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Who are Nancy and Jenny? [br] [originaltext]Tutor Nancy and Jenny are presenti
Who are Nancy and Jenny? [br] [originaltext]Tutor Nancy and Jenny are presenti
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Who are Nancy and Jenny? [br]
Tutor Nancy and Jenny are presenting the first of our profiles on Asia today. You looked at
Singapore and Malaysia, didn’t you?
Nancy Yes, and we found lots of similarities between the two countries.
Tutor Did you follow the outline that I gave you?
Jenny Yes, we did. Um, first of all the total land area of Singapore is 630 square
kilometres, whilst Malaysia’s was 329,758 square kilometres. Obviously Malaysia
is a much larger nation with a bigger population-almost 24 million. It is bigger
than Australia’s population, in fact-we have 19,700,000. Urn, Singapore has just
over 3 million.
Tutor Did you look at their population mix?
Nancy The population of both Malaysia and Singapore are multi-racial-they each have a
mixture of Malays, Chinese, Indians and other ethnic groups as well, who all live
quite harmoniously together. The breakdown of the population is different though.
In Malaysia, the Malays or Bumiputeras as they are called, outnumber the Chinese
and the Indians. They make up about 65% of the population. In Singapore, three
quarters of the population is Chinese with only a few hundred thousand Malays and
Indians. English is widely used in Malaysia as well as in Singapore.
Jenny Yes, they all study compulsory English at school and adults use English a lot in their
daily lives. For many years, Singaporeans have been sending their children abroad
to study in English-speaking countries. And in recent years, Malaysians are also
studying overseas and getting overseas work experience.
Tutor Australia has had a fairly stable relationship with Singapore over the years-can
you briefly talk about that?
Nancy Umm, yes. Singapore and Australia have always maintained a friendly and warm
relationship. As Jen said, many students come to Australia to study here and often
they stay here to work. Similarly, lots of Australians live and work in Singapore.
Singapore was one of the first Asian countries to really take advantage of its
geographical location and the technological advances that were made at the end of
last century. It has a strong economy.
Jenny Singapore and Australia signed an expanded trade accord in February which covers
all sorts of subjects from education through to customs procedures at the airports!
It’s accepted that this accord will really strengthen ties between the two countries.
Nancy So, trade between Singapore and Australia is continuing to grow but we’re not one
of Singapore’s top three trading partners. They’re the US, Japan and Malaysia.
Jenny Yes, and interestingly but not surprisingly I guess, Malaysia’s top three trading
partners are the US, Japan and Singapore.
Tutor Yes, Singapore and Malaysia are neighbours so you would expect that. What did
you discover about the relationship between Malaysia and Australia?
Jenny Well, um, it hasn’t been as stable as Singapore and Australia’s friendship.
Malaysians and Australians get along well on a personal level-there have been
an increasing number of tourists travelling between the two countries. So, it isn’t
just the students who are coming here. Historically, Australia and Malaysia and for
that matter Singapore as well, have a lot in common-you know, with the British
Colonialists. Malaysia, now, doesn’t want to blindly follow western ideas, which is
fair enough.
Tutor Yes-this is something that we’ll talk about later in the semester-Australia’s
international relations in the region.
Jenny There do seem to be misunderstandings and disagreements between Malaysia and
Australia, but diplomats say that these are exaggerated by the media.
Tutor Yes, we all know the power that the media has. Was there anything else?
Nancy Well, um, yes-what I found was that Singaporeans are generally regarded as
well-educated, well-travelled, knowledgeable. They enjoy a quality of life that is
envied in other countries-especially in other Asian countries. The Singaporean
government is spending a lot of money on education and technology.
Tutor Is this going to continue-did you look at the government’s agenda for the future?
Nancy They are developing a knowledge-based economy. Unlike other South-East Asian
countries, Singapore hasn’t been dependent on the production and export of
commodities. They intend to be IT-driven with a highly skilled economy.
Tutor I see and how did this differ in Malaysia?
Jenny Well, the Malaysians are very enterprising people. They’re well-educated and highly
skilled too. Like the Singaporeans, they’ve got a strong work ethic. We both felt that
of the two countries, Malaysians were much more Asian in their way of thinking,
although they seem to mix Eastern and Western traditions easily. This could be one
of the reasons that tourism is doing so well in Malaysia. The economy once relied
almost solely on the export of raw materials, but that’s changed a lot. All the experts
say that Malaysia has a huge future.
Tutor You obviously enjoy your research. I’m sure you’ll enjoy learning more about the
region as we continue on with the other overviews.
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