In contrast, the Malay Peninsula, including the island of Singapore, was the land of the Malays (Tanah Melayu) before the first Chinese and Indian immigrants came and settled there. The British, who did not depose the Malay rulers as they did the Singhalese king in Kandy, made sure that the native position of the Malays was constitutionally secure from the start.
相形之下，包括新加坡岛在内的马来半岛在最早的华人和印度移民到来之前一直是马来人的国家（Tanah Melayu）。英国人没有像他们对僧迦罗人的坎迪国王那样废黜马来的统治者，从而一开始就在宪法上确保了马来人的原住民地位。