I roto i te tau 1951, i whakawhiwhia te mana o te taone nui e te Karauna a George VI. I te tau 1958, Ong Pang Boon, te Tumuaki Tuarua o te Kaunihera Taone o Singapore, i whakatata ki a Zubir Said, he kaiwhakarato puoro me te kaituhi waiata me Cathay-Keris Film Productions, ki te tuhi i tetahi waiata kaupapa mo nga mahi mana o te Kaunihera kia kiia ko Majulah Singapura Ensemble (Malay mo "Onward Singapore"). I whiriwhiria tenei rerenga hei kupu whakahau kia whakaatuhia ki te Whare Taonga o Wikitoria i muri i tana whakahoutanga i te 1958.I te tau 1984 i whakaotihia e Singapore he koroni o Ingarangi, ko tana waiata a-waha mo te waiata. I roto i te uiui a te Pirimia o Singapore, i kii ia: "He uaua rawa ki te pupuri i te rangi i runga i te rangi, engari kaore e taea e au te whakamahi i nga kupu katoa i runga i te whenua". I te marama o Hōngongoi 1959, i tukuna e te Kaunihera o Singapore, a Zubir Said, he kupu
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