As the Malay community progresses, so too must the measures we take to help it move forward. All ethnic communities must strike a balance between preserving our separate pasts and securing our common future. We need deep roots to weather the changes sweeping the world but these roots should all be supporting the same tree. 1 doubt if we can ever stop worrying about race and religion. We are like the juggler who cannot rest because he has so many balls in the air.
All states confront the twin problems of economic production and security.
First, we must eat. Then, we must prevent others from eating us up. Everything else follows from these two basic requirements. Small states like Singapore are obviously more vulnerable and survive better by co-operating with other states. It is no wonder that small states are often the most internationalist.