The Rukunegara or sometimes Rukun Negara (Malay for "National Principles") is the Malaysian declaration of national philosophy instituted by royal proclamation on Merdeka Day, 1970, in reaction to a serious race riot known as the 13 May Incident which occurred in 1969. The incident proved at that time that Malaysian racial balance and stability was fragile. Immediately thereafter, the Malaysian government sought ways to foster unity among the various races in Malaysia. One of the methods used to encourage unity is the Rukunegara.
The word Rukunegara can refer to the whole declaration, the words after the preamble (beginning Maka kami...) or the five principles alone.
The formulation of the principles of the Rukun Negara was the efforts of the National Consultative Council (Majlis Perundingan Negara or MAPEN), headed by Tun Abdul Razak. The aim of the Rukun Negara is to create harmony and unity among the various races in Malaysia (Jeong & Nor Fadzlina, 2012; 2007). Thereafter, the New Economic Policy (1971-1990) was launched in 1971, the aim was to create unity among the various races in Malaysia, through economic equality, via the reduction of the economic gap among the Malays and Bumiputera, with that of the Chinese and Indian communities in Malaysia.
BAHAWASANYA NEGARA KITA MALAYSIA mendukung cita-cita hendak:
MAKA KAMI, rakyat Malaysia, berikrar akan menumpukan seluruh tenaga dan usaha kami untuk mencapai cita-cita tersebut berdasarkan atas prinsip-prinsip yang berikut :
WHEREAS OUR COUNTRY, MALAYSIA nurtures the ambitions of:
WE, HER PEOPLES, pledge our united efforts to attain these ends guided by these principles:
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தேசிய கோட்பாடுகள் :
1) இறைவன் மீது நம்பிக்கை வைத்தல்
2) பேரரசருக்கும் நாட்டிற்கும் விசுவாசம் செலுத்துதல்
3) அரசியலமைப்புச் சட்டத்தை உறுதியாகக் கடைபிடித்தல்
4) சட்டம் முறைப்படி ஆட்சி நடத்துதல்
5) நன்னடத்தையும் ஒழுக்கத்தையும் பேணுதல்
我们的国家马来西亚决心致力:
因此,我们——马来西亚的人民,誓言同心协力遵照以下原则来达致上述目标: