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Stories have emerged, popular myths which are widely believed and yet may be untrue.
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stɔɹiz hæv ɪmɜ˞dʒd, pɑpjʌlɜ˞ mɪθs wɪtʃ ɑɹ waɪdli bɪlivd ʌnd jɛt meɪ bi ʌntɹu.
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It is important to understand our past.
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ɪt ɪz ɪmpɔɹtʌnt tu ʌndɜ˞stænd aʊɜ˞ pæst.
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Every day, we make decisions based on our own personal history.
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ɛvɜ˞i deɪ, wi meɪk dɪsɪʒʌnz beɪst ɑn aʊɜ˞ oʊn pɜ˞sɪnʌl hɪstɜ˞i.
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When we seek to grow as people, we seek to understand ourselves by thinking carefully about our past.
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wɛn wi sik tu ɡɹoʊ æz pipʌl, wi sik tu ʌndɜ˞stænd aʊɜ˞sɛlvz baɪ θɪŋkɪŋ kɛɹfʌli ʌbaʊt aʊɜ˞ pæst.
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A country is no different.
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ʌ kʌntɹi ɪz noʊ dɪfɜ˞ʌnt.
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Every day, our government makes decisions based on their understanding of our past.
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ɛvɜ˞i deɪ, aʊɜ˞ ɡʌvɜ˞mʌnt meɪks dɪsɪʒʌnz beɪst ɑn ðɛɹ ʌndɜ˞stændɪŋ ʌv aʊɜ˞ pæst.
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Our people make decisions also based on our understanding of our shared history.
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aʊɜ˞ pipʌl meɪk dɪsɪʒʌnz ɔlsoʊ beɪst ɑn aʊɜ˞ ʌndɜ˞stændɪŋ ʌv aʊɜ˞ ʃɛɹd hɪstɜ˞i.
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Today, as Singapore embarks on its golden jubilee, marking 50 years since separation with Malaysia, we are also entering a new era.
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tʌdeɪ, æz sɪŋʌpɔɹ ɪmbɑɹks ɑn ɪts ɡoʊldʌn dʒubʌli, mɑɹkɪŋ jɪɹz sɪns sɛpɜ˞eɪʃʌn wɪð mʌleɪʒʌ, wi ɑɹ ɔlsoʊ ɛntɜ˞ɪŋ ʌ nu ɛɹʌ.
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In order to fully understand ourselves, to make the best decisions for our future, we
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ɪn ɔɹdɜ˞ tu fʊli ʌndɜ˞stænd aʊɜ˞sɛlvz, tu meɪk ðʌ bɛst dɪsɪʒʌnz fɔɹ aʊɜ˞ fjutʃɜ˞, wi
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also need to stop and understand where we have come from.
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ɔlsoʊ nid tu stɑp ʌnd ʌndɜ˞stænd wɛɹ wi hæv kʌm fɹʌm.
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One such myth that governments perpetuate is the idea that their country's borders are natural, logical and represent a unique nation.
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wʌn sʌtʃ mɪθ ðæt ɡʌvɜ˞mʌnts pɜ˞pɛtʃʌweɪt ɪz ðʌ aɪdiʌ ðæt ðɛɹ kʌntɹi'ɛs bɔɹdɜ˞z ɑɹ nætʃɜ˞ʌl, lɑdʒɪkʌl ʌnd ɹɛpɹɪzɛnt ʌ junik neɪʃʌn.
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that somehow the nation perfectly overlaps with the state, and that they are one and the same.
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ðæt sʌmhaʊ ðʌ neɪʃʌn pɜ˞fʌktli oʊvɜ˞læps wɪð ðʌ steɪt, ʌnd ðæt ðeɪ ɑɹ wʌn ʌnd ðʌ seɪm.
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And equally, that this nation, that the national identity, also has something timeless and inherent about it.
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ʌnd ikwʌli, ðæt ðɪs neɪʃʌn, ðæt ðʌ næʃʌnʌl aɪdɛntɪti, ɔlsoʊ hæz sʌmθɪŋ taɪmlʌs ʌnd ɪnhɪɹʌnt ʌbaʊt ɪt.
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To a great extent, governments have to perpetuate this idea.
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tu ʌ ɡɹeɪt ɪkstɛnt, ɡʌvɜ˞mʌnts hæv tu pɜ˞pɛtʃʌweɪt ðɪs aɪdiʌ.
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After all, a government can't call its own borders into question.
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æftɜ˞ ɔl, ʌ ɡʌvɜ˞mʌnt kæn'ti kɔl ɪts oʊn bɔɹdɜ˞z ɪntu kwɛstʃʌn.
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But in pursuit of a coherent national identity, governments often take the shortcut of suppressing and erasing other visions of national identity.
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bʌt ɪn pɜ˞sut ʌv ʌ koʊhɪɹʌnt næʃʌnʌl aɪdɛntɪti, ɡʌvɜ˞mʌnts ɔfʌn teɪk ðʌ ʃɔɹtkʌt ʌv sʌpɹɛsɪŋ ʌnd ɪɹeɪsɪŋ ʌðɜ˞ vɪʒʌnz ʌv næʃʌnʌl aɪdɛntɪti.
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especially those of minorities or the marginalized or the weak and powerless
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ʌspɛʃli ðoʊz ʌv maɪnɔɹʌtiz ɔɹ ðʌ mɑɹdʒʌnʌlaɪzd ɔɹ ðʌ wik ʌnd paʊɜ˞lʌs
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rather than the more difficult but constructive path of building a
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ɹæðɜ˞ ðæn ðʌ mɔɹ dɪfʌkʌlt bʌt kʌnstɹʌktɪv pæθ ʌv bɪldɪŋ ʌ
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a new civic identity out of the diversity of the nation. And in the case of former colonies, we often overlook the fact that both these national borders and these national identities are the products of colonialism.
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ʌ nu sɪvɪk aɪdɛntɪti aʊt ʌv ðʌ dɪvɜ˞sɪti ʌv ðʌ neɪʃʌn. ʌnd ɪn ðʌ keɪs ʌv fɔɹmɜ˞ kɑlʌniz, wi ɔfʌn oʊvɜ˞lʊk ðʌ fækt ðæt boʊθ ðiz næʃʌnʌl bɔɹdɜ˞z ʌnd ðiz næʃʌnʌl aɪdɛntɪtiz ɑɹ ðʌ pɹɑdʌkts ʌv kʌloʊniʌlɪzʌm.
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that were constructed out of the compromises that were made during the process of decolonisation.
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ðæt wɜ˞ kʌnstɹʌktʌd aʊt ʌv ðʌ kɑmpɹʌmaɪzɪz ðæt wɜ˞ meɪd dʊɹɪŋ ðʌ pɹɑsɛs ʌv .
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and were designed to perpetuate the influence of the colonial power long after decolonisation.
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ʌnd wɜ˞ dɪzaɪnd tu pɜ˞pɛtʃʌweɪt ðʌ ɪnfluʌns ʌv ðʌ kʌloʊniʌl paʊɜ˞ lɔŋ æftɜ˞ .
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And so it is with Singapore and Malaysia.
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ʌnd soʊ ɪt ɪz wɪð sɪŋʌpɔɹ ʌnd mʌleɪʒʌ.
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and it is with the act that first set the modern boundaries of Singapore and West Malaysia that we begin.
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ʌnd ɪt ɪz wɪð ðʌ ækt ðæt fɜ˞st sɛt ðʌ mɑdɜ˞n baʊndɜ˞iz ʌv sɪŋʌpɔɹ ʌnd wɛst mʌleɪʒʌ ðæt wi bɪɡɪn.
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The Partition of Malaya in 1946
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ðʌ pɑɹtɪʃʌn ʌv ɪn
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Now, the partition of Singapore from the rest of the Malayan Peninsula in 1946 actually passed with little excitement.
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naʊ, ðʌ pɑɹtɪʃʌn ʌv sɪŋʌpɔɹ fɹʌm ðʌ ɹɛst ʌv ðʌ mʌleɪʌn pʌnɪnsʌlʌ ɪn æktʃuʌli pæst wɪð lɪtʌl ɪksaɪtmʌnt.
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The population was wrapped up in the rebuilding of Malaya after the Japanese occupation. News
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ðʌ pɑpjʌleɪʃʌn wɑz ɹæpt ʌp ɪn ðʌ ɹibɪldɪŋ ʌv æftɜ˞ ðʌ dʒæpʌniz ɑkjʌpeɪʃʌn. nuz
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headlines focused on the Indonesian Republican struggle for independence against the violent British and allied reoccupation of Indonesia.
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hɛdlaɪnz foʊkʌst ɑn ðʌ ɪndoʊniʒʌn ɹɪpʌblɪkʌn stɹʌɡʌl fɔɹ ɪndɪpɛndʌns ʌɡɛnst ðʌ vaɪʌlʌnt bɹɪtɪʃ ʌnd ʌlaɪd ʌv ɪndoʊniʒʌ.
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In stark contrast with the later partitions of India and Palestine in 1948,
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ɪn stɑɹk kɑntɹæst wɪð ðʌ leɪtɜ˞ pɑɹtɪʃʌnz ʌv ɪndiʌ ʌnd pælʌstaɪn ɪn ,
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There were no riots over boundaries, or over citizenship, or over population transfers.
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ðɛɹ wɜ˞ noʊ ɹaɪʌts oʊvɜ˞ baʊndɜ˞iz, ɔɹ oʊvɜ˞ sɪtɪzʌnʃɪp, ɔɹ oʊvɜ˞ pɑpjʌleɪʃʌn tɹænsfɜ˞z.
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The British, colonial masters of Malaya, did not even consider it a partition.
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ðʌ bɹɪtɪʃ, kʌloʊniʌl mæstɜ˞z ʌv , dɪd nɑt ivɪn kʌnsɪdɜ˞ ɪt ʌ pɑɹtɪʃʌn.
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On the contrary, they saw it as an act of eulogy.
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ɑn ðʌ kɑntɹɛɹi, ðeɪ sɔ ɪt æz æn ækt ʌv julʌdʒi.
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The Malayan Union drew together the separate administrations that the British had direct or indirect rule over.
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ðʌ mʌleɪʌn junjʌn dɹu tʌɡɛðɜ˞ ðʌ sɛpɜ˞eɪt ædmɪnɪstɹeɪʃʌnz ðæt ðʌ bɹɪtɪʃ hæd dɜ˞ɛkt ɔɹ ɪndɜ˞ɛkt ɹul oʊvɜ˞.
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except for Singapore.
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ɪksɛpt fɔɹ sɪŋʌpɔɹ.
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Singapore. Yet for the people of Malaya, the partition would have consequences that were no less profound than India or Palestine.
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sɪŋʌpɔɹ. jɛt fɔɹ ðʌ pipʌl ʌv , ðʌ pɑɹtɪʃʌn wʊd hæv kɑnsʌkwɛnsʌz ðæt wɜ˞ noʊ lɛs pɹoʊfaʊnd ðæn ɪndiʌ ɔɹ pælʌstaɪn.
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What was the Malayan Union?
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wʌt wɑz ðʌ mʌleɪʌn junjʌn?
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In 1943, in the middle of World War II,
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ɪn , ɪn ðʌ mɪdʌl ʌv wɜ˞ld wɔɹ ,
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Britain announced its intention
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bɹɪtʌn ʌnaʊnst ɪts ɪntɛntʃʌn
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to prepare Malia for eventual independence.
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tu pɹipɛɹ mɑliʌ fɔɹ ʌvɛntʃuʌl ɪndɪpɛndʌns.
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independence. The vehicle for this would be the Malayan Union.
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ɪndɪpɛndʌns. ðʌ vihɪkʌl fɔɹ ðɪs wʊd bi ðʌ mʌleɪʌn junjʌn.
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The British believed that a strong centralised state and multiracial politics was necessary for the stability and development of
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ðʌ bɹɪtɪʃ bɪlivd ðæt ʌ stɹɔŋ steɪt ʌnd mʌltaɪɹeɪʃʌl pɑlʌtɪks wɑz nɛsʌsɛɹi fɔɹ ðʌ stʌbɪlɪti ʌnd dɪvɛlʌpmʌnt ʌv
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Malaya. To gain experience in running a democratic country
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. tu ɡeɪn ɪkspɪɹiʌns ɪn ɹʌnɪŋ ʌ dɛmʌkɹætɪk kʌntɹi
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and to be loyal to Malay
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ʌnd tu bi lɔɪʌl tu meɪleɪ
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all the people of Malaya had to have a stick in the
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ɔl ðʌ pipʌl ʌv hæd tu hæv ʌ stɪk ɪn ðʌ
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country, be given the opportunity to practice democracy, and to be given a role in the
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kʌntɹi, bi ɡɪvʌn ðʌ ɑpɜ˞tunʌti tu pɹæktʌs dɪmɑkɹʌsi, ʌnd tu bi ɡɪvʌn ʌ ɹoʊl ɪn ðʌ
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The best way to learn how to do something, after all, is to practice, practice, practice
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ðʌ bɛst weɪ tu lɜ˞n haʊ tu du sʌmθɪŋ, æftɜ˞ ɔl, ɪz tu pɹæktʌs, pɹæktʌs, pɹæktʌs
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So the British accordingly unified 11 of the 12 Malayan states into the Malayan Union,
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soʊ ðʌ bɹɪtɪʃ ʌkɔɹdɪŋli junʌfaɪd ʌv ðʌ mʌleɪʌn steɪts ɪntu ðʌ mʌleɪʌn junjʌn,
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removed the sovereignty of the Malay rulers, established a strong central government under direct British rule,
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ɹimuvd ðʌ sɑvɹʌnti ʌv ðʌ meɪleɪ ɹulɜ˞z, ɪstæblɪʃt ʌ stɹɔŋ sɛntɹʌl ɡʌvɜ˞mʌnt ʌndɜ˞ dɜ˞ɛkt bɹɪtɪʃ ɹul,
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and aimed to create a Malayan nation and Malayan people by offering citizenship to all who regarded Malaya as home.
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ʌnd eɪmd tu kɹieɪt ʌ mʌleɪʌn neɪʃʌn ʌnd mʌleɪʌn pipʌl baɪ ɔfɜ˞ɪŋ sɪtɪzʌnʃɪp tu ɔl hu ɹɪɡɑɹdɪd æz hoʊm.
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To give Malay citizens a stake in the country and encourage democratisation,
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tu ɡɪv meɪleɪ sɪtʌzʌnz ʌ steɪk ɪn ðʌ kʌntɹi ʌnd ɛnkɜ˞ɪdʒ ,
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the Malayan Union introduced a unitary Malayan citizenship.
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ðʌ mʌleɪʌn junjʌn ɪntɹʌdust ʌ junɪtɛɹi mʌleɪʌn sɪtɪzʌnʃɪp.
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All Malayan born, regardless of ancestry, were Malayan.
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ɔl mʌleɪʌn bɔɹn, ɹʌɡɑɹdlʌs ʌv ænsɛstɹi, wɜ˞ mʌleɪʌn.
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a clear and equitable path to citizenship was offered for immigrants.
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ʌ klɪɹ ʌnd ɛkwʌtʌbʌl pæθ tu sɪtɪzʌnʃɪp wɑz ɔfɜ˞d fɔɹ ɪmʌɡɹʌnts.
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but race dictated its composition from the outset.
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bʌt ɹeɪs dɪkteɪtɪd ɪts kɑmpʌzɪʃʌn fɹʌm ðʌ aʊtsɛt.
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Singapore's inclusion would mean non-Malays would outnumber
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sɪŋʌpɔɹ'ɛs ɪnkluʒʌn wʊd min nɑn-mʌleɪz wʊd aʊtnʌmbɜ˞
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Malays in the Malayan Union. The Malay elite were worried about their community being overwhelmed by the Chinese.
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mʌleɪz ɪn ðʌ mʌleɪʌn junjʌn. ðʌ meɪleɪ ɪlit wɜ˞ wɜ˞id ʌbaʊt ðɛɹ kʌmjunʌti biɪŋ oʊvɜ˞wɛlmd baɪ ðʌ tʃaɪniz.
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and more prosaically, would not agree to be part of a democratic state in which they were the minority.
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ʌnd mɔɹ , wʊd nɑt ʌɡɹi tu bi pɑɹt ʌv ʌ dɛmʌkɹætɪk steɪt ɪn wɪtʃ ðeɪ wɜ˞ ðʌ maɪnɔɹʌti.
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and therefore no longer the elite. So Singapore was excluded.
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ʌnd ðɛɹfɔɹ noʊ lɔŋɡɜ˞ ðʌ ɪlit. soʊ sɪŋʌpɔɹ wɑz ɪkskludʌd.
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Many Malayans and former Malaya colonial officials protested that it was illogical to exclude Malaya's social, economic and cultural capital, but to no avail.
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mɛni ʌnd fɔɹmɜ˞ kʌloʊniʌl ʌfɪʃʌlz pɹʌtɛstɪd ðæt ɪt wɑz ɪlɑdʒɪkʌl tu ɪksklud 'ɛs soʊʃʌl, ɛkʌnɑmɪk ʌnd kʌltʃɜ˞ʌl kæpʌtʌl, bʌt tu noʊ ʌveɪl.
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You see, before 1946, there was little conception of Singapore as a separate independent state.
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ju si, bɪfɔɹ , ðɛɹ wɑz lɪtʌl kʌnsɛpʃʌn ʌv sɪŋʌpɔɹ æz ʌ sɛpɜ˞eɪt ɪndɪpɛndʌnt steɪt.
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Historically, Singapore was part of Johor.
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hɪstɔɹɪkʌli, sɪŋʌpɔɹ wɑz pɑɹt ʌv .
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and it was with the Sultan of Johor that Sir Stamford Raffle signed a treaty with in 1819.
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ʌnd ɪt wɑz wɪð ðʌ sʌltʌn ʌv ðæt sɜ˞ stæmfɜ˞d ɹæfʌl saɪnd ʌ tɹiti wɪð ɪn .
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which gave the British the right to set up a trading port
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wɪtʃ ɡeɪv ðʌ bɹɪtɪʃ ðʌ ɹaɪt tu sɛt ʌp ʌ tɹeɪdɪŋ pɔɹt
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Throughout the 19th century, it was the military and economic power of Singapore
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θɹuaʊt ðʌ sɛntʃɜ˞i, ɪt wɑz ðʌ mɪlʌtɛɹi ʌnd ɛkʌnɑmɪk paʊɜ˞ ʌv sɪŋʌpɔɹ
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that made the British the paramount power in the peninsula.
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ðæt meɪd ðʌ bɹɪtɪʃ ðʌ pɛɹʌmaʊnt paʊɜ˞ ɪn ðʌ pʌnɪnsʌlʌ.
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And this was formalized in 1896
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ʌnd ðɪs wɑz fɔɹmʌlaɪzd ɪn
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when four Malay states were federated with Kuala Lumpur as its capital.
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wɛn fɔɹ meɪleɪ steɪts wɜ˞ fɛdɜ˞eɪtɪd wɪð kwɑlʌ lʌmpʊɹ æz ɪts kæpʌtʌl.
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The British High Commissioner in Malaya was also the governor of the straight settlements based in Singapore.
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ðʌ bɹɪtɪʃ haɪ kʌmɪʃʌnɜ˞ ɪn wɑz ɔlsoʊ ðʌ ɡʌvɜ˞nɜ˞ ʌv ðʌ stɹeɪt sɛtʌlmʌnts beɪst ɪn sɪŋʌpɔɹ.
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and superior to the Resident General of the Federated Malay States based in Kuala Lumpur.
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ʌnd supɪɹiɜ˞ tu ðʌ ɹɛzɪdʌnt dʒɛnɜ˞ʌl ʌv ðʌ fɛdɜ˞eɪtɪd meɪleɪ steɪts beɪst ɪn kwɑlʌ lʌmpʊɹ.
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Because of its status as a military, communications and trading hub, and its proximity to wealth,
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bɪkɔz ʌv ɪts stætʌs æz ʌ mɪlʌtɛɹi, kʌmjunʌkeɪʃʌnz ʌnd tɹeɪdɪŋ hʌb, ʌnd ɪts pɹɑksɪmʌti tu wɛlθ,
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Singapore was de facto the political capital of Malaya
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sɪŋʌpɔɹ wɑz di fæktoʊ ðʌ pʌlɪtʌkʌl kæpʌtʌl ʌv
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but more than that Singapore was the intellectual, social
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bʌt mɔɹ ðæn ðæt sɪŋʌpɔɹ wɑz ðʌ ɪntʌlɛktʃuʌl, soʊʃʌl
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and economic capital of Malaya.
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ʌnd ɛkʌnɑmɪk kæpʌtʌl ʌv .
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If you were a young man or woman who wanted to make it big,
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ɪf ju wɜ˞ ʌ jʌŋ mæn ɔɹ wʊmʌn hu wɔntɪd tu meɪk ɪt bɪɡ,
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you headed for the bright lights of Malaya's biggest city.
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ju hɛdʌd fɔɹ ðʌ bɹaɪt laɪts ʌv 'ɛs bɪɡʌst sɪti.
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If you wanted a higher education,
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ɪf ju wɔntɪd ʌ haɪɜ˞ ɛdʒʌkeɪʃʌn,
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You hit it for Raffles College in Singapore.
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ju hɪt ɪt fɔɹ ɹæfʌlz kɑlɪdʒ ɪn sɪŋʌpɔɹ.
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If you wanted to become a successful artist or singer or writer or journalist,
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ɪf ju wɔntɪd tu bɪkʌm ʌ sʌksɛsfʌl ɑɹtʌst ɔɹ sɪŋɜ˞ ɔɹ ɹaɪtɜ˞ ɔɹ dʒɜ˞nʌlʌst,
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you hid it for Singapore because that's where the money was.
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ju hɪd ɪt fɔɹ sɪŋʌpɔɹ bɪkɔz ðæt'ɛs wɛɹ ðʌ mʌni wɑz.
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It was in Singapore that you'd find the big multinational companies.
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ɪt wɑz ɪn sɪŋʌpɔɹ ðæt ju'di faɪnd ðʌ bɪɡ mʌltaɪnæʃʌnʌl kʌmpʌniz.
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The big artistic companies, the theatres, the movie industry,
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ðʌ bɪɡ ɑɹtɪstɪk kʌmpʌniz, ðʌ θiʌtɜ˞z, ðʌ muvi ɪndʌstɹi,
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and the intellectual industries, the publishers, the newspapers, the schools.
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ʌnd ðʌ ɪntʌlɛktʃuʌl ɪndʌstɹiz, ðʌ pʌblɪʃɜ˞z, ðʌ nuzpeɪpɜ˞z, ðʌ skulz.
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If Kuala Lumpur was Washington DC, Singapore was New York.
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ɪf kwɑlʌ lʌmpʊɹ wɑz wɑʃɪŋtʌn disi, sɪŋʌpɔɹ wɑz nu jɔɹk.
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But all these links were thrown overboard by a colonial office that was anxious not to jeopardise elite Malay opinion.
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bʌt ɔl ðiz lɪŋks wɜ˞ θɹoʊn oʊvɜ˞bɔɹd baɪ ʌ kʌloʊniʌl ɔfɪs ðæt wɑz æŋkʃʌs nɑt tu ɪlit meɪleɪ ʌpɪnjʌn.
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Singapore's exclusion, of course, also ensured the protection of its free port and, more importantly, the British naval base.
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sɪŋʌpɔɹ'ɛs ɪkskluʒʌn, ʌv kɔɹs, ɔlsoʊ ɛnʃʊɹd ðʌ pɹʌtɛkʃʌn ʌv ɪts fɹi pɔɹt ʌnd, mɔɹ ɪmpɔɹtʌntli, ðʌ bɹɪtɪʃ neɪvʌl beɪs.
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But with this act, Malaya was split into two. Welcome back.
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bʌt wɪð ðɪs ækt, wɑz splɪt ɪntu tu. wɛlkʌm bæk.
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So for all the progressive ideals of the Malayan Union, separating Singapore from the rest of Malaya was a tacit admission that in Malaya, some people were more equal than others.
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soʊ fɔɹ ɔl ðʌ pɹʌɡɹɛsɪv aɪdilz ʌv ðʌ mʌleɪʌn junjʌn, sɛpɜ˞eɪtɪŋ sɪŋʌpɔɹ fɹʌm ðʌ ɹɛst ʌv wɑz ʌ tæsɪt ædmɪʃʌn ðæt ɪn , sʌm pipʌl wɜ˞ mɔɹ ikwʌl ðæn ʌðɜ˞z.
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Malaya was not an inalienable home
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wɑz nɑt æn ɪneɪljʌnʌbʌl hoʊm
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by the political arrangements subject to political needs.
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baɪ ðʌ pʌlɪtʌkʌl ɜ˞eɪndʒmʌnts sʌbdʒɛkt tu pʌlɪtʌkʌl nidz.
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By calculating politics on ethnic terms, it legitimised and reinforced race as central to the political process.
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baɪ kælkjʌleɪtɪŋ pɑlʌtɪks ɑn ɛθnɪk tɜ˞mz, ɪt ʌnd ɹiɪnfɔɹst ɹeɪs æz sɛntɹʌl tu ðʌ pʌlɪtʌkʌl pɹɑsɛs.
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Within a year of the creation of the Malayan Union, two opposing forces had coalesced, articulating two different Malayan identities.
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wɪðɪn ʌ jɪɹ ʌv ðʌ kɹieɪʃʌn ʌv ðʌ mʌleɪʌn junjʌn, tu ʌpoʊzɪŋ fɔɹsɪz hæd koʊʌlɛst, ɑɹtɪkjʌleɪtɪŋ tu dɪfɜ˞ʌnt mʌleɪʌn aɪdɛntɪtiz.
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On the right, the Federation-based United Malays National Organisation, or UMNO,
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ɑn ðʌ ɹaɪt, ðʌ fɛdɜ˞eɪʃʌn-beɪst junaɪtɪd mʌleɪz næʃʌnʌl ɔɹɡʌnɪzeɪʃʌn, ɔɹ ,
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very close-sounding
monotone
almost no noise
wonderful speech quality
was the party of the Malay bureaucratic elite, the sons of the Malay aristocracy who had been trained for decades by the British to run the country.
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20.151196
47.398911
58.826042
slightly fast
wɑz ðʌ pɑɹti ʌv ðʌ meɪleɪ bjʊɹʌkɹætɪk ɪlit, ðʌ sʌnz ʌv ðʌ meɪleɪ ɛɹʌstɑkɹʌsi hu hæd bɪn tɹeɪnd fɔɹ dɛkeɪdz baɪ ðʌ bɹɪtɪʃ tu ɹʌn ðʌ kʌntɹi.
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slightly close-sounding
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very clear
wonderful speech quality
They formed an alliance with the Sultan.
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slightly fast
ðeɪ fɔɹmd æn ʌlaɪʌns wɪð ðʌ sʌltʌn.
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28.17654
3.922213
slightly clean
very close-sounding
monotone
very clear
great speech quality
They objected to the granting of citizenship to non-Malays, the loss of autonomy for the Malay states, and the removal of the Sultan's powers.
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slightly fast
ðeɪ ʌbdʒɛktʌd tu ðʌ ɡɹæntɪŋ ʌv sɪtɪzʌnʃɪp tu nɑn-mʌleɪz, ðʌ lɔs ʌv ɔtɑnʌmi fɔɹ ðʌ meɪleɪ steɪts, ʌnd ðʌ ɹɪmuvʌl ʌv ðʌ sʌltʌn'ɛs paʊɜ˞z.
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monotone
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wonderful speech quality
they sought to do the right thing for Malay as Malays, to protect their people.
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44.003899
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slightly fast
ðeɪ sɔt tu du ðʌ ɹaɪt θɪŋ fɔɹ meɪleɪ æz mʌleɪz, tu pɹʌtɛkt ðɛɹ pipʌl.
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balanced in clarity
very close-sounding
monotone
very clear
great speech quality
an exclusively Malay-Malayan identity and cemented their elite status atop a rigid social-political hierarchy.
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æn ɪksklusɪvli meɪleɪ-mʌleɪʌn aɪdɛntɪti ʌnd sʌmɛntɪd ðɛɹ ɪlit stætʌs ʌtɑp ʌ ɹɪdʒʌd soʊʃʌl-pʌlɪtʌkʌl haɪɜ˞ɑɹki.
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very clear
wonderful speech quality
On the left was the Singapore-centred AMCJA Putra, the All-Malaya Council of Joint Action and the Pusat Tenaga Rakyat .
117.542397
35.62476
46.141491
59.805767
slowly
ɑn ðʌ lɛft wɑz ðʌ sɪŋʌpɔɹ- , ðʌ ɔl- kaʊnsʌl ʌv dʒɔɪnt ækʃʌn ʌnd ðʌ .
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monotone
very clear
great speech quality
a coalition of left-wing groups who supported the union but wanted the inclusion of Singapore.
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24.225952
47.797001
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ʌ koʊʌlɪʃʌn ʌv lɛft-wɪŋ ɡɹups hu sʌpɔɹtɪd ðʌ junjʌn bʌt wɔntɪd ðʌ ɪnkluʒʌn ʌv sɪŋʌpɔɹ.
0.997804
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monotone
very clear
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Amongst its leaders were the Malayan Democratic Union, or MDU, the Parti Kembangsaan Melayu-Malaya, or PKMM, the Malay Nationalist Party,
109.738457
26.254484
52.34383
59.449398
slightly slowly
ʌmʌŋst ɪts lidɜ˞z wɜ˞ ðʌ mʌleɪʌn dɛmʌkɹætɪk junjʌn, ɔɹ , ðʌ pɑɹti -, ɔɹ , ðʌ meɪleɪ næʃʌnʌlʌst pɑɹti,
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monotone
almost no noise
wonderful speech quality
of Malaya and the Malayan Communist Party or MCP.
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28.117134
58.921989
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slightly slowly
ʌv ʌnd ðʌ mʌleɪʌn kɑmjʌnʌst pɑɹti ɔɹ .
0.997358
26.432087
3.9921
clean
very close-sounding
monotone
almost no noise
great speech quality
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