Square
Merdeka Square is also the popular venue for various other events - open air concerts, carnivals, starting/finishing point for marathons etc. Occasionally it will be turned into battle ground for cricket match, just like it used to be during the colonial days. On the photo at the right you can see the stage for a concert, given that evening.
Statue
Merdeka Square better reflects its status as it was at this place on midnight of August 31, 1957 that the Malayan flag was hoisted for the first time in the country's history upon gaining independence from the British rule.
As a remembrance to this event, a 100 metre high flagpole, which is the world tallest, was erected at the very place where the Malayan flag was hoisted on the independence day.
