Malay land
In Singapore, the term 'Malay land' is scarcely used as the result of Malaysian racism against Singaporeans back then. But however, Malay language is recognized as one of the official Singapore's languages to respect the historical ties of Singapore with Sumatra island, notably since the kingdom of Singapore is built by the Malay people who originating from Sumatra. Sang Nila Utama—prince of Srivijaya empire— and Sang Sapurba are among few figures that highly respected and continually mentioned in the history literature of Singapore. Some of Sumatra's people also play an important part in forming the modern nation of Singapore, such as Zubir Said from West Sumatra who composed the national anthem of sovereign Singapore known as "Majulah Singapura" ( 'Onward Singapore'). The flag of Singapore itself based on Indonesian flag to give a tribute for Indonesia as the origin place of Singapore's Founding Fathers parents, notably Lee Kuan Yew—the first Prime Minister of Singapore— who are descendant of Chinese-Indonesian ( Chindo) from Semarang (a city in Central Java), and also Yusof Ishak—the first President of Singapore— who are descendant of Minangkabau and Langkat Malay from Sumatra.