They spent 30 days on the road, cycling through every Malaysian state, and chatting with hundreds of Malaysians. Seeking answers to these questions, two Singaporeans set off to cycle around Peninsular Malaysia, armed with a tent, two sets of clothes and a daily budget of three US dollars each. 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? 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 Malay Muslim majority - the bumiputera, or sons of the soil. Since then, the two countries have developed along their own paths. What happens when a country splits apart? Forty-five years ago, Singapore separated from Malaysia. Southeast of Now: Directions in Contemporary and Modern Art.IRASEC Studies of Contemporary Southeast Asia.Art & Archaeology of Southeast Asia (with SOAS University of London).
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