{"id":12052,"date":"2008-10-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/07\/the-story-of-merdeka\/"},"modified":"2008-10-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-07T00:00:00","slug":"the-story-of-merdeka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rakansarawak.com\/v3\/2008\/10\/07\/the-story-of-merdeka\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of Merdeka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=&quot;justify&quot;><font size=&quot;2&quot; face=&quot;Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot;>Every Malaysian knows that a certain day in the month of August, every year, holds a special meaning for them, and that day is celebrated with much pomp and grandeur. This is true for all Sarawakians as well, and that special day is 31st August, the day of Merdeka (Independence). For Sarawak, <a title=&quot;achieving independence&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.rakansarawak.com\/upload\/rakan\/RS01034849.pdf&quot;><u>achieving independence<\/u><\/a> has been a long and turbulent journey, sprinkled with many occasions of great significance for its people.<\/font>\n       <\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center' class='yasr-auto-insert-visitor'><!--Yasr Visitor Votes Shortcode--><div id='yasr_visitor_votes_90b6cfcca2e57' class='yasr-visitor-votes'><div class=\"yasr-custom-text-vv-before yasr-custom-text-vv-before-12052\">Click to rate this post!<\/div><div id='yasr-vv-second-row-container-90b6cfcca2e57'\r\n                                        class='yasr-vv-second-row-container'><div id='yasr-visitor-votes-rater-90b6cfcca2e57'\r\n                                      class='yasr-rater-stars-vv'\r\n                                      data-rater-postid='12052'\r\n                                      data-rating='0'\r\n                                      data-rater-starsize='16'\r\n                                      data-rater-readonly='true'\r\n                                      data-rater-nonce='fdc9f29272'\r\n                                      data-issingular='false'\r\n                                    ><\/div><div class=\"yasr-vv-stats-text-container\" id=\"yasr-vv-stats-text-container-90b6cfcca2e57\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\r\n                                   class=\"yasr-dashicons-visitor-stats\"\r\n                                   data-postid=\"12052\"\r\n                                   id=\"yasr-stats-dashicon-90b6cfcca2e57\">\r\n                                   <path d=\"M18 18v-16h-4v16h4zM12 18v-11h-4v11h4zM6 18v-8h-4v8h4z\"><\/path>\r\n                               <\/svg><span id=\"yasr-vv-text-container-90b6cfcca2e57\" class=\"yasr-vv-text-container\">[Total: <span id=\"yasr-vv-votes-number-container-90b6cfcca2e57\">0<\/span>  Average: <span id=\"yasr-vv-average-container-90b6cfcca2e57\">0<\/span>]<\/span><\/div><div id='yasr-vv-loader-90b6cfcca2e57' class='yasr-vv-container-loader'><\/div><\/div><div id='yasr-vv-bottom-container-90b6cfcca2e57' class='yasr-vv-bottom-container'><div class='yasr-small-block-bold'><span class='yasr-visitor-votes-must-sign-in'>You must sign in to vote<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><!--End Yasr Visitor Votes Shortcode--><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every Malaysian knows that a certain day in the month of August, every year, holds a special meaning for them, and that day is celebrated with much pomp and grandeur. 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