Snapshot of Malaysia. September 2023
Phrase of the month
“Segulai Sejalai”
Source language: Iban
Translation: Together in unity
This phrase came to prominence when PM Anwar Ibrahim was introduced to it while attending the Gawai celebrations in Kuching, Sarawak on 7 June 2023
PMO official site:
https://www.pmo.gov.my/2023/06/segulai-sejalai-slogan-for-unity-throughout-the-country-pm-anwar/
Celebrations in September
Malaysia Day - 16/9
Maulidur Rasul - 28/9
Mid-autumn festival - 29/9
Malaysia fun facts
267,246 babies were born in Malaysia by July this year.
On 29 August, two panda cubs born in Malaysia in 2018 and 2021 returned to China from Zoo Negara.
Cost of living highlights
Valid on 27 September 2023
Groceries
Grade A eggs - RM0.45/pc
Normal Chicken - RM9.40/KG
Super Chicken - RM10.40/KG
Local rice - RM26/10KG
Fuel - 20/9
Ron95 - RM2.05
Ron97 - RM3.47
Diesel RM2.15
Headline inflation rate - 2%
Food & Beverage - 4.4%
Read more here:
https://open.dosm.gov.my/dashboard/consumer-prices
Some reasons to be Proud Malaysians:
Most of us are trilingual, quadrilingual and beyond!
Our country connects the Asian mainland with the islands of Oceania.
Our history is touched by most of the great empires of the past (Chinese, Mauryan, Ottomans, European)
We are a nation of many races that live in harmony.
We have the oldest rainforest in the world with Taman Negara being over 130 million years old.
Our food and culture form all our ethnicities.