I wish take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude to Dr. K. W. Wun, thesis supervisor, Associate Professor of the school of Social Sciences, for the instructions and comments during the past two years of my study and research in the Graduate School of the University of East Asia, without Dr. Wun's experienced guidance and knowledgeable dialogue on Singapore and Malaysia, this thesis would not have been completed in time. I am also grateful to Dr. D. Y. Yuan, thesis adviser, associate Professor of the Shool of Social Sciences, for his informative advice and discussion. Although the thesis is now finally written, however,it by no means is perfect. Should there be any error still, the responsibility is mine. Kam Shing-pak December 1988 Whampoa Garden, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.