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Bahasa Indonesia was based on Court Malay or Trading Malay as the language of Indonesia after independence from the Netherlands after 1945.

There is no justification to go to Langkawi which is on the other side of the Malay Peninsula.

Singapore lost its hinterland and was no longer the administrative or economic capital of the Malay Peninsula.

You've provided some good points for keeping Malay as an official language but what about Tamil?

It's easy to forget that, at the time, Malay Nationalism was strong amongst the Malays.

Also, the status of the Malay language is still a contentious issue in Malaysia today.

Both of these are rooted in how Chinese and Malay lack a grammatical plural.

He was forbidden from returning to his residences for fear of Malay retaliation.

I only started speaking at 3 and I was in an environment with English, Chinese, Malay and 2 other dialects.

Combining 1) and 2) together, you can see that cancelling Malay would have jeopardised Singapore's security - both from within and with its surrounding neighbours.

LKY described Singapore as a 'Chinese ship in Malay waters'.

The initial report may have been written in Malay though.

The original judge said in the verdict "Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents.

If we had Chinese as a common language, national language, we would have split this country wide apart, and we would be foolish to have Malay or Tamil." Lee Kuan Yew I actually agree with the above.

It's important also to say this article may have been translated from Malay, which could affect its readability.

Personally, I am able to communicate in English, Chinese and Malay, which gives me an advantage when doing business in SEA.

>It's important also to say this article may have been translated from Malay, which could affect its readability.