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January 27, 2006
Malaysia: Malaysian Government to Build Half a Bridge
So, you spend a truckload of money in an empty gesture. Is this suppossed to be a hardball negotiating tactic? (Unless they plan to kill the Singaporean leadership of laughter). There is a more serious implication, however; Singapore is a majority Chinese country, while Malaysia is majority Muslim. Singapore was part of Malaysia, but it was let go... because with Singapore Malaysia would not have been majority-Muslim at the start. Now that the higher Muslim birth rate and discriminatory laws against Malaysian Chinese have assured a Muslim Malaysia for the foreseeable future, the Muslim Malay leadership might be wondering whether "reunification" would be a good strategy to follow.
At any rate, here is the story: Malaysia plans 'crooked' bridge
Malaysia says it will go ahead with controversial plans to build a crooked bridge across half the strait it shares with Singapore.It took the decision unilaterally after talks about replacing an existing causeway failed to produce agreement.
The plan for the bizarre bridge was first put forward by Malaysia's former leader Mahatir Mohammad.
The bridge is one of many issues to strain ties between Malaysia and Singapore since their union ended.[...]
Posted by Ruy Diaz at January 27, 2006 10:53 AM
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