KUALA LUMPUR: Visitors to the National Monument (Tugu Negara) on an early Saturday morning recently witnessed something very rare and special as about 200 former servicemen and servicewomen from the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) gathered to remember and pay homage to their fallen comrades. For the Remembrance Day ceremony, the veterans and other guests in attendance sang Negaraku, The Last Post, Reveille, Inilah Barisan Kita, and paid their respects to their fallen comrades by holding a minute’s silence and laying wreaths. It’s good that we have everyone regardless of race or religion because the armed forces are made up of personnel from all races. “Last year when we began with our Remembrance Day effort, it was approved by the authorities and it proved to be a success, which is why we are continuing with it. He hoped that present and future societies would be able to learn as much as possible how the armed forces personnel treat and respect one another regardless of religion, colour or creed.

Source: New Strait Times October 18, 2019 10:41 UTC