2023 National and Malaysia Day: Watch the Film

United by hope, we build on each other for the progress of our nation

As a nation, our greatest strength stems from our unity across generations and diversity. Watch our film as we bring to life the theme of this year's National and Merdeka Day, 'Tekad Perpaduan, Penuhi Harapan,' through a story that illustrates how various generations and backgrounds come together to embrace the meaning of togetherness.

Seiring & Seazam

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Get to know some of today's generation of inspiring Malaysians

Those who have shown us what it truly means to Always Be Ahead, as they embrace new skills, possibilities and opportunities to help our nation grow stronger.

A humble teacher from Kangar, Perlis, Cikgu Siti Faridah is as determined as she is passionate about making education fun and accessible for all via TikTok. Dubbed as one of the pioneers of Malaysia's growing edu-tainment sector, Cikgu Siti has since started teaching teachers nationwide about gamifying education; picking up numerous accolades along the way for her contribution to online education.

Cikgu Siti Faridah

Founded by four bright and talented individuals, Langit Collective was created with the primary goal of helping rural East Malaysian farmers make a living through their produce. To date, the social enterprise has paid out over RM300K worth of online sales revenue to approximately 69 farmers, nine villages and three rural communities.

Langit Collective

Kelantan-born Abe Wea has worked many odd jobs. Yet, the oddest yet biggest job he's ever landed was as the Malaysian Prime Minister. That is, of course, among many other roles he's played on popular gaming platform, GTA. Since going viral for orchestrating an elaborate virtual kenduri kahwin during the pandemic, Abe Wea has expressed his aspiration to continue promoting Malaysian customs and cultures in the metaverse.

Abe Wea

When asked if they were interested to move to the big city, Shirly and Nomi firmly believed in building their careers as international YouTubers from the comforts of their home in Sarawak. Taking pride in their own culture, people and language, as they continue to produce content in Bahasa Iban, a language native to their ancestry and hopefully, will soon be familiar to the rest of the world too.

Shirly & Nomi