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Hari Raya is not Malay New year lah
I don’t think we celebrate Malay New Year in Sg. I think you have to check with your Malay Abang, do Malay celebrate Malay New Year which is on Mar period?

They celebrate it along with all Muslims all over the world. They don't call it Malay New Year. Some people think it is Malay just because the Malays say it in their language and call it Hari Raya. The Chinese don't call it Hari Raya. The Arabs don't call it Hari Raya. The Americans don't call it Hari Raya. And all three of them have huge numbers of Muslins wor.

If CNY is based on the lunar calendar, then it should fall on the same day as "Hari Raya". As it is, it does not which means that the day when the Chinese celebrate New Year must be based on another system of counting the days. 

Chinese New Year is based on neither the sun solely nor the moon solely. The way it's arrived at is pretty complicated... astrology, 12 animals, sun, moon, mathematics. The easier way to find out when Spring Festival starts is when KillChoy 的 mother puts a signboard "Today my abalone no juice. Closed for business."