MELAKA: Walking along Banda Hilir, especially at the Dataran Pahlawan grounds here, is like going back in time to the historic day of the declaration of the country’s independence by Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, on Feb 20, 1956.
MELAKA: There was an air of nostalgia at the Proclamation of Independence Memorial as guests of honour and thousands of visitors dressed in attire from the 1950s and 60s packed the national-level Malaysia Day 2022 celebration here.
MELAKA: A 1950s and 1960s-era fashion theme has been selected for the Malaysia Day 2022 celebration at the Independence Declaration Memorial Square in Banda Hilir, here, to liven up the atmosphere and evoke nostalgia of the formation of Malaysia in September 1963.