You can ignore this post if you want to, I'm just doing this in a desperate attempt to study Sejarah. Sejarah is certainly not my forte.
There is no quiet room in this house, and if there is - annoying people COUGH my brother COUGH are in it.
Right. So FAKTOR FAKTOR PEMBENTUKAN MALAYSIA. Why Malaysia was even thought of in the first place? SEE THIS IS WHY ITS HARD FOR ME TO STUDY. I SUCK AT TRANSLATING EVERYTHING. My brain only works in one language T_T is that so hard to ask for?!
In the aspect of politics, it all started with the communists. Apparently this thing called Barisan Sosialis was all the rage in Singapore. LKY felt threatened cos this Barisan Sosialis was a threat to Parti Tindakan Rakyat (LKY is the leader of this.)
So in desperate attempts to save his country, LKY menggugat the British to give Singapore her independence. (according to Google, menggugat means sue ?!?!?!?!?! but gugat means jerk. As in the verb, not the noun.)
On the Northeast of Singapore, more communism was happening right at Sarawak. The Clandestine Communist Organization (CCO) was trying to turn Sarawak to a communist region (at least I think so, according to my poor translating skills). Basically this CCO was an ancaman in Sarawak.
Another factor in politics on why Malaysia was even thought of was to quicken the steps to independence in the case of Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei. Malaysia (or Malaya at that moment) was schedules to reach independence in 2 years time, waaay earlier than Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei. So by being included in the Malaysia train, they get to gain their independence earlier. They also get another benefit of enjoying the development in themselves in the aspects of politics, economy and social.
Decolonisation also plays a role in the political viewpoint of pembentukan Malaysia. Apparently in the Perhimpunan Agung PBB, someone raised the case of all the imperialised countries to be set free. The decolonisation (de-colonise is pretty straightforward on what it means lol) of British on her countries were yet to be done. So they had to let us free someday anyway.
Economy-wise, they just hopped onto the train with Malaya just to reap the fruits of a better economy for themselves. Their market (pasaran) will expand and this will encourage more investors to invest in their market. Consequently this will bring another benefit that is it'll be easier for them now to develop. Since they have more money, it would make sense that they'll grow and develop right?
Socially, pembentukan Malaysia will balance the population. The population of bumiputeras and the non-bumiputeras will be more balanced and less one-sided. This will lead everyone to be able to see eye-to-eye (mewujudkan kesepakatan) I think it means less racial dispute haha.
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LANGKAH KE ARAH PEMBENTUKAN MALAYSIA.
Tunku Abdul Rahman (TAR) first suggested the formation of Malaysia in Singapore.
He then proceeded to visit Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore to explain the concept of establishing Malaysia. He discussed with the British officials from Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore. In the end, Jawatankuasa Perundingan Perpaduan Kaum (JPPK) was formed!
Jawatankuasa Perundingan Perpaduan Kaum (JPPK) like its namesake has the role or peranan is to enlighten (menerangkan) everyone about gagasan Malaysia (the Malaysia Concept). JPPK makes surveys and gathers the opinions of the penduduk about said gagasan. They record all these opinions and compile it into a memorandum for Suruhanjaya Cobbold.
Just to clarify, a memorandum in law is a note or record made for future use. AKA reference.
Suruhanjaya Cobbold
for better understanding, let's clarify what Suruhanjaya is. Suruhanjaya is Commission, and not the money kind. It is a group of people officially charged with a particular function. In other words, it's a committee.
The Cobbold Commission is lead by of course Lord Cobbold. WHO WOULD'VE GUESSED RIGHT?! HAHAH.
Anyway, this commission has a mission (funny, I know.) and that is to survey the viewpoints of the Sabahans and Sarawakians. 1/3 of them support gagasan Msia tanpa syarat. 1/3 support gagasan Msia as long as their rights are kept. 1/3 of them want independence before being part of Msia.
So Cadangan Suruhanjaya Cobbold is detailed by Jawatankuasa Antara Kerajaan (JAK). JAK is lead by the wakils of PTM, Sabah, Sarawak and Britain. They discuss the rights and interests of the Sabahans and Sarawakians.
Of course, like everything else in the world, someone has to make the story miserable and disagree.
SIDANG KEMUNCAK, translated as the Summit. A Summit is a meeting between heads of the government, in this case its the Phillipines, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Phillipines and Indonesia disagreed with the concept of Malaysia. So the summit was held in Manila, Phillipines to settle this disagreement. As a result, MAPHILINDO was created! The three countries agreed to find a settlement with the help of PBB.
Suruhanjaya Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB)
This guy called U Thant started the United Nation Malaysian Mission (UNMM). Yet again, more opinions from Sabah and Sarawak. Majority of them agreed to join Malaysia.
Brunei pulled themselves out from Malaysia at the last seconds
MALAYSIA WAS FORMED IN 16TH SEPTEMBER 1963.
So tiring. All that to form a country.
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