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CHAPTER 17: “MORE MALAY THAN PAKISTANI” — INSIGHTS INTO ACCULTURATION TO MALAY SOCIETY IN SINGAPORE

    This chapter is dedicated to the memory of my late father, Abdul Aziz bin Mohamad Yusoff Khan.

    https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811212512_0017Cited by:1 (Source: Crossref)
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    In July 2017, Mr. Farid Khan, the 62-year old chairman of Singapore-based marine service provider Bourbon Offshore Asia Pacific caused quite a stir within Singapore when he announced his intention to run in the country’s upcoming presidential election reserved for Malay candidates. If his features did not already give away any indication that he was not Malay in the truest sense, then his last name surely did…