sirah WA
- 00:27:10United Progressive Party or the su PP
- 00:27:14there was quite a groundswell of
- 00:27:18opposition to Tunku and he went on a
- 00:27:19number of goodwill visits it really
- 00:27:23stirred up a lot of bad way after the
- 00:27:27trip to Borneo
- 00:27:28Tunku is unsure about the future of
- 00:27:31merger the divide between the people of
- 00:27:34Borneo and Malaya seems too wide in
- 00:27:38North Borneo is wrong there was no
- 00:27:40religious factor for example the
- 00:27:42development arm no and passive - la
- 00:27:45Malaysia or Malaya was all about Islam
- 00:27:48Malay nationalism and protection also
- 00:27:50dance these were known issues in North
- 00:27:53Borneo sarong because simply Islam was
- 00:27:55not a factor without the participation
- 00:27:58of the Borneo States the demographic
- 00:28:01balance will not be - - coos like
- 00:28:05[Music]
- 00:28:13Tunku is adamant that the Borneo leaders
- 00:28:16must agree to the proposal if any
- 00:28:19progress is to be made the prime
- 00:28:23minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew
- 00:28:25realizes he must take up the challenge I
- 00:28:29was told that the men who really wanted
- 00:28:32Malaysia to come into being apart from
- 00:28:35the British was Lee Kuan Yew himself
- 00:28:38leave on you strongman everything he
- 00:28:44wants he much studied that is character
- 00:28:47he wants to make a success he wants to
- 00:28:50create this Malaysia so if those people
- 00:28:53are not joining I will go and tell them
- 00:28:57how good it is it's not so much to who
- 00:28:59asking him he wants it
- 00:29:05you
- 00:29:14Malaya's Prime Minister Tunku Abdul
- 00:29:16Rahman needs the consent of North Borneo
- 00:29:19Sarawak and Brunei to form a greater
- 00:29:22Federation together with Singapore
- 00:29:26Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew
- 00:29:28is determined to work hard to persuade
- 00:29:31them but first
- 00:29:34Tunku extends an invitation to the
- 00:29:37Borneo leaders to visit Malaya meanwhile
- 00:29:43representatives from Sabah and Sarawak
- 00:29:45called on the Malayan prime minister to
- 00:29:48obtain a first-hand idea of what the
- 00:29:50Malaysia plan would mean for their
- 00:29:51countries in his usual sincere and Frank
- 00:29:54manner the Tunku explained that Malaysia
- 00:29:57would not only hasten their independence
- 00:29:59it would bring untold benefits as well
- 00:30:02during the visit tunku's deputy Razak
- 00:30:06Hussain explains to the Borneo leaders
- 00:30:09the progress made since independence
- 00:30:12most of us have some inkling of what
- 00:30:16Malaya was all about it is not only
- 00:30:19modica it is more dekha with with an
- 00:30:22effort to develop our country to be
- 00:30:25better raza takes the Borneo leaders on
- 00:30:29a tour we want to find out what is this
- 00:30:32proposal very about we were shown around
- 00:30:37a lot of school a lot of new roads a lot
- 00:30:41of new water supply electricity's I was
- 00:30:45really impressed with the
- 00:30:47and have been shown to us and I even
- 00:30:50said this everyone miss opals resilience
- 00:30:56of Malaysia next members of the
- 00:31:01legislative Assemblies of Singapore
- 00:31:03Malaysia Sarawak Brunei and North Borneo
- 00:31:07decide to proceed with formal
- 00:31:09discussions regarding the idea the
- 00:31:16members decided to set up the Malaysian
- 00:31:20solidarity consultative committee and
- 00:31:22they discuss the idea that to articulate
- 00:31:25it in May surprisingly the committee
- 00:31:29appoints The Skeptical North Borneo
- 00:31:31leader
- 00:31:31Donald Stevens as their chairman for
- 00:31:35months he has shown reluctance to the
- 00:31:37idea of bringing North Borneo to merge
- 00:31:40with Malaya it is Singapore's Lee who
- 00:31:45recommends that Steven's heads the
- 00:31:47committee why you was a very good
- 00:31:50personal friend of Turner Stevens they
- 00:31:53meet up quite regularly even before the
- 00:31:56idea of militia was touted the heads a
- 00:32:00fair idea of how to work together
- 00:32:05the Malaya and Singapore leaders look at
- 00:32:08dollar Stephen as the most influential
- 00:32:10the most articulate and possibly at the
- 00:32:14time the most literate of the Borneo
- 00:32:18territories videos Sam Booton tipper
- 00:32:23South America and the animation e'terica
- 00:32:25Lima Lima wilayah ito Willapa skanky
- 00:32:28Sango Ponyo atop Gaga's and Malaysia I -
- 00:32:30Pastor John et al azhar took a goon and
- 00:32:32Alan posted on Pritam the bottom quasi
- 00:32:34funding to cover Malaysia DJ certain
- 00:32:37foreign augustana do
- 00:32:44discussions are intense and many issues
- 00:32:47are debated ultimately it comes down to
- 00:32:51one question there is nothing else there
- 00:32:55anyone to an out but to find out for
- 00:32:57months are under people with everyone
- 00:33:00Malaysia or whether we do the port
- 00:33:03Malaysia
- 00:33:04of course Sam has rawa they're
- 00:33:06practically new to this idea they are
- 00:33:09not so sure about the future so instead
- 00:33:12of coming along with this idea of Turku
- 00:33:15forming Malaysia they were thinking of
- 00:33:17banding together with the 3s Sabah
- 00:33:21Sarawak Singapore
- 00:33:24he finally came to a resolution that all
- 00:33:28these territories should be one
- 00:33:29including Buddha the committee
- 00:33:33recommended the continuation of the
- 00:33:35present system of the appointment of his
- 00:33:37majesty the young Tibetan are gone as
- 00:33:39sovereign ruler of the new Federation
- 00:33:41the new states would each have its own
- 00:33:44head of state and its own constitution
- 00:33:46although Islam would be the official
- 00:33:48religion there will be complete freedom
- 00:33:50of worship but the work is not
- 00:33:59completely done while the msec is
- 00:34:02holding discussions Singapore's Prime
- 00:34:05Minister Li is facing tough opposition
- 00:34:07to merger in his own country his
- 00:34:13opponents in the socialist front or
- 00:34:15Barisan socialists say that the process
- 00:34:18must not be rushed but Lee Kuan Yew has
- 00:34:22made merger a key pillar of his
- 00:34:25manifesto
- 00:34:27Lee knows he must win the Singaporean
- 00:34:30public to his side
- 00:34:33[Music]
- 00:34:39good evening soon you will have to
- 00:34:44decide on your future in the next few
- 00:34:47months we shall settle the
- 00:34:49constitutional arrangements for merger
- 00:34:52murder is going to take place not just
- 00:34:55because it's the desire of the PAP or
- 00:34:59merely because it is the wish of the
- 00:35:02Federation Alliance government it is as
- 00:35:07inevitable as the rising and setting of
- 00:35:09the Sun he engages in a series of 12
- 00:35:15radio broadcasts a battle for merger was
- 00:35:19really a battle for the hearts and minds
- 00:35:20for the population in Singapore because
- 00:35:23it pretty much at that time determine
- 00:35:27whether or not Singapore would go it
- 00:35:28alone or become independent as part of a
- 00:35:31larger political entity no the radio to
- 00:35:37tell people the budget with Abraha he
- 00:35:40could Singapore Singapore hundreds of
- 00:35:42firefighters sell through the radio
- 00:35:45talks Lee Kuan Yew
- 00:35:47cautions the public about a grave threat
- 00:35:50in Singapore Malaya and for big para
- 00:35:58with the commies he uses this to drive
- 00:36:01home the idea that merger would suppress
- 00:36:04or even eliminate the threat of
- 00:36:06communism in the region
- 00:36:09the idea that communist forces were
- 00:36:12advancing through our service Asia was
- 00:36:14very much a concern and fear amongst the
- 00:36:17non communist governments and societies
- 00:36:19in Southeast Asia so the next question
- 00:36:23was what's going to happen to Singapore
- 00:36:24Malaya very much a front in the Cold War
- 00:36:26as well Lee Kuan Yew works tirelessly
- 00:36:30day and night in the next few weeks he
- 00:36:34uses valuable airtime to ensure
- 00:36:36Singaporeans understand the urgent need
- 00:36:40to win the battle for merger meanwhile
- 00:36:44the Malaysia solidarity consultative
- 00:36:46committee for MSC C continues its
- 00:36:49meetings
- 00:36:54at the third meeting in Kuala Lumpur the
- 00:36:57Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman
- 00:36:59declared that all states in Malaysia
- 00:37:01would enjoy equal rights and status but
- 00:37:05due to the special position of Singapore
- 00:37:07the city-state would retain local powers
- 00:37:09in labor and education the meeting
- 00:37:12discussed the economic and financial
- 00:37:14implications of Malaysia and what it
- 00:37:16meant in terms of national development
- 00:37:18piece by piece the Malaysia jigsaw fell
- 00:37:21into place to produce a glowing picture
- 00:37:24of a vigorous young nation in the nation
- 00:37:29it was Lee Kuan Yew who managed to swing
- 00:37:32their thinking around so that they would
- 00:37:35band together in support tank whose idea
- 00:37:38and cuckoos plea of good faith assures
- 00:37:42the Borneo leaders that the future is
- 00:37:44bright
- 00:37:45Malaysia could not have been formed in
- 00:37:48spite of the hard effort put in by Lee
- 00:37:51Kuan Yew
- 00:37:51if not for the fact that tank who gave
- 00:37:53his personal assurances that he will
- 00:37:56definitely take care of the people of
- 00:37:58Sabah an hour
- 00:37:59not to worry for as long as he is the
- 00:38:02leader of this newly formed Federation
- 00:38:05if you put your faith in his hand he
- 00:38:09will look after it and with all
- 00:38:12sincerity at his command because of that
- 00:38:15I think it was very easy for us to sell
- 00:38:19Malaysia
- 00:38:27the successful ending of the conference
- 00:38:30was celebrated by a big cultural show in
- 00:38:33which all the countries of the donation
- 00:38:35were represent
- 00:38:36[Applause]
- 00:38:47the Malaysian solidarity consultative
- 00:38:50committee proves to be a great platform
- 00:38:53for the leaders to discuss Malaysia in
- 00:38:57November 1961
- 00:39:00Tunku Lee Kuan Yew and the British Prime
- 00:39:03Minister Harold Macmillan meet in London
- 00:39:06to advance discussions about Malaysia a
- 00:39:09conference of November 1961 agreed to
- 00:39:12principles first was the British defence
- 00:39:15interests in Singapore would be reserved
- 00:39:16and the other was that the wishes of the
- 00:39:19Borneo people should be consulted should
- 00:39:21be ascertained the British established a
- 00:39:24commission of inquiry to listen
- 00:39:27firsthand to the people of Borneo about
- 00:39:30their concerns on Malaysia to enjoy a
- 00:39:35Cavalia Mamula can carry a gambling
- 00:39:37table is magnitude or not it may not
- 00:39:40kill Emily my Villa mashugana 11 -
- 00:39:43moaning - container foreign sovereigns
- 00:39:45rava Dhokla Mentos can Malaysia do that
- 00:39:47number you're sure you are done yet
- 00:39:49it was led it was chaired by Lord cobalt
- 00:39:53a former governor of the Bank of England
- 00:39:54and on it were two representatives of
- 00:39:58Malaya and two representatives of the
- 00:40:01British side who were there too I
- 00:40:04suppose
- 00:40:04protect the interests of the poor Nia
- 00:40:07Peeples even at that time there were
- 00:40:10still pockets of reservation in Zara not
- 00:40:14so much then from people from the up
- 00:40:17rural country but certainly within the
- 00:40:20more urban particularly about the
- 00:40:22Chinese component there were still
- 00:40:24resistance of the idea of Malaysia
- 00:40:28one of the argument used to promote the
- 00:40:31other Malaysia this sense of security
- 00:40:32the security is if your own you will not
- 00:40:36be saved in the end the voice of the
- 00:40:40people is heard
- 00:40:42to cobbler a man in particular keeping
- 00:40:45assuring that there was no plan to
- 00:40:47colonize through our it is normally as
- 00:40:50intention to do that what he wanted was
- 00:40:53a merger of people who he said were from
- 00:40:58the same stop generally well Malaya was
- 00:41:01prepared to share their expertise it
- 00:41:04will give them better prospect of
- 00:41:07sharing their resources when we put this
- 00:41:10idea to the vast majority of the people
- 00:41:12Strava said why not we would like to be
- 00:41:15part of Malaysia they went around Sabah
- 00:41:19saw persuaded the people they were
- 00:41:21accompanied by the leaders who say this
- 00:41:22good for you
- 00:41:23[Music]
- 00:41:30before going back home Soviet premier
- 00:41:33khrushchev gets in some parting shots at
- 00:41:35the United Nations not since the Second
- 00:41:46World War has so much animosity and
- 00:41:49division existed between two superpowers
- 00:41:56one of the Soviet Union's allies in
- 00:41:59Southeast Asia is uneasy with the
- 00:42:02developments in the region
- 00:42:03he saw the creation of Malaysia is
- 00:42:06actually a neo-colonial creation or the
- 00:42:08British in in other words the British in
- 00:42:10name pulled out but actually they are
- 00:42:13still there through their proxies in
- 00:42:16Tunku Andy Kahn you president Sukarno
- 00:42:21Stokes the fires on the international
- 00:42:24stage to divert attention from issues at
- 00:42:27home
- 00:42:28so karna had a lot of domestic problems
- 00:42:31he was making a very delicate balance
- 00:42:33between the Communists and the military
- 00:42:36who hated each other and he was
- 00:42:38maintaining that balance now so he
- 00:42:40decided that the best way to deal with
- 00:42:42that was to turn attention outside so
- 00:42:45when the idea of Malaysia was mooted he
- 00:42:48said what is this a diplomat at heart
- 00:42:51Malaya's Prime Minister Tunku Abdul
- 00:42:54Rahman tries to persuade sukarno to back
- 00:42:57down from his aggressive stance nothing
- 00:43:01must come in the way of forming Malaysia
- 00:43:12Jeannie braless planet porcelain 20
- 00:43:16munna in malaysia the oricon the entire
- 00:43:18poem in pain for me pin liya
- 00:43:19dignity Marvin three British artists
- 00:43:22curve in channel your loved ones lungile
- 00:43:24Cabo
- 00:43:28telepathy on Bruning can cobraman than
- 00:43:31pradhan mantri british one Harold
- 00:43:33Macmillan poll but would your can forge
- 00:43:35Andean with Gareth artists Malaysia I to
- 00:43:37handle Empress - Johanna - Ella master
- 00:43:40prolly on danfa near ahankhah dalat on
- 00:43:43the date has been set in London for the
- 00:43:46new Federation to be formed
- 00:43:53as with the MIDI Commission in 1956 when
- 00:43:59Malaya secured its independence
- 00:44:01Tunku once again has shown a deft touch
- 00:44:03when negotiating the formation of a new
- 00:44:07nation
- 00:44:08[Music]
- 00:44:11and he is one step closer to forming one
- 00:44:15of the biggest territories in Southeast
- 00:44:17Asia
- 00:44:22talented October yeah Negara Bahru
- 00:44:25Malaysia - tada repent and then and
- 00:44:28Alaska neelanand
- 00:44:31satellizer Canada near the rock twini
- 00:44:33Brad Cooper bhaga bhaga goddess chronic
- 00:44:36la Sol online God with Hana bank our
- 00:44:39analyte forgot to kind of pass along any
- 00:44:42life pagado kanaka maole in e life
- 00:44:45people get a hikita GW hito denied by
- 00:44:48then a management car then a Prasad
- 00:44:50castes Musa ant a certain angle I'd tell
- 00:44:54at the Kara mangamma a bullet upon
- 00:45:05[Applause]
- 00:45:07Caledonia
- 00:45:12I mean that I can say Lee Kuan Yew but
- 00:45:18his fedora like a bank that went on to
- 00:45:21sleepy town singapura mistook for Naga
- 00:45:24and Alam and she attend our dance a to
- 00:45:27do turn am reduce to the B&B singapura
- 00:45:30add a lot Kabbalah Han : Ganguly Manolo
- 00:45:36negra kita when Teresa - degree angle
- 00:45:38abhi baaki e to Luxor Aswan razor
- 00:45:44Buchanan's pagai Radio Moscow Chaka in
- 00:45:49appendage AHA and Peru telugu Kentucky
- 00:45:52Tonya was I agree Ducati - panda Johana
- 00:45:56Burwood apical of Catania syndicate of
- 00:45:58backers to cover the canyon de bas
- 00:46:00together
- 00:46:03Malaysia verse mangas get onto an alum
- 00:46:08of Anita partnered echinacea
- 00:46:12the maggots eat and run
- 00:46:14[Music]
- 00:46:21Yaqui dimension bombed Amiga a Kincaid
- 00:46:24Jana and kamila Allah Allah Allah
- 00:46:27USANA mom and Oh Antonia technical
- 00:46:29barakatuh Merdeka Malaysia
- 00:46:31[Music]
- 00:46:41we're not alone we're not afraid
- 00:46:46[Music]
- 00:47:07[Music]
- 00:47:29[Applause]
- 00:47:34Oh
- 00:47:36[Music]
- Malaysia
- Independence
- Tunku Abdul Rahman
- Lee Kuan Yew
- Merger
- Borneo
- Communism
- Ethnic Tensions
- Political Landscape
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