”He entered the Malayan flag design competition in 1947 with two designs which he completed within two weeks. The first design was a green flag with blue kris in the middle, surrounded by 15 white stars. The second design, which was among the three finalists, was similar to the current flag but with a five-pointed star. The competition attracted 373 entries and voting was made by the general public via post. Malayan senior statesman Dato’ Onn Jaafar met with Mohamed Hamzah after he won the competition and suggested that the star be changed to an 11-pointed one to represent all the Malayan states.”

there is also a song about the flag also called jalur gemilang (stripes of glory) there is some videos of montages accompanying the song on youtube

its a cool song 😀

Negaraku is the national anthem of Malaysia and was written by a panel of judges since hundreds of entries had been turned down

check out the song jalur gemilang!