The Monarchy in Contemporary Malaysia

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i The Monarchy in Contemporary Malaysia i ii HRH Raja Nazrin Shah ii The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) was established as an autonomous organization in 1968. It is a regional research centre for scholars and other specialists concerned with modern Southeast Asia, particularly the many-faceted problems of stability and security, economic development, and political and social change. 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 Publications, an established academic press, has issued more than 1,000 books and journals. It is the largest scholarly publisher of research about Southeast Asia from within the region. ISEAS Publications 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. iii The Monarchy in Contemporary Malaysia iii iv HRH Raja Nazrin Shah iv Published in Singapore in 2004 by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Pasir Panjang Singapore 119614 E-mail: publish@iseas.edu.sg World Wide Web: http://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg 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.© 2004 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. The responsibility for facts and opinions in this publication rests exclusively with the author, and his interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views or the policy of the Institute or its supporters. ISEAS Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Nazrin Shah, Raja. The monarchy in contemporary Malaysia. 1. Monarchy—Malaysia. 2. Malaysia—Kings and rulers. 3. Malaysia—Politics and government. I. Title JQ1062 A38M73N33 2004 ISBN 981-230-288-3 Typeset by International Typesetters Pte Ltd Printed and bound in Singapore by Seng Lee Press Pte Ltd ...