The great English composer Benjamin Britten once wrote Malaysia a national anthem - only for it to be rejected it in favour of a cabaret tune. Did the government make a horrible mistake, asks Alex Marshall, author of a new book on the history of anthems. Malaysia's national anthem is the gently stirring Negaraku, external, or My Country. It talks about Malaysians living together "united and progre
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