Fifty years ago, Malaysia expelled Singapore from thefederation and the two entities went their separateways. So distraught was Lee Kuan Yew, thenSingapore’s chief minister, that he shed tears inpublic for the first and last time in his long andextraordinary career. Half a century later, it shouldbe Malaysians who are crying.
50年前,马来西亚将新加坡驱逐出马来西亚联邦,两个实体从此分道扬镳。时任新加坡首席部长的李光耀(Lee KuanYew)当时如此悲痛,以至于他首次——也是漫长而非凡的政治生涯中最后一次——在公开场合落泪。半个世纪后,流泪的应该是马来西亚人。
Undoubtedly, Singapore has its problems. Its brand of authoritarian guided development hasdelivered prosperity and produced the world’s slickest city state. But many Singaporeans feelsomething is missing in their controlled society, a hole that cannot be filled by economicgrowth. Yet whatever difficulties Singapore faces, these pale in comparison with those ofMalaysia. Not only is Malaysia going through its worst political crisis in years after hundreds ofmillions of dollars found their way into the bank account of Najib Razak, the prime minister.More critically, Malaysia has been undergoing a long-term meltdown in which the political,religious and ethnic compact that has underpinned the country since independence groansunder its own rotten contradictions.
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