Booklet entitled 'Struggle for a Malaysian Malaysia'

Title
Booklet entitled 'Struggle for a Malaysian Malaysia'
Year/Period
c. 1965
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Image size: L:19.0 cm x W:13.5 cm
Accession No.
2000-07933

This pamphlet was produced by the Ministry of Culture to explain the concept of a Malaysian Malaysia, which was strongly advocated by Lee Kuan Yew. He stressed that it meant that “the nation and state would not be concerned with the supremacy, well-being or the particular interests of any one community or race”. He added that a Malaysian Malaysia was “the antithesis of a Malay Malaysia, a Chinese Malaysia, a Dyak Malaysia, an Indian Malaysia or a Kadazan Malaysia”. Pamphlets such as these served as powerful propaganda to convey Lee’s thoughts and strategies on Merger.