comment In the aftermath of Lee Kuan Yew’s visit, many Malaysians wrote about the ‘missed opportunity’ that Singapore represents. In a nutshell, our pace of development could have been much faster and more comprehensive. We would have become as ‘rich’ as Singapore.

This type of thinking is what gets Awang Selamat of Utusan Malaysia extremely upset. In fact, this type of view does nothing to disabuse Malay Malaysians that non-Malays are hell-bent on turning Malaysia into Singapore, which is essentially a country given up to commercialism.