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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?

Author(s): Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press, NUS Press
Year: 2012

Language: English
Pages: 303
City: Hong Kong, Singapore

Contents (v)
Map of Malaysia (vi)
Preface (vii)
Introduction (1)
1. Forgotten Histories (15)
2. Two countries separated at birth (35)
3. The end of dominance: Part I (47)
4. The end of dominance: Part II (71)
5. Not civil enough (93)
6. Alibaba and the thieves (123)
7. Some are more equal than others (145)
Photos
8. Colour matters (169)
9. The influx of God and migrants (199)
10. The joy of families and security (219)
11. The stress of work and city life (241)
Epilogue (265)
Notes (269)