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Encyclopedia > Malay Singaporean

The term Malay Singaporeans refers to Singaporeans of Malay descent. They currently constitute 13.9% of the country's population. Malays (Dutch, Malayo, ultimately from Malay: Melayu) are a diverse group of people living in the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in South East Asia. ...


Most Malay Singaporeans are descended from an amalgam of Indonesian tribes, Chinese, Indian and Arab immigrants, and to a lesser extent, European and Thai immigrants, mainly due to the fact that the Malays are very liberal with intermarriage, provided that the Bride or the Groom is willing to convert to Islam. There are also other ethnic groups that make up the umbrella of "Malay" in Singapore. They include the Javanese, Baweanese, Minangs, Bugis and Orang Laut. With the exception of Orang Laut, most Malays hailed from the islands surrounding Singapore. Most settled here and eventually became Singaporeans. The Arabs ((Arabic: عرب ʻarab) are a large ethnic group widespread in the Middle East and North Africa, originating in the Arabian Peninsula of southwest Asia. ... Islām is described as a dīn, meaning way of life and/or guidance. ... The approximately 90 million Javanese form the largest ethnic group in Indonesia. ... // Geography and Topography The port of Sangkapura at sunset Bawean is an island of Indonesia located approximately 200km north of Surabaya in the Java Sea. ... Pagaruyung Palace The Minangkabau tribe is indigenous to the highlands of West Sumatra, in Indonesia. ... The Bugis are a people from the island of Sulawesi or Celebes in Indonesia. ... Some factual claims in this article or section need to be verified. ...


The malays in Singapore are recognised as the indigeneous people of Singapore, despite their wanderings within the Archipelago, and this is recognised by the little-well known section of the Singapore Constitution:


PART XIII GENERAL PROVISIONS


Minorities and special position of Malays 152. —


(2) The Government shall exercise its functions in such manner as to recognise the special position of the Malays, who are the indigenous people of Singapore, and accordingly it shall be the responsibility of the Government to protect, safeguard, support, foster and promote their political, educational, religious, economic, social and cultural interests and the Malay language.


External links

  • The Malays of Singapore
  • The Singapore Constitution

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Rahim cogently argues that the persistence of the Malay community on the socio-economic and educational fringes of society constitutes an unhealthy obstacle towards improving relations between Malays and non-Malays and with Singapore's Malay neighbours.
Significantly, the Singaporean Malay insecurity stemming from their socio-economic and political marginality and the Chinese insecurity as a result of their numerical minority status in a Malay region have reinforced and augmented one another.
The Malay marginality, which is inextricably linked to the fundamental questions of multiracialism and social justice, exposes the institutional and structural bases of social disadvantage in Singapore.
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Chinese and Malay women born in later birth cohorts had higher risks of developing breast cancer compared to their counterparts born in 1926–1930 (Table 3); but the risk increase was sharper in the pre-menopausal Malays than in the Chinese.
Malay women have consistently had the youngest age at first birth and the highest parity among the three ethnic groups [28-30].
The absence of cohort effects in the post-menopausal Malays despite the good age-cohort model fit for the entire Malay population may be due to a cohort influence that is only beginning to emerge in the younger Malay women, particularly those born after 1941 who had just begun to move into their post-menopausal years (≥50).
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