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AMSA IS UNITING MALAYSIANS AND SINGAPOREANS WITH THEIR LOVE FOR GREAT FOOD ✦ AMSA is looking at a new direction ahead with exciting value propositions, all combined with great food to engage Malaysians and Singaporeans.
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he Australian Malaysian Singaporean Association Inc (AMSA) has been a platform for Malaysians and Singaporeans living in Australia to come together to network and socialise since 1970. It has since grown into an extensive multicultural community association recognised by the Australian Government Department of Home Affairs, High Commission of Malaysia and High Commission of Singapore. An incorporated, not-for-profit organisation, the AMSA brings together active former and current residents of Malaysia and Singapore in Australia to create a home away from home. This is a place where they can come together to promote their legitimate interests and welfare in the development of the community. The AMSA organises regular social and professional networking functions to encourage interaction within the local community. These include sports events, bushwalking, meet & mingle, celebrating cultural festivals, helping new migrants from Malaysia and Singapore to settle into Australia, and their Annual Gala Dinner. Through these social activities, the AMSA network has grown so extensively that their membership is actually open to all nationalities. People from all over are welcome to join the AMSA membership. As a home away from home, this is where new 'families' have sprouted, because this is where people feel a sense of belonging when they come
➸ AMSA Talk Series 2022 to activities and events organised by AMSA, and it becomes natural to start inviting more friends along. Last year, AMSA proudly celebrated their 50th anniversary and is one of the oldest Malaysian and Singaporean associations in Australia.
History of AMSA Australia and Malaysia go a long way back together. Back in the 18th and 19th centuries, Malays were involved in the pearling industry and the unusual activity of collecting sea slugs (trepang) off Australia's northern coast. The first significant arrival of Malaysians to Australia occurred with the Colombo Plan from 1950.
This brought nearly 17,000 overseas students to Australia, the majority of whom were Malaysians. Many of these students later married locally and then sponsored their parents or siblings to Australia. Malaysians have one of the highest rates of intermarriage with the Australia-born forming families of mixed ancestries. (Source: Australian Government Department of Home Affairs) In 2021, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)’s Census recorded 172,250 Malaysia-born people in Australia. Its estimated resident population (ERP) by country of birth on 30 June 2020 has listed Malaysia as one of the top 10 countries of birth for overseas-born.