![]() ![]() ![]() What they found are two countries that have developed economically but are still struggling to find their souls. ![]() Not satisfi ed, they then went on to interview many more people in Malaysia and Singapore. They spent 30 days on the road, cycling through every Malaysian state, and chatting with hundreds of Malaysians. How have these policies affected ordinary people? How do these two divergent nations 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. Singapore, meanwhile, has tried to build a meritocracy-ostensibly colour-blind, yet more encouraging perhaps to some Singaporeans than to others. Malaysia has given preference to the majority Malay Muslims-the bumiputera, or sons of the soil. Since then, the two countries have developed along their own paths. Floating on a Malayan Breeze mentioned in this week’s Economist Dear friends, our company will not review books written by staff, but we do list them at the end of the year, What we wrote when we weren’t in the office. What happens after a country splits apart? Forty-five years ago Singapore separated from Malaysia. ![]()
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