The Malaysian Club Deutschland was invited by His Excellency Dato Zulkifli Adnan, the Malaysian Ambassador to Germany, for the Malaysia Day celebration, which falls on 16th September at The Ritz-Carlton in Berlin. The Club was represented by club president Rosita Heilek, treasurer Jackqueline Bubenheim, secretary Iris Schneider and committee member Ismael Jamaluddin. Other distinguished guests include Consul-General of Malaysia in Frankfurt Adina Kamaruddin and wife of the Ambassador Datin Siti Hawa Othman.
Also present were members of the foreign Diplomatic Corps in Berlin, staff from the Malaysian Embassy in Berlin as distinguished guests and friends of Malaysia.
L – R: Iris Schneider, Jackqueline Bubenheim, Dato Zulkifli Adnan,
Datin Siti Hawa Othman, Rosita Heilek and Ismael Jamaluddin
L – R: Dr. Adina Kamaruddin, H.E. Dato Zulkifli Adnan,
Rosita Heilek
Cake-cutting ceremony by H.E. Dato Zulkifli Adnan and a German
Federal Minister representing the Federal Republic of Germany
Malaysia Day is held on 16th September every year to commemorate the establishment of the Malaysian federation on the same date in 1963. It marked the joining together of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak, and Singapore to form Malaysia. Singapore left the Federation in August 1965.
Photos credit : Rosita-Heilek