Penang state government wishes the 1.5 million people of Penang A Happy 52nd Merdeka by celebrating unity in diversity and establishing the first people’s government in Malaysia. In celebrating unity in diversity we seek mutual respect not tolerance, friendship not hate, love not war.
We wish to inspire a whole new generation to identify ourselves not by race or religion but be bonded together by common principles of democracy and shared dreams of political equality, economic prosperity and opportunity, social inclusiveness and justice.