Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: Ko te hanganga o Majulah Singapura i puta i te wa o te akiaki mo te mana motuhake mai i te United Kingdom. I te wā e noho ana a Hingapura hei koroni o Ingarangi, ko tana waiata motu ko "God Save the King (or Queen)". I te tau 1951, i whakawhiwhia ki te koroni te mana o te taone nui e tetahi ture kingi mai i a King George VI. I te tau 1958, ko Ong Pang Boon, te Tumuaki Tuarua o te Kaunihera Taone o Singapore, i whakatata atu 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 e kiia ana ko Majulah Singapura (Malay mo "Onward Singapore"). I whiriwhiria tenei rerenga na te mea he kaupapa hei whakaatu i te Whare Tapere o Wikitoria i muri i tana whakahoutanga i te 1958.I tangohia e Zubir he tau ki te whakaoti i te puoro me nga kupu mo te waiata. I roto i te uiuinga o te hitori a-waha i te tau 1984, i mahara ia ki te tukanga: "Ko te uaua kei roto i te waiata poto, me whakauru e au nga kupu katoa.... [I]t kia tino māmā, mārama hoki nga iwi katoa i roto i Singapore.... Ka kōrero hoki ahau ki tētahi kaituhi i te reo Malay kia taea ai e au te mahi i te reo Malay tika engari kaua e tino hohonu, kaua hoki e tino uaua". I te whakarapopototanga i tana rapunga whakaaro i a ia e tuhi ana i te waiata, i kii a Zubir i te whakatauki Malay "Di mana bumi dipijak, di situ langit dijunjung" ("Me pupuri e koe te rangi o te whenua e noho ana koe"). I whakatangihia te hanganga oti i te 6 o Hepetema 1958 e te Singapore Chamber Ensemble i te mutunga nui o te konohete i whakatangihia i te Victoria Theatre ki te whakanui i tana whakatuwheratanga mana. I te 1959, i eke a Singapore ki te kawanatanga-a-takitahi, a ka whakakorehia te Kaunihera Taone. I whakaaro te Kāwanatanga e hiahiatia ana tētahi waiata motu hei whakakotahi i ngā iwi rerekē i Singapore. I whiriwhiria e te Pirimia Tuarua a Toh Chin Chye te waiata a te Kaunihera Taone na te mea kua rongonui. I te tono a Toh, i whakarerekehia e Zubir nga kupu me te puoro, a, i whakaaetia te waiata kua oti te whakarereke e te Runanga Ture i te 11 o Noema 1959. I te 30 o Whiringa-a-rangi, i whakaaetia te Ture o Singapore State Arms and Flag and National Anthem Ordinance 1959 hei whakahaere i te whakamahinga me te whakaatu...  Pātai: Ko wai te tangata tōrangapū i Singapore?
Ko Ong Pang Boon