MALAYSIAN

SUBSCRIBE, MALAYSIA, 31/8 - PARADE MERDEKA. A number of participants using traditional fashion when following the Parade Merdeka, at Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday (31/8). A total of 10.353 participants joined in a variety of representative contingents of school students, government agencies, armed forces, and various other institutions following parades held as the peak of the celebration of the 19th Anniversary of the state independence, which falls right on August 31st. ANTARA/Ismar Patrizki/nz/08.