MALAYSIA-SINGAPORE: Fifty Years of Contentions 1965-2015
Publisher: The Other Press; The Other Press Sdn. Bhd.
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9789839541892
Description: This book offers an interesting and informative account of the often fractious relations between two countries in the heart of Southeast Asia. It outlines the primary issues that plagued relations between Malaysia and Singapore in the last fifty years and the political, diplomatic and legal initiatives taken to address them. The author gives a first-person narrative of the seemingly endless behind-the-scene episodes that have brought the love-hate relationship to where they are today. He further delves into the vast reservoir of information on the rocky bilateral relationship to provide a reasonable argument over why Malaysia has behaved as it has since 1965. Exhaustive record of, among others, minutes, letters and documents are brought to light to substantiate the Malaysian view in relation to issues of contention with Singapore. Coming from an insider with more than four eventful decades in the Malaysian Foreign Service, it will be an eye opener for many.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Acknowledgements; title: Note on Malaysian Names and Honorific Titles; title: Introduction; title: 1 The Lingering Pains of Separation; title: 2 The Supply of Johor Water to Singapore; title: 3 The Unending Story of the White Rock; title: 4 The 1990 Points of Disagreement; title: 5 The Farce about the Crooked Bridge; title: 6 The Land Reclamation by Singapore in the Straits of Johor; title: 7 The Defence of Singapore; title: 8 The End of the LKY Era; title: 9 The Next Fifty Years; title: Postscript; title: Bibliography; title: Index; title: About the Author