Article 152 of the Singapore Constitution: The past, present, and future of multiracial recognition, inclusion, and accommodation

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

1-2020

Abstract

The bicentennial commemoration consists of a year-long series of events to mark the 200th anniversary of the arrival of Sir Stamford Raffles in Singapore on 29 January 1819. The arrival of the British resulted in the creation of Singapore as a free port and marked the economic, physical, and social transformation of the island, which continues today. Yet, the irony is that the bicentennial commemoration also deliberately seeks to shed light and focus on a more distant past: The half-millennia before Singapore was colonialised and when Singapore was known as Temasek and seen as part of the Nusantara.

Keywords

Singapore constitution, Malays, race relations, Singapore

Discipline

Asian Studies | Constitutional Law | Race and Ethnicity

Research Areas

Public Law

Publication

Beyond Bicentennial: Perspectives on Malays

Editor

Zainul Abidin Rasheed, Wan Hussin Zoohri, & Norshahril Saat

First Page

713

Last Page

726

ISBN

9789811212512

Identifier

10.1142/9789811212512_0043

Publisher

World Scientific

City or Country

Singapore

Embargo Period

6-8-2021

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811212512_0043

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