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The Malay language, Bahasa Malaysia, was also officially encouraged.
But the major breakthrough for the Malay economy was the triumph of rubber, when Singapore’s new garden director, Henry Ridle (“Rubber Ridley” to his friends, “Mad Ridley” to all doubting Thomases) had developed new planting and tapping methods and painstakingly spread his faith in rubber around the peninsula.
With Islam as the national religion and Malay — Bahasa Malaysia — as the national language, Malays enjoy practically exclusive access to the principal positions of government at federal and state level.
No match for the Portuguese invaders, the court fled south, establishing a new center of Malay Muslim power in Johor.
Singapore became the capital of the Straits Settlements — as the EIC called its Malay holdings incorporating Penang and Melaka — and was the linchpin of Britain’s 150-year presence in the region.