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Floating on a Malayan Breeze

Travels in Malaysia and Singapore

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What happens when a country splits apart? Forty-five years ago, Singapore separated from Malaysia. Since then, the two countries have developed along their own paths. Malaysia has given preference to the majority of Malay Muslims - the bumiputera, or sons of the soil. Singapore, meanwhile, has tried to build a meritocracy - ostensibly color-blind, yet more encouraging perhaps to some Singaporeans than to others. How have these policies affected ordinary people? How do these two divergent nations and their peoples now see each other and the world around them?

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Floating on a Malayan Breeze, Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh

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Titre
Floating on a Malayan Breeze
Sous-titre
Travels in Malaysia and Singapore
Langue
Anglais
Éditeur
NUS Press
Publié
2012
Format
souple
Pages
272
ISBN10
9971696479
ISBN13
9789971696474
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What happens when a country splits apart? Forty-five years ago, Singapore separated from Malaysia. Since then, the two countries have developed along their own paths. Malaysia has given preference to the majority of Malay Muslims - the bumiputera, or sons of the soil. Singapore, meanwhile, has tried to build a meritocracy - ostensibly color-blind, yet more encouraging perhaps to some Singaporeans than to others. How have these policies affected ordinary people? How do these two divergent nations and their peoples now see each other and the world around them?