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Floating on a Malayan Breeze : Travels in Malaysia and Singapore

Author :  Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh

Product Details

Country
Singapore
Publisher
NUS press, Singapore
ISBN 9789971696474
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2012
Bib. Info viii, 282p. Publisher - Hong Kong, Singapore: Hong Kong University Press and NUS Press
Product Weight 568 gms.
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What happens when a country splits apart? Forty-seven 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? 
Seeking answers to these questions, two Singaporeans set off to cycle around Peninsular Malaysia, armed with a tent, two pairs of clothes and a daily budget of three US dollars each. They spent 30 days on the road, cycling through every Malaysian state, and chatting with hundreds of Malaysians. Not satisfied, they then went on to interview many more people in Malaysia and Singapore. What they found are two countries that have developed economically but are still struggling to find their souls. Despite the historical and cultural links, the invisible political line has increasingly become a powerful force for mistrust and misunderstanding.

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