The article focuses on issues concerning the role of ideology in the manipulation and management of racial and ethnic groups in colonial Malaya, that resulted in tensions and potential conflict situations, as of January 1, 1983. In colonial Malaya, political domination of the indigenous population was achieved through indirect rule by making the traditional Malaya … Read more
The article focuses on ethnic differences and the state-minority relationship in Southeast Asia. The diversity and complexity of the human geography of Southeast Asia is rarely surpassed in other parts of the world. Besides recent immigrant Chinese, Indian, European and other communities, the indigenous population have more than twenty-five languages and over 250 dialects. There … Read more
Author 1 Chander, Ramesh Author 2 Gnasegarah, S. Author 3 Pyatt, Graham et al This paper summarizes research on the estimation of a social accounting matrix (SAM) for Malaysia for 1970 in which the distribution of income between different factors and socio-economic groups is identified. It is the latest of a series of case studies … Read more
Nov 26, 2008 THINK-TANK Race in Malaysia: A fine balance By Wang Gungwu LAST week, Raja Nazrin Shah, the Raja Muda of Perak, spoke of the dangers of modern tribalism and how diversity is essential for a strong and progressive nation. This was the latest in a series of speeches he has given around Malaysia … Read more
By Daphne Ling November 22, 2008 Dr. Eva Olsson, Holocaust-Survivor… I have never heard the lecture theatre that quiet before. The silence was deafening. It was so quiet, I could hear my own heartbeat… My university hosted a visit by a Holocaust-survivor for two days. Dr. Eva Olsson, a tiny lady, all 84-years of her, … Read more
The redistributive approach of the New Economic Policy in Malaysia has influenced the manufacturing structure of the country. On the one hand, the government used heavy industry and large enterprises to accelerate the advance of the Malays in modern commerce and industry, the predominantly Chinese-owned small and medium scale industry made little progress, and consequently … Read more
The paper examines the impact of rising human resource ( HR ) endowments on the relative factor intensity and composition of manufactured exports of Singapore and Malaysia. Following the traditional approach, relative factor intensities are approximated by wage and non-wage value added per employee. The findings show that the manufacturing activities in both countries have … Read more
The purpose of this paper is to examine and evaluate the extent to which the New Economic Policy (NEP) has been effective as an instrument for national integration in Malaysia. Based on a comparison of the situation before and after the implementation of the NEP, it is argued that although national development has been moving … Read more
The writer is a Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Written by Dr ooi Kee Beng Published in The Malaysian Insider, quoting TODAY NOV 8 — During his five years in power, corruption in the government’s inner organs was one of the major ills that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad … Read more
document.write(parent.prscreen) I’m a Somali living in Malaysia who follows the local scene here very much. I would have to admit that Tun Dr M’s greatest disadvantage is his pure, unadulterated hatred for anyone who disagrees with him. Never have I seen a human being whose sole motivation, drive and engine is pure hatred. Just visit … Read more