tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post5414665472693900245..comments2024-03-17T15:10:12.273+08:00Comments on rocky's bru: My Sabah, Our SabahRockybruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08187242806213153913noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28452020.post-87513269560115253472017-05-04T19:23:44.369+08:002017-05-04T19:23:44.369+08:00Federations have a poor record of keeping states h...Federations have a poor record of keeping states happily together for any length of time. The British union of England, Scotland and Wales is going through a stressful period and how much longer will Scotland remain in the family? Think of other federations that are now all but forgotten: The West Indian Federation, the East African Federation, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, to name a few. In their modern form,federations were a British invention, used as a simple expedient for washing their hands off a difficult imperial political problem.<br />We in the Malay Peninsula should take pride in nurturing Sabah into a modern state, a far cry from the days when I was sent out to the then British North Borneo to teach at Sabah College.We have prepared them well and we must set them free if this is what the people of Sabah really want. A referendum supervised by an international team should decide the matter once and for all. The same goes for Sarawak.Let them leave the nest. Freedom is their birthright. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16073658481001667849noreply@blogger.com