The Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of Malaysian state Negri Sembilan, has charged the opposition coalition – Pakatan Rakyat – of intending “to invite Singapore to rejoin Malaysia if it wins control of the Federal Government. In 1996, Singapore’s former Prime Minister and Minister Mentor, Lee Kuan Yew, created a stir when he said that “any reunification must be predicated on Malaysia’s pursuing Singapore-style economic policies and abandoning its pro-Malay structure for a system of meritocracy like Singapore’s.” ”It will be difficult to achieve for a very long time, but I hope it will happen,” he reportedly said.
Posted on: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 02:40:10 +0000
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