Kuala Lampur, June 29 -- A friend from Sibu suggested that I read the Malaysia Agreement 1963.

The suggestion came out of the blue.

I said I had.

Read it again leh, he said.

Wait lah, I said.

When he insisted, I said: Ok lor.

So, I read the Malaysia Agreement 1963, better known as MA63, again.

MA63 is an agreement relating to Malaysia (with annexes, including the Constitutions of the States of Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore, the Malaysia Immigration Bill and the Agreement between the Governments of the Federation of Malaya and Singapore on common market and financial arrangements).

It was signed in London on July 9, 1963.

By MA63, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Federation of Malaya, North Borneo, Sara...