This article gives a statistical picture of the central problems of inequality, employment and earnings in Malaysia. Cultural characteristics of Malaysia; Ethnic and geographical structure of the population; Religion. [Download]
By Ahirudin Attan aka rockybru Wednesday, December 03, 2008 “I feel fine”. It was just in March that Pak Lah appointed Zaid Ibrahim a senator so that he could assume the post of de facto Law Minister in his Cabinet. Tonight, the outgoing Prime Minister chaired an Umno supreme council meeting that decided to … Read more
By Robin BrantBBC News, Kuala Lumpur Millions of people in Malaysia have been banned from doing yoga because of ears it could corrupt Muslims. The Islamic authorities have issued a ruling, known as a fatwa, instructing he country’s Muslims to avoid yoga because of its Hindu roots. To most people yoga is simply a sport … Read more
By VIJAY JOSHI, Associated Press Writer Tuesday, November 25 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Before banning Muslims from performing yoga, Malaysia’s top Islamic body should have first consulted the country’s nine hereditary sultans who are considered upholders of Islam here, one sultan said Monday. The unprecedented comment bordering on rebuke by Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah … Read more
The article summarizes both the past foreign investment policies and the characteristics of the resulting foreign investment patterns in the following ASEAN countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. It shows that many of the negative features of direct foreign investment patterns are at least partially explained by the foreign investment policies of the … Read more
Focuses on the impact of government policies on the diverse media in Malaysia. Patterns of mass media; History of postwar crises contributed to increasing official controls and restraints on a culturally pluralistic system of mass communication; Race riots between Malays and non-Malays. [Download]
Focuses on a research paper related to the investigation of relationship between speech repertoires and societal domains of Malaysian Chinese as of August 1976. Source of data for the study; Chinese dialect groups in Malaysia; Societal domains considered in the study; Percentage of informants with English-medium primary education with those with Chinese medium primary education. … Read more
This article attempts to answer some of the questions relevant to the cause of Singapore’s secession and to project the future course of the Federation. It seems that the various societal diversities have already weakened the political unity of the Federation in view of the fact that Malaysia has neither sustained these functional interests nor … Read more
Malaysian women have been politically active since the struggle for independence. This activity has included participation both in groups with a western focus and those which have stressed Islamic ideals. Muslim groups are becoming increasingly important and their goals are making it difficult for women leaders to emerge. [Download]
OPEN INVITATION TO ATTEND Forum and Book Launch on “New Media and Democratization in Malaysia” in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, December 5, 2008 A Forum on “New Media and Democratization in Malaysia” will be held on Friday, December 5, 2008 from 8.00-10.00pm at the KLSCAH auditorium, Kuala Lumpur. The forum will feature as keynote speaker … Read more