"All of us, should remember our Independence Day with a feeling of thankfulness and gratitude We must thank God for our achievement and at the same time 1 would like to thank all of you for your support. The occasion we are to celebrate is the birth of a New Nation."
Speech by the Chief Minister for Funds in Connection With The Merdeka Celebrations Over Radio Malaya On 9th February, 1957
I would 1ike to emphasise that there is one thing the Government will not consider in terms of lack of money, and that is the question of education. In this case, the Government is giving special consideration in order to honour its education policy. The future of the country depends a great deal on the studen' of today.
I'll ask the parents to observe what the Government has done for the benefit of their children everywhere in the kampongs and to under nd t'hat whatever the shortcomings there were in the Colonial period, these are being rectified today. I and my Governme nt feel confident to the future of the nation and the country is in good hands. Let us feel proud of our status as an independent country, because it is only through independent that we could carry out what we have done. In future nobody can say we have not given them the opportunity to obtain education to earn their living, or to run the administration of the country, with the result that we can be able to take our place among other nations which have, achieved indepedence.
Speech By The Prime Minister At The Official Opening And Renaming Ceremony of Ceremony Of The Malay Secondary School, lpoh (Tunku Abdul Rahman School) On 14th. May 1958.