This OPS examines recent development in the social media sphere and its impact on the Singapore Malay/Muslim community and the inter-ethnic relations as a whole. This paper is based on an edited transcription of papers delivered during the Community in Review 2012 seminar by the same titled held on 10 March 2012.
Based on an edited transcription of papers delivered in public seminars organized between 2004 and 2007, RIMA Occasional Paper Series No.7 focusses at key issues around social reconstruction pertaining in Malay/Muslim community in Singapore
This book is part of an effort to stimulate reflection on religion and its role in education and development in Southeast Asia. Earlier versions of the papers collected in this volume were presented at the “Asian Interfaith Dialogue: Perspectives on Religion, Education and Social Cohesion.”
This paper is an edited translation of a lecture delivered by Dr Syed Farid Alatas in English entitled “The State of Malay Sociology in Singapore” on 18 November 1995 organized by the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP).
This paper is an edited transciption of the proceedings of a seminar by the same title on 10 June 1995 at the National University of Singapore. The seminar speakers examined the role of self-help groups and their impact on national integration, reviewed the pros and cons of the ethnic self-help approach vis-à-vis multi-racialism in Singapore and debated the future of self-help groups in Singapore.
This paper is a transcription of a lecture delivered by Professor Syed Hussein Alatas on 21 January 1995 at the National University of Singapore. The concept of “Melayu Baru” or “New Malay” gained prominence at a time when the Singapore Malay society is entering a new phase of development. But what does the concept of the “New Malay” mean?
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim On 14 November 2012, Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs, Mr Masagos Zulkifli, mentioned in his speech in Parliament that nearly half of all drug offenders in 2011 were Malays. The following day, The Straits Times...
By Acmad Toquero Macarimbang To begin my observation as a foreigner working in Singapore, let me tell you the picture of Singapore in my mind. Singapore is a fine city. It is a modern city-state with style. It is over-saturated, literally with color-coded buildings,...