Malaysia Vs. Singapore
By Edward R. Chenard and Chooi Ling Wong

Since the political divide that separated Singapore and Malaysia a few decades ago, a sort of rivalry has taken place between the two countries. Singapore, well known as a center of commerce in Asia rivaled only by Hong Kong and Japan. When Hong Kong transferred back to Chinese rule, many believed Singapore would get a lot of the businesses leaving Hong Kong. Then the Internet came, now Singapore finds itself in another battle with its neighbor Malaysia. Malaysia, long in the shadow of Singapore, has banked its future in information technology. Malaysia, seeing the future of things to come, has developed a long-term program to become the information center for Asia. The problem with that is, Singapore has developed plans to be the same thing. Now these two rivals are back at it in a new market, domination of the future of e-commerce and information management in Asia. Both countries have developed long term plans, take radical steps to attain their goal and yet they are still neck and neck. But there will be a winner and a loser; it is just a matter of who will win this battle.