Singapore

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Singapore

Malaysia
By John Whitney and Christopher Arrington
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Singapore Overview

• Located in Southeastern Asia, an island between
  Malaysia and Indonesia.
• Tropical climate with two distinct monsoon
  seasons.
• Highly developed and successful free market
  economy with a parliamentary republic government.
• Religions include Buddhism, Muslim, Taoist,
  Hindu, and Catholic.

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Geography

• Main territory consists of a diamond shaped
  island that is slightly more than 3.5 times the
  size of Washington DC with surrounding smaller
  islands.
• Geography provides excellent impact for domestic
  and foreign policy because it is surrounded by
  Malaysia and Indonesia.
• Excellent relations and communication skills
  between the natives of the various geographical
  regions.

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Contemporary History

• Contemporary history begins during August 9, 1965
  when Singapore became an independent nation.
• Admitted into the UN on September 21, 1965 and
  became a member of the British Commonwealth on
  October 16, 1965.
• In 1965, Singapore adopted a republican form of
  government.
• In 1966, the Chinese Peoples Action Party(PAP)
  won the elections under the leadership of Lee
  Kuan Yew
• Under his direction, government policies
  consistently enhanced economic development while
  emphasizing social control, social planning, and
  governmental authoritarianism.

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Social Implications

• Dominated by a majority Chinese population who
  make up 76.8 of the entire population.
• Malaysians follow with 13.9
• With a heavy Chinese population, Singapore can
  create stable relations with China.
• With the small Malaysian population, Singapore is
  able to communicate more effectively with the
  Malaysian people and government.
• Islam is only 14.9 and could have implications
  on how and who Singapore can trade with in the
  Middle East.

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Economic Overview

• One of Asias most successful economies.
• Has achieved a standard of living second only to
  that of Japan among Asian countries.
• Singapores strategic location at the entrance to
  the Strait of Malacca has helped it become one of
  the most important shipping centers in Asia
• Leader in new biotechnologies, petroleum
  refining, and the manufacture of computer
  components.
• Future growth depends on overcoming resource
  limitations in a small domestic market and
  encouraging local firms to invest abroad.

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Malaysia Overview

• Located in Southeastern Asia and consists of two
  geographical regions divided by the South China
  Sea. (East Malaysia and West Malaysia)
• The country is comprised of 13 states, 11 on the
  Malay Peninsula and two on the island of Borneo.
• Multi-ethnic country of 25 million people.
• Government type is a constitutional monarchy with
  an elected federal parliamentary government.
• A middle-income country that transformed itself
  from 1971 through the late 1990s from a producer
  of raw materials into an emerging multi-sector
  economy.

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Geography

• West Malaysia is a peninsula that shares a land
  border on the North with Thailand and is
  connected by a causeway and a bridge on the south
  with Singapore.
• East Malaysia, the northern and western one-third
  of the island of Borneo, borders Indonesia in the
  south and borders the Sultanate of Brunei on the
  east, south, and west.
• Climate is mainly tropical and the terrain
  consists of costal plains that rise to interior,
  jungle covered hills and mountains.
• Filled with natural resources in areas such as
  agriculture, forestry as well as minerals.

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Contemporary History

• After World War II and the Japanese occupation of
  Malaysia from 1941 to 1945, the British created
  the Malayan Union on April 1, 1946.
• The Malayan Federation became an independent
  state within the Commonwealth of Nations and was
  admitted to the United Nations on August 31,
  1957.
• In 1963 Singapore, Sabah, and Sarawek were added
  to the federation, creating the Federation of
  Malaysia.
• merger with Singapore did not work out
  satisfactorily, friction developed between Malay
  leaders and Singapore's prime minister.

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Economic Overview

• Malaysia is a middle-income country that
  transformed itself from 1971 through the late
  1990s from a producer of raw materials into an
  emerging multi-sector economy.
• Malaysia still faces further challenges as it
  looks ahead to becoming a fully industrialized
  economy.
• Malaysia is an important trading partner for the
  United States.
• Malaysias main importing partners are Japan,
  United States, Singapore, China, South Korea,
  Taiwan, Germany, and Thailand

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Trade?

• Overall, Malaysia is an excellent country to
  trade with. Recognizing that its long-term
  prosperity is dependent on the maintenance of an
  open trading environment, Malaysia has put in
  place policies and incentives that make trade and
  related business transactions easy, secure and
  reliable.
• Her liberal trade and investment promotion
  policies and measures have attracted and anchored
  global players. Some of the worlds best-known
  brands such as Intel, Panasonic, Motorola,
  Carrier, BASF, Dell, Hewlett Packard and Nestle
  are made in Malaysia.