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30 Years Of Malaysian Life Captured In PETRONAS Hari Kebangsaan & Malaysia Day Films

Malaysia Times desk Original: The Rakyat Post 1h ago X
30 Years Of Malaysian Life Captured In PETRONAS Hari Kebangsaan & Malaysia Day Films
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What started as a way to get us into the patriotic mood has turned into a collection of little time capsules that preserve stories of everyday Malaysian life.

From the original report

Ask someone to describe Malaysia, and you’ll probably hear the usual stuff, like Nasi Lemak, balik kampung, the Twin Towers, the haze… And depending on the day, you’ll have Malaysians either being super chill or going completely bananas.

But there’s another side of Malaysia that’s a little harder to describe, and shows up in the little things, like our dreams and ambitions, the things that keep us up at night and keep us going, and the everyday ways Malaysians from different walks of life learned to get along.

This is a brief of a report by another newsroom. The excerpt below is from the original.

Read the full report at The Rakyat Post The Rakyat Post
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The Rakyat Post
Originally published
Sep 15, 2026
Updated here
Sep 15, 2026
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