Word: ishak
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that despite Singapore's overwhelmingly Chinese population (Chinese outnumber Malays six to one), the island's future lies in joining the Federation of Malaya. With this in view. Lee has made Malay the official language, has appointed as chief of state a Malay personage, Inche Yusof bin Ishak. So far, the Federation itself has been wary: Singapore's 1,200,000 Chinese would upset the Federation's racial balance, put the Malays in a minority...