tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29051014.post115240664400304343..comments2024-03-27T14:29:16.273+08:00Comments on nofearSingapore: Singapore-Malaysian relations: Time for reappraisal?nofearSingaporehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10292932144525733468noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29051014.post-1152736563153590362006-07-13T04:36:00.000+08:002006-07-13T04:36:00.000+08:00Singapore's culture and Malaysia's culture are qui...Singapore's culture and Malaysia's culture are quite similar. There is more in common with each other, than say, the People's Republic of China.<BR/><BR/>The issue that caused separation was racial policy, one bumiputra, one Malaysian Malaysia, but even so Singapore's racial policy is hardly satisfactory. <BR/><BR/>Hopefully this is just a sibling argument, inevitable in a family, but doesn't le radical galoisienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14684821442296479803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29051014.post-1152454886966773162006-07-09T22:21:00.000+08:002006-07-09T22:21:00.000+08:00HiI do agree that "bogeyman" whether in the guise ...Hi<BR/>I do agree that "bogeyman" whether in the guise of international communism and its domino theory; or religious extremism; or just plain unstable neighboring countries, are convenient tools used by govt's the world over when they want to "unite" their peoples against a common cause. Singapore is no exception.<BR/>In Malaysia, you know the silly season starts just around the UMNO elections nofearSingaporehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10292932144525733468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29051014.post-1152444867953189482006-07-09T19:34:00.000+08:002006-07-09T19:34:00.000+08:00Comparing the Singapore/Malaysia situation to that...Comparing the Singapore/Malaysia situation to that of Israel/Palestine is a bit of a stretch.<BR/>Oh well…<BR/><BR/><BR/>Should one really take the eternal bickering between Singapore and Malaysia seriously? Couldn’t it simply be a game being played by the powers that be to keep the public worried and occupied, to create an “enemy” where there is none? <BR/><BR/>The United States enemy “du jour” Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com