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Singapore’s Malay Dilemma

They continue to be left out of the island republic’s prosperity

Jun 29, 2020
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By: Murray Hunter

There has always been a feeling among Singapore’s ethnic Malays that they are second-class citizens within their own land. The government’s endless pursuit of building a strong sense of a Singaporean national identity has come up short within the 750,000-odd Malays who make up 13.5 percent of the population.

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