Malaysian Chinese: Recent Developments and Prospects

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The฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies฀(ISEAS)฀was฀established฀as฀an฀autonomous฀ organization฀in฀1968.฀It฀is฀a฀regional฀centre฀dedicated฀to฀the฀study฀of฀socio-political,฀ security฀and฀economic฀trends฀and฀developments฀in฀Southeast฀Asia฀and฀its฀wider฀ geostrategic฀and฀economic฀environment.฀The฀Institute’s฀research฀programmes฀are฀the฀ Regional฀Economic฀Studies฀(RES,฀including฀ASEAN฀and฀APEC),฀Regional฀Strategic฀ and฀Political฀Studies฀(RSPS),฀and฀Regional฀Social฀and฀Cultural฀Studies฀(RSCS). ISEAS฀Publishing,฀an฀established฀academic฀press,฀has฀issued฀more฀than฀2,000฀ books฀and฀journals.฀It฀is฀the฀largest฀scholarly฀publisher฀of฀research฀about฀Southeast฀ Asia฀from฀within฀the฀region.฀ISEAS฀Publishing฀works฀with฀many฀other฀academic฀ and฀trade฀publishers฀and฀distributors฀to฀disseminate฀important฀research฀and฀analyses฀ from฀and฀about฀Southeast฀Asia฀to฀the฀rest฀of฀the฀world. 00฀MalaysianChin฀FM.indd฀฀฀2 11/22/11฀฀฀10:23:22฀AM First฀published฀in฀Singapore฀in฀2012฀by฀ISEAS฀Publishing Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies 30฀Heng฀Mui฀Keng฀Terrace Pasir฀Panjang Singapore฀119614 E-mail:฀publish@iseas.edu.sg Website:฀ All฀rights฀reserved.฀No฀part฀of฀this฀publication฀may฀be฀reproduced,฀stored฀in฀a฀retrieval฀system,฀ or฀transmitted฀in฀any฀form฀or฀by฀any฀means,฀electronic,฀mechanical,฀photocopying,฀recording฀ or฀otherwise,฀without฀the฀prior฀permission฀of฀the฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies.©฀2012฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies,฀Singapore The฀responsibility฀for฀facts฀and฀opinions฀in฀this฀publication฀rests฀exclusively฀with฀the฀authors฀ and฀their฀interpretations฀do฀not฀necessarily฀reflect฀the฀views฀or฀the฀policy฀of฀the฀publisher฀or฀its฀ supporters. ISEAS฀Library฀Cataloguing-in-Publication฀Data Malaysian฀Chinese:฀recent฀developments฀and฀prospects฀/฀edited฀by฀Lee฀Hock฀Guan฀and฀Leo฀ Suryadinata. 1.฀ Chinese—Malaysia. I.฀ Lee,฀Hock฀Guan. II.฀ Suryadinata,฀Leo,฀1941– DS595.2฀C5M232฀ 2012 ISBN฀978-981-4345-08-8฀(soft฀cover) ISBN฀978-981-4345-09-5฀(E-book฀PDF) Typeset฀by฀International฀Typesetters฀Pte฀Ltd Printed฀in฀Singapore฀by฀Markono฀Print฀Media฀Pte฀Ltd 00฀MalaysianChin฀FM.indd฀฀฀4 11/22/11฀฀฀10:23:23฀AM ...