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Alatas, Sharifah Munirah. "Applying Syed Hussein Alatas’s Ideas in Contemporary Malaysian Society." Asian Journal of Social Science 48, no. 3-4 (September 24, 2020): 319–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685314-04803007.
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Abstract What do Malaysians understand by the term, “intellectual”? Is the intellectual in the Malaysian context undefined, or insignificant? Do Malaysians see the need for intellectuals? Answers to these questions reflect the extant to which Malaysia has advanced in her post-colonial development. Amidst the race towards IR 4.0 and Society 5.0, Malaysia’s education system lags behind and leaders continue to be embroiled in identity politics. Syed Hussein Alatas, a world-renowned Malaysian intellectual, raised these questions in the 1950s. His writings focus on social change, corruption, and intellectual captivity. Even though his writings are easily accessible, his ideas have not been widely assimilated by Malaysia’s ruling elite, as part of the reform agenda. This article highlights the relevance of Alatas’s ideas in Malaysia’s current socio-political transformation. It concludes that leadership’s failure to identify relevant problems is because they have neglected the vital role of intellectuals, such as the critical ideas of Syed Hussein Alatas.
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Sidhu, Pramita Kaur. "Textual analysis on Rehman Rashid’s “A MALAYSIAN JOURNEY”." Asian Journal of Humanity, Art and Literature 2, no. 1 (June 30, 2015): 37–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.18034/ajhal.v2i1.293.
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“A Malaysian Journey” is written by Rehman Rashid, a Malaysian Bumiputra, born in Taiping (p 25), whose father is of Arab –Indian parentage while his mother is from a Tamil –Eurasian parentage (p39-41). The text describes two journeys, the first being a physical journey that Rehman Rashid, the writer himself undertakes upon his return home to Malaysia, while the second journey is an emotionally critical, highly personal, expressive and hopeful journey on Malaysia’s pre and post independence history and its impact on the him as an individual and on the multiethnic Malaysian society. Both journeys, however, attempt to introduce readers to the social matrices, politics, religion (practiced by the majority) and culture of Malaysians. The goals are here to challenge reader’s existing socio-political perceptions on pre and post independent Malaysia and to shape writer’s own discernment and consciousness on his social cultural background.
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Widyawati, Siska, and Sumaiyah Binti Muhd Radzi. "Perception of Malaysian Society Toward Existence of Indonesian Workers in Malaysia." Sumatra Journal of Disaster, Geography and Geography Education 2, no. 2 (December 16, 2018): 127–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.24036/sjdgge.v2i2.159.
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The purpose of this research was to find out how the perception of Malaysian society towards Indonesian Workers (TKI) in Malaysia. This research is descriptive intended to describe carefully the particular social phenomena that are being studied by developing concepts and gathering facts by using observation, interview and documentation studies in data collection. The types of data used are primary data and secondary data obtained from Indonesian workers in Malaysia. Primary data is collected by interviewing resource persons and conducting observations or open observations related to the perception of the Malaysian public towards Indonesian migrant workers. The subject of this study is that the Malaysians themselves can provide their views or perceptions of migrant workers, not limited to their social status. The analysis results of this study include: 1) Protection and Legal Status of Indonesian Migrant Workers in Malaysia, 2) The Influence of Indonesian Migrant Workers on availability of employment in Malaysia, 3) Interaction between Indonesian labor migrants and Malaysian society,4) Problems faced by Indonesian labor migrants in Malaysia.
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Saloma-Akpedonu, Czarina. "Malaysian Technological Elite: Specifics of a Knowledge Society in a Developing Country." Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 7, no. 1 (2008): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156914907x253233.
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AbstractThere is a lack of understanding of the forms of knowledge and expertise in so-called developing societies such as Malaysia. This paper addresses this issue by suggesting a framework—based on Schutz and Luckmann's (1973) concept of social distribution of knowledge and Knorr Cetina's (1999) notion of epistemic communities—for examining the Malaysian automotive and information technology industries. These industries are central to Malaysia's agenda of becoming a knowledge society in the context of Vision 2020. Vital to these industries is a group of Malaysian professionals who possess knowledge and expertise: the “technological elite.” is group, the technological elite, includes, but is not limited to, engineers working for Proton, as well as professionals working in the Multimedia Super Corridor. Using professional biographies and narratives, this paper illuminates the context and culture of knowledge in Malaysia. Similarities in the principles that inform epistemic practices and relations within an “old” industry (i.e., automotive) and a “new” industry (i.e., ICT) call for the recognition of epistemic work characterized by the mixing of specialist knowledge with other forms of knowledge, and of localized knowledge in nascent epistemic communities with knowledge developed from an established tradition of technological practice.
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Hassan, Zaiton, Nur Fatihah Abdullah Bandar, Surena Sabil, Dayang Kartini Abang Ibrahim, and Nik Norsyamimi Md Nor. "Multi Dimensionality of work family conflict in East and West: how do Malaysians fare?" Asia Proceedings of Social Sciences 4, no. 3 (May 4, 2019): 52–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.31580/apss.v4i3.845.
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Malaysians employees significantly experienced less time and strain based WFC compared to Western employees. However, Malaysian employees experienced significantly more behavior-based WFC compared to Western counterparts. Malaysian employees in this study scored second lowest in time-based WFC and lowest in strain-based WFC. On the other hand, Malaysian employees experienced second highest behavior based WFC compared to Western employees. It is interesting to note that, in contrast to Western findings, the Malaysian employees experienced more behavior based conflict than time based or strain based conflict, particularly among male Malaysian employees. Cultural dimension of Malaysians society such as collectivism and tradiational gender role ideology may explained the findings.
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Mohd, Azizah binti. "AN APPRAISAL OF THE APPLICATION OF FIQH AL-HANAFI UNDER ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW (FEDERAL TERRITORIES) ACT 1984." IIUM Law Journal 27, no. 2 (December 19, 2019): 317–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.31436/iiumlj.v27i2.459.
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Malaysia is a Muslim country consisting of thirteen States and Federal Territories (Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya). In principal, the official madhhab that is practised in Malaysia is Shafi’i Madhhab and this becomes common to all Malaysians even though it is not officially registered in the identification card of a Malaysian. Accordingly, in many religious affairs and practices, the society is based upon the principles or fiqh al-Shafi’i. Nevertheless, views of other Sunni madhhab is freely practiced by all Malaysians. Furthermore, the codification on Islamic law in the State Enactments in all States in Malaysia is based upon four Sunni schools of law. It follows that the Islamic law in Malaysia is not purely based on the Shafi’i madhhab and in many occasions adopted the view of Hanafi school depending on the adaptability of the opinion to the society. This article deals with the application of fiqh al-Hanafi under the Islamic Family Law (Federal Territories) Act 1984. Analysis will extend to the practices in the Malaysian Syariah Court when dealing with cases involving Muslims and the most appropriate view of the madhhab that is to be adopted by the Syariah Court in order to solve a particular issue. The study employs the qualitative method of study where it only involves library research. It is believed that this research will be beneficial to all who seek knowledge and useful to all researchers, academicians, legal practitioners, students and scholars.
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Abdullah, Norulhuda, Fauziah Redzuan, and Nor Aziah Daud. "E-wallet: factors influencing user acceptance towards cashless society in Malaysia among public universities." Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 20, no. 1 (October 1, 2020): 67. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijeecs.v20.i1.pp67-74.
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<p>The evolution of financial technology into digital payment has led to a new era of cashless society. In line with the global trend, the Malaysian Government has been committed to strengthen the agenda of a cashless society by actively promoting the use of e-Wallet through the establishment of the Interoperable Credit Transfer Framework (ICTF) policy in 2018. Although e-Wallet has been implemented since 2016, several previous studies have found that the level of acceptance is still relatively low while the main factors that influence the acceptance of e-Wallet in Malaysia still remain unclear. This study aims to identify the factors that influence the acceptance of e-Wallet towards establishing cashless society in Malaysia. Online survey using closed-ended questionnaires have been conducted among 400 respondents from students and employees of Malaysian public universities in Klang Valley. Collected data have been analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics which consist of Factor Analysis, Pearson Correlation and Multiple Linear Regression in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Based on the findings, four factors are found to significantly influence e-Wallet acceptance, which consist of Performance Expectancy (PE), Social Influence (SI), Facilitating Conditions (FC) and Trust (T). Facilitating Conditions (FC) is the most influential significant factor behind the acceptance of e-Wallet among Malaysians.</p>
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ISA, FILZAH MD, NOR AZILA MOHD NOR, and SHAISTA NOOR. "Leadership and Decision-making Style among Women Entrepreneurs: A Case of Malaysia." International Review of Management and Business Research 10, no. 1 (March 8, 2021): 68–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.30543/10-1(2021)-7.
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Women entrepreneur plays a catalytic role in economic development, as women constitute half of Malaysia's population. The contribution of women entrepreneurs in the country's economy is significant and may not ignore. Malaysia is a multicultural and multiethnic society comprised of Malays, Chinese, Indian and other local ethnics. The present study investigates the leadership and decision-making style among Malaysian women entrepreneurs. The present study adopted the qualitative research strategy, and ten women entrepreneurs are interviewed. A semi-structured interview technique is applied, and 6 Malays and 4 Chinese entrepreneurs made the study population. The result highlights that both Malay and Chinese entrepreneurs used democratic leadership styles for business management. Regarding decision-making, Malaysian women experienced failures in making the right decision. However, they considered the failure as a learning process for future decision-making. The present study will help new entrepreneurs persevere in their business ventures, and policymakers look into the best supports to enhance Malaysian women entrepreneurs' success. Keywords: Women Entrepreneur, Decision-making Process, Leadership Styles, Malaysia.
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Kamogawa, Akiko. "Higher Education Reform: Challenges towards a Knowledge Society in Malaysia." African and Asian Studies 2, no. 4 (2003): 545–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156920903773004059.
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AbstractThe Malaysian government regards highly skilled human capital as the nucleus of a knowledge-based economy and has been attempting to reform higher-educational policies in both the public and private sectors since the mid-1990s. The research reported here seeks to evaluate higher-educational policy reform as it relates to the development of human resources in an era of information and communication technologies (ICT). This research has three goals: first, to determine how Malaysian higher-educational policies have changed by looking at socioeconomic backgrounds; second, to examine case studies of the Malaysia Multimedia University (MMU), Malaysia National University (UKM), and University Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas); and third, to discuss whether ICT is affecting access and course selection in higher education in terms of gender equality. The analysis reported here concludes that the new challenges facing Malaysia offer possibilities not only for bridging the digital divide, in some aspects, nationally, but also for Malaysia to emerge as fundamental to a South-South Corporation and as a Center of Excellence internationally. It will be pointed out how, and to what extent, the government of Malaysia should reconceptualize the Malaysia Super Corridor project (MSC) in order to become a fully developed nation, equipped as a knowledge society.
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Razali, Amirul Fahmi, and David Hands. "Malaysian Product Design Identity: Review on the ‘Keywords’." European Journal of Economics and Business Studies 8, no. 1 (May 19, 2017): 156. http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejes.v8i1.p156-175.
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Considering Malaysia as a multi-ethnic country, it is difficult to determine and define the cultural identity to represent Malaysia (Mun, Fern, - Chin, 2015), and use it as a characteristic in designing a product. This has been a challenging issue for most Malaysian local designers to design a Malaysia-look product based on a national identity characteristic. There is no proof that the product characteristic can be summed up or generalized based on the understanding of multi-ethnic agreement decision-making (Zainal, Othman, - Samsudin, 2015). With regards to Malaysia, the primary issue is about the national identity identification for product design. This issue then prompted to the question that would Malaysian designers be able to establish a Malaysian product with a national identity by looking at this multi-ethnic society? This research reviews the literature concerning Malaysian identity based on articles and visuals. It aims at getting the general keywords related to the components in culture and yet to be incorporated with the design characteristics at the beginning of ideation process. The basis of this study is referring to the dominant culture study by Edensor (2002), cultural identity components evaluation by Ibrahim (2015), and culture and identity ‘key issues’ by Clarke (2011). By understanding the cultural component within the society, pulling out the keywords, and validating the chosen keywords by conducting a survey, these keywords will act as the guidance in visualising a characteristic; and there will be greater chances for Malaysian designer to success in developing products with strong Malaysian identities.
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Jar Allah, Ruqaia Kareem. "Managing ethnic diversity and diversity and directing it to achieve political stability in Malaysia." Tikrit Journal For Political Science, no. 17 (February 2, 2020): 281. http://dx.doi.org/10.25130/poltic.v0i17.200.
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Malaysia's political system is a pioneering model in providing an appropriate mechanism to accommodate religious and ethnic differences in Malaysia and realistically addresses the economic and social imbalances prevailing in Malaysian society. Malaysia's political leadership has been able to leapfrog and jump over all ethnic problems at all levels (political, economic, and development), at a time when most of the world is unable to contain ethnic differences that threaten internal divisions and ethnic rivalries that sometimes reach To civil wars, and the Malaysians managed to develop their model, which managed the difference with great skill, and benefited from diversity as a state of enrichment and enrichment, not a state of conflict and conflict. Their system was not necessarily ideal but it was successful enough to spare the country political crises, religious and ethnic conflicts, and achieve high development and economic ratios. This model represents the case of impact handling with complexities and variables, without delinquency.
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Muhamad Nasir, Noormaizatul Akmar, Nurul Husna Yaacob, Noraini Mohd Nor, and Radzuwan Ab Rashid. "A Review of Racial Microaggression in Malaysian Educational System and Its Higher Education Institutions." International Journal of Higher Education 10, no. 2 (November 30, 2020): 151. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/ijhe.v10n2p151.
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This paper reviews other forms of racial oppression among Malaysian students in the business of their school and campus life day. It begins with a brief demographic background of Malaysia as a pluralistic country together with explanation pertaining to the aspirations of its diverse society. Then, it reviews some literature and findings revealed from previous studies concerning various racial microaggression issues in Malaysia with reference to schools and higher learning institutions. The challenges reviewed in this paper may be relevant to the administrative parties concerned and educational practitioners mandated to manage and train these diverse students. Other than that, this paper also provides insights into the multiracial Malaysians, especially the majority race students concerning the sense of oppression and discontent that their other ethnic peers may feel resulting from the present distinctive practice of ethnic polarisation. This paper argues that microaggression is on the rise among Malaysian youngsters and this problem stems from the environment that shapes their learning landscape.
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Ahmad Tajuddin, Siti, and Noraini Zulkepli. "An Investigation of the Use of Language, Social Identity and Multicultural Values for Nation-Building in Malaysian Outdoor Advertising." Social Sciences 8, no. 1 (January 11, 2019): 18. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci8010018.
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The mass media in the form of advertising is extensively employed in the process of nation-building in Malaysia. Advertising has been used as an important tool for educating the public about State issues, ensuring diverse cultures are equally represented and the multicultural values are emphasized to the fullest. The objective of the present study is to investigate how outdoor advertising, particularly billboards, promotes the language, social identity, and multicultural values of Malaysian society for nation-building. In Malaysia, the extensive use of advertisements has been argued as one of the most powerful mechanisms to enhance Malaysian identity, foster interactions and thus contribute to the process of nation-building even though it is portrayed in a banal and routine way. To achieve its objective, this paper utilizes semiotic methodology to examine 11 billboards to understand the relationships between texts and visuals that communicate messages to the public. The findings revealed that the billboards do not only communicate pro-social messages, but also reflect the language, social identity and multicultural values of Malaysian society towards nation-building. This study expands the work of outdoor advertising within the Malaysian society and contributes to Semiotic Analysis by examining textual-visual elements of billboards.
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Li, Yong, Kong Poh Mei, and Lim Zhi Xin. "Language Policy and Planning (LPP) for English in Malaysian Education System in the 21st Century." Journal of English Language and Literature 6, no. 2 (October 31, 2016): 455–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.17722/jell.v6i2.301.
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Language policy and planning (LPP) is defined as large-scale national planning, usually undertaken by governments, meant to influence, if not change, ways of speaking or literacy practices within a society (Baldauf, 2006 [5]). As a multilingual society, Malaysia is determined to preserve its linguistic diversity through its LPP. So far, Malaysia is still struggling to draw up a policy that encompasses the demands of all its linguistic groups across the country, which is shown by its constant policy revisions. Therefore, this paper aims to trace the development of LPP for English in Malaysian education, and it examines the reasons as well as the impacts of language planning and language policy to the competency and proficiency of English among Malaysians. The study is conducted based on secondary research, whereby materials such as journals, books and dissertations are used as references. Apart from gaining an insight of the implemented language policies in Malaysia, the findings reveal the social reality of contrasting LPP initiatives in Malaysia, in which English proficiency levels among students are experiencing a sharp decline, contrary to the amassing significance of the English language in the global arena. Indeed, the effects of LPP, such as the strengthening of nationalist ethos as well as the increasing burden of teaching staff, should be taken into consideration while drafting up and revising LPP to ensure the sustainability of a just and fair society.
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Manan, Hasman Abdul, Shahira Ariffin, Tengku Sharifeleani Ratul Maknu, Irwan Ibrahim, and Harlina Suzana Jaafar. "Factors Affecting Willingness To Accept Foreign Halal Foods By Urban Malaysian Malays." Journal of Emerging Economies and Islamic Research 7, no. 1 (January 31, 2019): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.24191/jeeir.v7i1.6128.
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The significant shifts in urbanites’ lifestyles have been the catalyst behind the increased in the consumption of foreign foods and beverages in Malaysia; particularly those made in western nations. Notably, Malaysia’s total import for food had risen significantly from RM26.7 billion in 2009 to RM42.6 billion and RM 45.4 billion, in 2014 and 2015 respectively. These days, urban Malaysian Malays are being inundated with various foreign Halal food products in local markets however, these can also leave them in a rather risky circumstance as the likelihood that some of these foreign food products are not suitable (i.e. Haram) for their consumptions, is relatively high. Halal food issues (namely those foods originated from non-Muslim countries) have created lots of anxieties within the Malaysian Malays’ society. Hence, this study aims to examine factors affecting willingness to accept foreign Halal foods by urban Malaysian Malays. Convenience sampling technique was used to obtain responses from 450 urban Malaysian Malays in designated areas within the Greater Kuala Lumpur/Klang Valley region. The results demonstrated urban Malaysian Malays willingness to accept foreign Halal foods were significantly affected by trust but displayed no relationships with subjective knowledge and attitude. Also, the insignificant attitude- willingness relationship signified the presence of the attitude-behavior gap. The study’s outcomes may perhaps offer new understandings on urban Malaysian Malay markets particularly for global brand owners and marketers.
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Masuri, Mohamad Ghazali, Akehsan Dahlan, Ajau Danis, and Khairil Anuar Md Isa. "Public Participation to Improve Road Society." Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies 3, no. 10 (March 13, 2018): 137. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v3i10.88.
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Road traffic accident (RTA) frequently involves multi-level society and this has become a demanding community issue where more serious participation is needed to improve driver’s attitude in the future. RTA has a significant impact on quality of life and financial burden to the government and Malaysian society. There is limited local evidence supporting the elements of driver’s attitudes. This concept paper will discuss a potential method to be used in developing valid and sensitive driver’s evaluation. This evaluation may help the government to produce better road users in the future.Keywords: Public attitude; road society in the future; save driverseISSN 2398-4295 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Sagap, Ismail, and April Roslani. "Malaysian Society of Colorectal Surgeons (MSCRS)." Colorectal Disease 23, no. 3 (March 2021): 574–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/codi.15594.
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Chong, Shyue Chuan, Han Kok Heng, Siok Jin Lim, Vejaratnam Navaratnam, and Andaeus Zun Khan Neoh. "Financial Risk Tolerance: The Case of Older Chinese in Klang Valley, Malaysia 2020." International Journal of Financial Research 12, no. 2 (January 11, 2021): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/ijfr.v12n2p1.
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Ageing demographic profiles pose challenges to the nation as policymakers are concerned about the health, public pension and the financial management of the society. In Malaysia, retirees are mostly dependent on savings from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), a government agency that manages savings and retirement plans for private-sector employees and non-pensionable public servants. Many Malaysians aged past the targeted retirement age of 60 years old chose to remain in the workforce, mainly due to insufficient retirement funds or has depleted their retirement funds in a short period. To ensure sufficient funds to attain an ideal retirement life, Malaysians resort to invest or seek business opportunities. Thus, this paper studies the impact of demographic characteristics (sex, age, and educational level) and finance characteristics (financial knowledge and financial satisfaction) on the risk tolerance among older Malaysian Chinese in the year 2020. The results of this study showed that the older Malaysian Chinese risk tolerance is highly influenced by sex, age, education level, financial knowledge and financial satisfaction.
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Chong, Shyue Chuan, Han Kok Heng, Siok Jin Lim, Vejaratnam Navaratnam, and Andaeus Zun Khan Neoh. "Financial Risk Tolerance: The Case of Older Chinese in Klang Valley, Malaysia 2020." International Journal of Financial Research 12, no. 2 (January 11, 2021): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/ijfr.v12n2p1.
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Ageing demographic profiles pose challenges to the nation as policymakers are concerned about the health, public pension and the financial management of the society. In Malaysia, retirees are mostly dependent on savings from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), a government agency that manages savings and retirement plans for private-sector employees and non-pensionable public servants. Many Malaysians aged past the targeted retirement age of 60 years old chose to remain in the workforce, mainly due to insufficient retirement funds or has depleted their retirement funds in a short period. To ensure sufficient funds to attain an ideal retirement life, Malaysians resort to invest or seek business opportunities. Thus, this paper studies the impact of demographic characteristics (sex, age, and educational level) and finance characteristics (financial knowledge and financial satisfaction) on the risk tolerance among older Malaysian Chinese in the year 2020. The results of this study showed that the older Malaysian Chinese risk tolerance is highly influenced by sex, age, education level, financial knowledge and financial satisfaction.
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Fitria, Ceri, and Faza Amalia. "Society Perception Toward Flood Prevention in Sentosa Klang Park Selangor Malaysia." Sumatra Journal of Disaster, Geography and Geography Education 2, no. 2 (December 16, 2018): 39–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.24036/sjdgge.v2i2.164.
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The purpose of this research was to analyze public perceptions of flood prevention, the effects of floods, and the factors that caused flooding in Sentosa Klang park Selangor Malaysia. This type of research is descriptive qualitative using literature review technique, observation, interview, and documentation studies in data collection. The types of data used are primary data and secondary data obtained from Malaysian literature review. Primary data is collected by conducting interview with informants and making observation or open observation related to people's perception of flood prevention that occurred in Sentosa Klang park, Selangor Malaysia. Search via the internet is related to flood information, as well as document that have been published by relevant agencies.
The results of the research found by the authors indicate that the Malaysian Government has adopted a policy for flood prevention but has not gone well. Factors of flooding in Sentosa Klang park, Selangor Malaysia due to changes in land use, lack of water catchment area, small and clogged drainage channel, lack of public awareness of the surrounding environment, and lower topography. The impact that is often felt by the post-flood population is skin disease, dengue fever, odor, and material losses.
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Mohd Nor, Norshahrul Marzuki, Mohamad Basri Jamal, Khairul Gufran Kaspin, Muhammad Hasbi Abdul Rahman, Mazdi Marzuki, and Habibah @. Artini Ramlie. "THE UNDERSTANDING OF MALAYSIAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE COURSE AMONG MULTI ETHNIC DIPLOMA STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITI PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRIS (UPSI)." International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling 6, no. 39 (May 31, 2021): 198–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.35631/ijepc.6390013.
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Recently, there have been frequent misunderstandings regarding the understanding of culture and practices in the multi-ethnic society in Malaysia, which has caused anger among them. If this situation is not resolved, it will cause ethnic tensions and could disrupt national security. Through the Malaysian Society and Culture course offered at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) to Diploma level students, the researcher wanted to identify the level of students' understanding of this course. The research findings indicated that students' understanding in the Malaysian Society and Culture course was very high with an average mean of 4.21 and above. Majority of students stating strongly agree that this course can give them a clear understanding of the cultural diversity that exists besides this course can help students get to understand the multi-ethnic society with confidence.
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Uddin, Syed Shahab. "http://habibiaislamicus.com/index.php/hirj/article/view/217." Habibia Islamicus 5, no. 2 (June 28, 2021): 140–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.47720/hi.2021.0502u10.
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NEP (New Economic Policy) is the positive process of the Malaysian government for the rehabilitation of social and economic non-balances between the large ethnic groups in multi-racial society. As Muslim Malays suffered from religious, educational, social, economic crisis in the colonial period, the positive factors and implementation of the New Economic Policy (NEP) has been focused in this article which has become the main tool to rectify the socio-economic discrepancy in Malaysia and it also played a dynamic role to redistribute the wealth and to re-structure the society. The New Economic Policy (NEP) was introduced in the year 1971. The Malaysian government successfully completed the period of 20 long years. This policy was introduced to attract the foreign investment and multinational business in Malaysia.
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Connaughton, Stacey L., Hassan Abu Bakar, and Ling Suan Choo. "Understanding Workplace Culture in Malaysia: Cultural Characteristics of Chinese-Malaysian Ethnic Society." International Journal of Business and Globalisation 1, no. 1 (2020): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijbg.2020.10037289.
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Yusuf, Qismullah, Sangeetha Marimuthu, and Yunisrina Qismullah Yusuf. "Multicultural Awareness and Practices among Malaysian Primary School Teachers." Al-Ta lim Journal 25, no. 2 (July 9, 2018): 97–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.15548/jt.v25i2.446.
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This study was designed and aimed at identifying the awareness and practices of multicultural awareness among primary school teachers in Malaysia. It attempts to identify their awareness of multicultural concept when dealing with their students and staffs at their school. This awareness was measured by three variables: awareness, knowledge and skills. A number of 41 questions which inquired about the three variables were distributed randomly to 50 primary school teachers in Malaysia. These teachers were from three ethic types of primary schools: Tamil, Chinese and Malay primary schools. The reason for choosing the three different mainstream schools was because they represented the main different multicultural practices in the country. From these participants, five teachers were selected for further interviews to obtain richer data. The findings revealed that the awareness of multicultural education among primary school teachers was still at the medium level. Thus, this study suggests that there should be a multicultural awareness campaign at all schools in Malaysia in order to ensure that each student, no matter from what backgrounds they are from, feel they are part of the Malaysian society as a whole. The study also found that the awareness should start from the home, environment and peer and through parental guidance because school is a bridge between home and the society that will form one Malaysian society to achieve vision 2020.
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Yusof, Noraini Md, and Z. J. Esmaeil. "Reconstructing Multiculturalism in Malaysia through Visual Culture." Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences 8, no. 4-1 (July 1, 2017): 99–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mjss-2018-0078.
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Abstract The terms ‘ethnicity’ and ‘race’ bear social and political importance in a multicultural society. Introduced in Malaysia by the British back in the colonial era, these terms have been influencing the politics of the state and everyday life of the grassroots. Since the early days of independence, Malaysia has been witnessing ethnic conflict and right from the very beginning of making a new Malaysia, the Malaysian governments have introduced concepts and plans to eradicate the ethnic conflict but it has not been very successful although the country boasts of its racial stability. Multiculturalism in Malaysia still remains an ambivalent nationalist project. In fact, the road to a collective national identity through multiculturalism is paradoxical. This paper examines how visual culture can help reconstruct a multicultural society and argues that Malaysia’s plan in creating a national identity will remain a myth as long as one ethnicity and its values are more important than other ethnicities. It also investigates whether a collective identity is really needed for a multicultural country such as Malaysia.
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Nair, Viji, Viji Dina Nazri, Angela Lau, Rozita Hashim, Clare Ratnasingham, and Murallitharan Munisamy. "Impact of a Targeted Free Mammography Screening Program for Underprivileged Women in Malaysia." Journal of Global Oncology 4, Supplement 3 (October 2018): 28s. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jgo.18.10320.
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Purpose Breast cancer remains the most prevalent cancer among Malaysians today. Almost two thirds of patients are diagnosed in the late stages of disease, stage III to IV, with poorer outcomes. In addition, evidence has also revealed that most of patients who present in these late stages are those from poorer socioeconomic backgrounds. Women from underprivileged backgrounds have been found to have poorer health-seeking behavior, especially in terms of screening for cancer. This is for a number of reasons, such as affordability, distance to health centers, and other socioeconomic factors, which have a large impact, as Malaysia only offers opportunistic screening for breast cancer and not for free. A specific program to provide free mammography screening targeted toward underprivileged Malaysian women was planned and implemented with the aim of improving access to screening and increasing the rate of screening among this specific group of women. Methods Funding for the program was obtained from successful negotiation with a large Malaysian life insurance carrier. To ensure geographic equity, screening services were strategically purchased from 15 hospitals that were spread out across Malaysia. We also built partnerships with various nongovernmental organizations working in the social arena servicing underprivileged groups to reach these groups specifically. The nongovernmental organizations co-organized awareness programs and screening days, together with the National Cancer Society Malaysia, with additional incentivization that included subsidizing transport to mammography centers. Results A total of 5,000 underprivileged women from different geographic localities and ethnicities were screened across Malaysia. Of these, 62% received a mammogram for the first time in their lives, whereas 21% received their first repeat mammogram in more than 3 years. Conclusion A targeted screening program that incorporated a multipronged approach strategy was successful at increasing access to breast cancer screening for underprivileged Malaysian women. AUTHORS' DISCLOSURES OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The following represents disclosure information provided by authors of this manuscript. All relationships are considered compensated. Relationships are self-held unless noted. I = Immediate Family Member, Inst = My Institution. Relationships may not relate to the subject matter of this manuscript. For more information about ASCO's conflict of interest policy, please refer to www.asco.org/rwc or ascopubs.org/jco/site/ifc . Murallitharan Munisamy Employment: National Cancer Society of Malaysia Stock or Other Ownership: MMPKV Sdn Bhd–operator of Malaysian Primary Care Clinics
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Darmalinggam, Darshana, and Maniam Kaliannan. "Economic growth in the Malaysian vegetarian market potential: internalized dimension of motivation." International Journal of Social Economics 47, no. 9 (August 15, 2020): 1181–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijse-04-2020-0190.
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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the internalized dimension of motivation under the Unified Model of Vegetarian Identity (UMVI) model, namely, personal and prosocial motivators, for vegetarianism that spurs economic growth in the Malaysian vegetarian market potential.Design/methodology/approachSemi-structured online questionnaire was adopted as the primary methodology from which a total of 163 respondents were obtained.FindingsBoth, personal and prosocial motivators do positively relate to the economic growth of the Malaysian vegetarian market potential. However, prosocial motivators has a greater impact with a beta coefficient of 0.374 compared to 0.273 for personal motivators.Research limitations/implicationsProbable inaccurate representation of the entire vegetarian population in Malaysia. Time and resources available.Practical implicationsPractically, the Malaysian vegetarian society and Malaysian government bodies benefit from the study in ensuing promotion of environmental awareness in line with a vegetarian diet.Originality/valueLack of literature resources on vegetarianism in Malaysia led to the study contributing to an expansion of literature on the matter. This pioneer study benchmarks global literatures on motivators of vegetarianism and their impact on economy against the scarce literatures available in the Malaysian context. It contributes to the Malaysian economy and potential vegetarian restaurant start-ups wishing to enter the Malaysian vegetarian market. Theoretically, the theory of planned behaviour, utilitarian function and the UMVI were jointly utilised in explaining the motivators capturing Malaysian vegetarians' intention towards demand for vegetarian food.
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Subramani, Surendra, and Ken Kempner. "Malaysian Higher Education: Captive or Post-Western?" Australian Journal of Education 46, no. 3 (November 2002): 231–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000494410204600302.
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The article explores problems of modernisation and national identity in the developing world, with Malaysian higher education as the empirical site. Noting that developing nations and their university personnel are often held in the condition of what Alatas (1974) famously called ‘the captive mind’, it examines the steps taken in Malaysia to overcome this. After theorising forms of Western hegemony in the intellectual life of developing countries (diffusion, dependency, captive mind) and an outline of the history of Malaysian higher education, the authors present the findings of extended interviews with ten senior administrators and academic faculty from Malaysian universities. There have been significant attempts to break from the captive mindset, for example language policies, and centres for regional studies. The continuing issue for countries like Malaysia is how to modernise economy, society, education and knowledge while sustaining and advancing the national project: how to combine development with self-determination.
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Balakrishnan, Balamuralithara. "A novel module for cultivate unity and harmony in multicultural society through arts education." Journal for Multicultural Education 11, no. 4 (November 13, 2017): 306–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jme-03-2015-0009.
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Purpose Promoting unity in multicultural society among Malaysians should start from school education since young age. Art through its own variety of approaches could show possibilities in addressing diversity in a community that consists of multiple ranges of racial and cultural backgrounds such as Malaysian community. Arts education is essential for each child because arts cover the entire learning domain – cognitive, psychomotor and affective. Using the advantages of arts in a child’s learning process and its possibilities to create harmony among communities from different races. Design/methodology/approach The participants were interviewed using a qualitative approach, which consisted of two main questions: What is your perception on this module through participating in this programme? How the module of this programme has influenced you as a Malaysian? Findings The proposed module was implemented, and the findings showed that through arts education, the unity and harmony among children in multicultural society could be flourished and strengthened. Practical implications It shows that the proposed arts education module could be used among students from different schooling systems and different races to cultivate unity and harmony among them. At the same time, strengthening the unity among children in multicultural society could bring harmony and peace in future. Originality/value This paper is a novel approach that uses arts education as a tool in achieving national agenda to strengthen the unity and harmony among primary school children in Malaysia who are from different races and schooling system.
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Nga, Janice Lay Hui. "Global Financial Crisis and Philanthropy: Malaysian Case." Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 7, no. 2 (August 14, 2015): 19–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ccs.v7i2.4442.
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This paper investigates the issue of the global financial crisis and its impacts on philanthropy and civil society organisations (CSOs) in Malaysia. CSOs are popularly known as non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Malaysia. Financial crisis has caused NGOs in many countries to receive less funding. This situation may threaten and discourage voluntary works. Undoubtedly, these beneficial contributions from the NGOs are needful services to the society. This paper examines the impact of financial crisis through the lens of NGOs and philanthropy activities in Malaysia. It utilises primary and secondary data, employs a mixed method approach, and uses quantitative and qualitative data. While there are many influencing factors in this development, this paper presents several significant aspects in the Malaysian context, including the style and nature of giving, culture, religion, and political pressure. This study attempts to seek potential solutions, pathways and possible approaches beneficial to NGOs and philanthropy activities for their sustainability in facing the financial crisis and its consequences. Experiences and lessons learnt in Malaysia may well be useful and applicable to some extent in other countries.
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Hassali, Mohamed Azmi, Kah Hay Yuen, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim, Jia Woei Wong, Bee Hong Ng, and David Sue San Ho. "Malaysian Pharmaceutical Industry: Opportunities and Challenges." Journal of Generic Medicines: The Business Journal for the Generic Medicines Sector 6, no. 3 (May 2009): 246–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jgm.2009.12.
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A sound generic pharmaceutical industry is vital for any country in order to increase the access and affordability of pharmaceuticals to the society at large. In this context, the generic pharmaceutical industry in Malaysia is seen as one of the potential manufacturing sectors that contributes not only to the well-being of the population but also in terms of economic output to the nation. However, the viability of the generic pharmaceutical industry in Malaysia is not free from challenges. In this paper, an overview of the Malaysian pharmaceutical industry together with the opportunities and challenges facing the generic market will be discussed.
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Putri, Aisah. "The Roles of Islamic Organizations in Civil Society and Political Society: Malaysia and Indonesia Compared." Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities 6, no. 2 (December 5, 2018): 29–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.14203/jissh.v6i2.38.
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In both Malaysia and Indonesia, Islamic organizations have played signifcant roles not only in civil society, but also in political society. By contrasting the Malaysian and Indonesian cases, this paper builds a notion arguing that it is possible for the Islamic organizations in civil society to objectively and actively oversee the state even when they are strongly linked to political parties. However, it needs specifc conditions, namely a democratic system, a weak political coalition, and an independent integration process to allow Islamic organizations to move into political society. This argument is also antithetical to a popular neo-Tocquevilleans argument that civil society should be separated from political society to function e?ectively.
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Janudin, Sharul Effendy, Hazianti Abdul Halim, Nurul Fadly Habidin, and Farahaini Mohd Hanif. "Contemporary Management Accounting Practices and Managerial Performance Amongst the Malaysian Co-operatives Sector." Research in World Economy 10, no. 5 (December 24, 2019): 129. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/rwe.v10n5p129.
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Co-operatives in Malaysia have urgent jobs in creating business frameworks, and making it workable for the nation to join the worldwide co-operatives society and refined economies. Thus, top management in Malaysian cooperatives aggressively design and implement their strategic plan through strategic accounting procedures in leadership. The purpose of this research is to examine the association between the contemporary management accounting practices (MAP) and managerial performance in the Malaysian’ co-operative sector. Management team from the 100 leading co-operatives in Malaysia were the respondents. Descriptive on the adoption level and its relationship with the managerial performance has been analysed. The finding indicates the level of contemporary MAP is high and there is significant relationship between contemporary MAP and managerial performance among Malaysian Co-operatives. This research offers a exclusive details investigation of the contemporary MAP and an signal of upcoming trends.
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Masuri, Mohamad Ghazali, Akehsan Dahlan, Ajau Danis, and Khairil Anuar Md Isa. "The Development of Driver’s Evaluation in Malaysia: A concept paper." Journal of ASIAN Behavioural Studies 3, no. 9 (July 20, 2018): 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/jabs.v5i20.110.
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Road traffic accident (RTA) frequently involves multi-level society and this has become a demanding community issue where more serious participation is needed to improve driver’s attitude in the future. RTA has a significant impact on quality of life and financial burden to the government and Malaysian society. Currently, there is limited local evidence supporting the elements of driver’s attitudes. This concept paper will discuss a potential method to be used in developing valid and sensitive driver’s evaluation. This evaluation may help the government of Malaysia to produce better road users in the future
Keywords: road society, driver’s attitude assessment.
eISSN 2514-7528 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Zakaria, Zaril, Alan Fong, and Raj Badhan. "Clopidogrel Pharmacokinetics in Malaysian Population Groups: The Impact of Inter-Ethnic Variability." Pharmaceuticals 11, no. 3 (July 26, 2018): 74. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ph11030074.
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Malaysia is a multi-ethnic society whereby the impact of pharmacogenetic differences between ethnic groups may contribute significantly to variability in clinical therapy. One of the leading causes of mortality in Malaysia is cardiovascular disease (CVD), which accounts for up to 26% of all hospital deaths annually. Clopidogrel is used as an adjunct treatment in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular events. CYP2C19 plays an integral part in the metabolism of clopidogrel to the active metabolite clopi-H4. However, CYP2C19 genetic polymorphism, prominent in Malaysians, could influence target clopi-H4 plasma concentrations for clinical efficacy. This study addresses how inter-ethnicity variability within the Malaysian population impacts the attainment of clopi-H4 target plasma concentration under different CYP2C19 polymorphisms through pharmacokinetic (PK) modelling. We illustrated a statistically significant difference (P < 0.001) in the clopi-H4 Cmax between the extensive metabolisers (EM) and poor metabolisers (PM) phenotypes with either Malay or Malaysian Chinese population groups. Furthermore, the number of PM individuals with peak clopi-H4 concentrations below the minimum therapeutic level was partially recovered using a high-dose strategy (600 mg loading dose followed by a 150 mg maintenance dose), which resulted in an approximate 50% increase in subjects attaining the minimum clopi-H4 plasma concentration for a therapeutic effect.
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Sheng, T. Y., M. N. Shamsudin, Z. Mohamed, A. M. Abdullah, and A. Radam. "Complete demand systems of food in Malaysia." Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) 54, No. 10 (October 24, 2008): 467–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/279-agricecon.
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As a one of the most rapidly developing countries in Asia, there have been notable changes in Malaysian food consumption pattern. Such changes in Malaysia play an important role in the outlook for future in Malaysian agri-food industry. By using Household Expenditure Survey 2004/2005 data, this study aims to build a complete demand system of food in Malaysia via Linear Approximate Almost Ideal Demand System (LA/AIDS), with incorporation of the Stone price index and the Laspeyres price index respectively. The empirical results show that the application of the Laspeyres price index produces more plausible estimates of expenditure and own-price elasticities in Malaysia. In the estimation of the LA/AIDS with incorporation of the Laspeyres price index, the estimated expenditure elasticities show that demands for meat (1.4064), fish (1.2440), vegetables (1.1729), and fruits (1.0905) are likely to grow faster than other traditional main calorie sources-rice (0.9091) and bread & other cereals (0.3177) in corresponding to positive income effect in future. This study shows that as Malaysian society becomes more affluent, Malaysian consumers are increasingly seeking for higher value protein based products, as well as functional healthy foods.
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Wijasuriya, D. E. K. "Towards an Information Society: the Malaysian Experience." Information Development 14, no. 2 (June 1998): 61–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266666984239157.
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Nazri, Atika Shafinaz, Kartini Aboo Talib @ Khalid, Zaliha Harun, and Ahmad Nidzammuddin Sulaiman. "Malaysia: State and Society Measures in Safety and Security Against COVID-19." Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH) 6, no. 1 (January 6, 2021): 187–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.47405/mjssh.v6i1.620.
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COVID-19 pandemic is now a global crisis, with the number of known cases climbing daily and millions of people stranded at home. As countries toil to preserve the lives of their people, economies are grinding to a halt. At that dismal time, Malaysia is going through a vast political crisis with a new leader, and several states have new governments. In this vein, the present study aims at shedding how Malaysian responses to the COVID-19 pandemic? This study adopted a qualitative approach by using the secondary data collected from the journal, the official website of the government sector, NGOs, authorized bodies, and newspapers. Our finding shows although Malaysia had COVID-19 during the political crisis, a new ruling party is competent to manage the issue accordingly with the Ministry of Health and the National Security Council plays a vital role in the management of the pandemic. The government has taken various kinds of measures to ensure the pandemic to be reduced, and economic recession could be minimizing that benefit Malaysian and non-citizenship notably to vulnerable with the amalgamate by numerous NGOs.
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Siek, Hwee Ling, and Cheng Ean Lee. "The Influence of National Cultural Attributes on Locally Produced Designs: Case Study of Malaysian Design." IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies 6, no. 1 (July 14, 2021): 23–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.22492/ijcs.6.1.02.
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This paper examines the influence of national cultural attributes on locally produced designs (i.e. comics, animation, commercial advertisements, printed materials and graphics). Drawing from the inconsistent results of past literature on influences of national cultural attributes on design; it is considered an under-researched area of the important role of cultural values on designs, specifically in the Malaysia context, in which cultural differences among different ethnic groups exist. Because of the paucity of research in this area, this study adopted a quantitative research approach with results derived from the content-analysis of 18 Malaysian designs using a visual preference survey by six experts from the design industry in Malaysia. This study incorporates two stages of sample screenings of a visual preference survey with brief interviews; results show that Malaysian designs need to adhere strictly to requirements and specifications set by the Malaysian authorities; incorporation of Islamic values and code of conduct to reflect the racial harmony and national ideology; and some unique characteristics of the respective ethnic groups in Malaysia were not upheld, thus, they gradually disappeared and/or were blended in the designs. The results and discussion from this study extend the literature on Malaysian design and provide practical implications on how local design industries could produce designs which abide by the boundaries of a Malaysian pluralistic society.
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Lemiere, Sophie. "Genesis and Development of A “Nonpartisan” Political Actor: The Formation of the Jama’ah Islah Malaysia (JIM) and its Roots in Western Europe." Al-Jami'ah: Journal of Islamic Studies 47, no. 1 (June 26, 2009): 49–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.14421/ajis.2009.471.49-90.
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This paper looks at the genesis and development of the Jama’ah Islah Malaysia (JIM), a modernist-reformist Islamist organisation that today has played a vital and visible role in the political landscape of Malaysian politics. Little is known about the early genesis of JIM, and how it began in the 1970s and 1980s as a student-based cadre organisation, created by Malaysian Muslim students studying abroad in Europe and North America. JIM’s roots therefore lie in the Islamic Representative Council (IRC) that was a semi-underground student-cadre movement that was created outside Malaysia, and which aimed to bring about the Islamisation of Malaysian society through the process of social and political mobilisation. Working through the archives of JIM today and interviewing the foundermembers of JIM and the IRC, this paper is the first historical account of the formation and development of IRC and JIM to be published.
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Somadiyono, Sigit. "Perbandingan Sistem Hukum Antara Indonesia dan Malaysia." Wajah Hukum 4, no. 2 (October 19, 2020): 414. http://dx.doi.org/10.33087/wjh.v4i2.243.
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This research is a comparative study of two laws in the world, Indonesian law and Malaysian law. The second study was conducted by comparing the terms of definition, characteristics, objectives, and legal system in the judicial structure. The study aims to look at comparisons of the two to find possible advantages and disadvantages. By comparatively comparative malaysian legal system, in fact, Indonesia is no worse than in Malaysia, in this study it turns out that Indonesia has many advantages that people who work and work in the field of law, and therefore the possibility of the rule of law in Indonesia is still better because many people are law-abiding. The State of Indonesia must create a good legal system, the structure of the court should consider the culture of society such as Malaysia, because law enforcement will be more effective when in accordance with the values or customs that have been formed in the society itself.
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Utaberta, Nangkula, and Nurhananie Spalie. "Understanding the Potential of Modern Community Center as Social Architectural Spaces in Malaysia." Applied Mechanics and Materials 747 (March 2015): 52–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.747.52.
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Malaysia is one of the classic examples of a multi-ethnic society. The country is proud of its multiracial culture which makes it a model for other countries. The ubiquitous community hall in the Malaysian landscape, as it stands now, has long passed its time of usefulness. These halls are labelled with names like dewan serbaguna, dewan orang ramai or even balai raya. But as it stands today, the community hall in our midst is nothing more than a large empty space used for games like badminton or ping pong and the occa-sional event. The changing modern Malaysian society demands more of this simple out-dated facility; there must be a place for the various ethnic groups to meet and fulfil modern needs such as family days, health checks, child’s play, music lessons and many more important uses This paper strives to identify and analyse some of the architectural problems in current community centres in Malaysia with the focus on the spatial aspects and space usage. It is expected that this paper can give a clear picture of the problems faced by Malaysian community centres with some considerations and a framework to develop a new scheme for community centre development in the future.
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Zulkifli, Munirah, Norazilah Buhari, and Nor Azlili Hassan. "Eufemisme Cerminan Nilai Sosiobudaya Masyarakat Malaysia." Sains Insani 4, no. 2 (November 19, 2019): 37–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.33102/jsi2019.4.2.05.
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Bahasa merupakan alat komunikasi dan ciri asas sesebuah tamadun. Bahasa yang halus, sopan dan santun atau juga dikenali sebagai eufemisme melambangkan kandungan pemikiran, sikap dan tingkah laku penutur dalam masyarakat yang bertamadun. Bahasa memainkan peranan penting untuk membina konsep diri seseorang penutur. Ianya juga menjadi salah satu unsur penting dalam pertumbuhan dan perkembangan tamadun manusia sebagai pandangan semesta masyarakat, sebagai pengungkap falsafah, ilmu dan pemikiran serta alat kreativiti manusia dalam pelbagai bidang kehidupan. Justeru, bahasa harus diletakkan di tempat yang sewajarnya bersesuaian dengan konteks pembinaan dan pemantapan sesebuah masyarakat yang bertamadun. Dalam konteks masyarakat Malaysia, kesantunan berbahasa amat dititikberatkan sebagai cerminan nilai kelompok masyarakat di Malaysia. Sehubungan dengan itu, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti peranan bahasa dalam proses pembentukan tamadun Malaysia dan melihat hubungan kesantunan berbahasa dengan nilai sosiobudaya masyarakat di Malaysia. Kaedah kajian adalah kuantitatif yang melibatkan pengumpulan data utama melalui tinjauan ke atas 272 orang belia Melayu, Cina dan India di sekitar Lembah Klang. Peranan bahasa mampu menyatupadukan dan mencerminkan jati diri masyarakat Malaysia yang berbeza etnik. Hubungan kesantunan berbahasa dengan sosiobudaya berjaya dilihat melalui nilai malu, nilai menghormati dan nilai budi bahasa masyarakat Malaysia.
Kata kunci: eufemisme, sosiobudaya, nilai, Malaysia, kesantunan berbahasa.
Language is the basic means of communication and basic characteristics of a civilization. The subtle, courteous and polite language or also known as euphemism symbolizes the content of the thinking, attitude and behavior of speakers in civilized societies. Language plays an important role in building a person's self-concept. It is also one of the important elements in the growth and development of human civilization as the universal view of society, as a philosopher's expression, knowledge and thinking and human creativity in various fields of life. Hence, language must be placed in the proper place in accordance with the context of the building and the stabilization of a civilized society. In the context of Malaysian society, language politeness is strongly emphasized as a reflection of the value of community groups in Malaysia. In this regard, the study aims to identify the role of language in the process of forming the Malaysian civilization and to see the affair of language politeness with the sociocultural value of society in Malaysia. The study method is quantitative involving the collection of major data through surveys of 272 Malay, Chinese and Indian youths around the Klang Valley. The role of language is able to unify and reflect the identity of different ethnic communities of Malaysia. The politeness relationship of sociocultural is seen through the value of shame, respect and values of the society of the Malaysian society.
Keywords: euphemism, sociocultural, value, Malaysia, language politeness
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Tan, Kyle Kar Hou, Kai Wei Lee, and Zien Wei Cheong. "Current Research Involving LGBTQ People in Malaysia: A Scoping Review Informed by a Health Equity Lens." Journal of Population and Social Studies 29 (August 17, 2021): 622–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.25133/jpssv292021.038.
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In Malaysia, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people (collectively known as LGBTQ) are subjected to cisheterosexism that criminalizes, pathologizes, and marginalizes their identities. Given the relative cisheterosexist nature of Malaysian society, it is important to scrutinize the current trend of research studies that have recruited LGBTQ people as subjects. The present study comprises a scoping review of existing Malaysian studies involving LGBTQ people, as we set out to provide an overview of study characteristics, research methods, and literature gaps. Through systematic searches in the Malaysian Citation Index, PsycINFO, and PubMed databases, as well as additional hand searches, we included forty-four studies in this review. Our review noted many Malaysian LGBTQ studies explicitly focused on related topics of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) (41%), men who have sex with men (39%), trans women (30%), and people from Kuala Lumpur (25%). Our review also uncovered STI risks, living experiences in relation to cisheterosexism, and barriers to access safe-sex measures, healthcare, and social support among Malaysian LGBTQ people. Drawing from the health equity framework, we provided recommendations for future LGBTQ research in Malaysia to avoid utilizing a pathological lens that stands in contrast with LGBTQ-affirming approaches, as well as to engage LGBTQ members throughout all research phases.
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Ghani, Rohani Hj Ab, Ahmad Shukri bin Abdul Hamid, Zulhilmi Bin Paidi, Mohan A/L Ratakrishnan, Rashidah Binti Mamat, and Andi Tenri Yeyeng. "HUBUNGAN KONTEMPORER MALAYSIA–INDONESIA: TAHAP PENGETAHUAN DAN PEMAHAMAN GEN X DAN Y MALAYSIA." JURNAL POLITIK PROFETIK 9, no. 1 (June 30, 2021): 135. http://dx.doi.org/10.24252/profetik.v9i1a8.
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Looking at the relations between Malaysia-Indonesia, it could be seen that society has the power to direct the bilateral relations between two countries. In comparison, Indonesian society is more responsive than Malaysian society in responding to particular issues related to both countries. The most active group is generally from the younger generation known as Generation Y (Gen Y) where their reactions tend to be provocative. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the knowledge and perceptions of Gen Y and Gen X at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) on the Malaysia-Indonesia bilateral relationship and the factors that influence their knowledge and perception. This paper uses quantitative and qualitative methods. The results of the study showed that respondents accepted Indonesia as an important neighbor because of the current state's interests. The cultural and social aspects, particularly audio-visual products such as Indonesian soap operas and Indonesian pop songs have the most significant influence in influencing the respondents' level of knowledge about Indonesia. In addition, they also get a lot of information about Indonesia through electronic media. An important finding from this study is that all respondents acknowledge that Indonesia is still relevant as Malaysia's closest neighbor based on the similarity factor and those good relations between the two countries need to be maintained.
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Whiting, Amanda J. "Secularism, the Islamic State and the Malaysian Legal Profession." Asian Journal of Comparative Law 5 (2010): 1–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2194607800000338.
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AbstractEschewing theoretical discussion of both “secularism” and the “Islamic state,” this article instead examines situated understandings of these ideas as they emerge in contests about the place of religion in Malaysian law, politics and society, paying particular attention to the views of Malaysian legal professionals. It examines the official positions taken by the peak professional legal organisation (the Malaysian Bar Council) speaking on behalf of its professional constituents and to a wider constituency of Malaysia citizens in order to examine how the organised Bar has used its prestige and expertise to explain and clarify the legal aspects of these issues to the general public and how it has attempted to use its privileged status to foster informed discussion about law reform.
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Osman, Sharifah Aishah. "Addressing Rape Culture through Folktale Adaptation in Malaysian Young Adult Literature." Girlhood Studies 14, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 117–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/ghs.2021.140110.
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Rape culture is a provocative topic in Malaysia; the public discourse on it is plagued by gender stereotyping, sexism, misogyny, and rape myths. Recent literary works aimed at Malaysian adolescent girls have interrogated rape culture more pointedly as a means of addressing gender-based violence through activism and education. In this article, I discuss two short stories, “The Girl on the Mountain” and “Gamble” as retellings of Malaysian legends and feminist responses to the normalization and perpetuation of rape culture in this society. Through the emphasis on female agency, consent, and gender equality, these two stories reflect the subversive power of Malaysian young adult literature in dismantling rape culture, while affirming the significance of the folktale as an empowering tool for community engagement and feminist activism.
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Ch’ng, Huck Ying. "Editorial and Commentary Coverage of Foreign News Issues in Malaysian Newspapers: Variation and Consistency." Asia Pacific Media Educator 26, no. 2 (December 2016): 226–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1326365x16666852.
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This is a comparative framing analysis of editorial and commentary pieces on foreign news issues in three major Malaysian newspapers—in Malay, Chinese and English languages. The multicultural and multiethnic mix of Malaysian society and its media as well as the long-standing connection between the mainstream media and the ruling coalition government in Malaysia provides a valuable context for such a study. The results reveal significant variation in the framing of foreign news issues across the three newspapers, corresponding to their respective target audiences, while a consistency in alignment with the government policy is also evident in all three. The study challenges the idea of a ‘national’ media and identity in international and foreign news studies (i.e. the idea that there is such a thing as a single, e.g. ‘Malaysian’ media or associated world view). It demonstrates how an analysis of foreign news coverage in a country such as Malaysia needs to account for the multifaceted ethnic, linguistic, political and cultural demographic influences on its newspapers.
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Ibrahim, Zawawi. "Regional Development in Rural Malaysia and the ‘Tribal Question’." Modern Asian Studies 34, no. 1 (January 2000): 99–137. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0026749x00003541.
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In the field of research and studies pertaining to Malaysian rural society, there has traditionally been a dominant emphasis, especially by local scholars, on the analysis of the indigenous Malay peasantry rather than on the equally indigenous ‘tribal’ minorities, i.e. the Orang Asli. This has also meant that the new theoretical directions and perspectives developed in the various interrelated fields (such as ‘the New Economic Anthropology’, ‘Peasant Studies’, and Political Economy, including the Neo-Marxist School of Development and Underdevelopment) have been applied with rigour only to those issues arising from ‘the peasant question’ in Malaysia. To date, no scholars have as yet seriously attempted to address ‘the agrarian question’ in the context of Malaysian society by also incorporating in their theoretical analysis the position of its ‘tribal’ minorities.
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Zabihzadeh, Seyedeh Robabeh, Ruzy Suliza Hashim, and Raihanah Mohd Mydin. "Alienation, Unhomeliness and Desire for Belonging in K.S. Maniam’s The Return." English Language and Literature Studies 7, no. 2 (May 30, 2017): 120. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ells.v7n2p120.
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Malaysia is a multicultural and multi ethnic society in which national and ethnic identities are very critical and widely disputed issues. Accordingly, several Malaysian writers such as K.S. Maniam have addressed the issues in their literary productions. This paper intends to examine the dilemmas, agonies and desolations of Indian community in Malaysia which have been reflected in K.S. Maniam’s autobiographical novel The Return (1981). In the story, Maniam voices out the experiences of Indian minority in the troubled times of Malaysia and their struggle for assimilation and adaptation to the new land as well as their identity crisis. Central characters of the story, Ravi, Periathai and Naina as three different generations of Indian migrant in the landscape of Malaysia attempt to embrace the new land as their home and build their coherent or homogeneous Malaysian identity. This paper also explores Maniam’s protagonist’s (Ravi) identity conflicts and his endeavor to escape from his unsettled identity as an Indian Malaysian. Ravi seeks his identity in mastering English, the colonial language, yet this is the very point of his alienation as he finds out that all his preconceptions about language was false and illusionary.