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Identity formation. Colonialism and studying the Malays / Norshahril Saat. Reframing the Malay past in Singapore's history / Sher Banu A L Khan. The everyday world as a museum collection: looking into Singapore Malay history / Iskander Mydin. Malays in Singapore: from Srivijaya to Raffles / John N Miksic. Quote / Mohamad Maliki Osman. The Orang Laut / Sarafian Salleh. Singapore historiography and its place names in Malay sources before and after 1819 / Imran Tajudeen. Locating "Malay Places" and ethnic identity making in Singapore / Hamzah Muzaini. Setting the scene: Singapore as a port and a centre for the Hajj / Anthony Green and Mohd Raman Daud. Origins of Ordinance No. XIII of 1904 to make provision for the family of the late Sultan Hussein / Kwa Chong Guan. Between hopes and reality: the development of the Malay language and its community of speakers in Singapore / Mukhlis Abu Bakar. Nature and self in the works of Munshi Abdullah / Hadijah Rahmat. Sang Nila Utama, Badang and Singapura Dilanggar Todak: relevance and importance of Malay traditional narrative history / Noridah Kamari. More than a blade: the Keris as a marker of identity and difference in post-colonial Singapore / Farish A Noor. Keris symbolism / Rhaimie Wahap. Early Malay newspapers and journalism / Mazelan Anuar. Pioneer Malay printers / Mazelan Anuar. Inter-cultural encounters with Malay food: ethnicity, hybridity, cosmopolitanism / Noorman Abdullah. "More Malay than Pakistani": Insights into acculturation to Malay society in Singapore / Abbas Khan -- Identity consolidation. Islamism in Singapore? / Mohamed Nawab. What does it mean to be Malay? Voices of youth from the community / Mohamad Shamsuri Juhari. Thriving from the margins: the viability of traditional Malay medical practices in Singapore / Humairah Zainal. The Introduction and development of football in the Malay/Muslim community in Singapore, 1819-1941 / Lim Peng Han -- Institution. The institutionalisation of Islam in Singap