...Culture of Malaysia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Life in Malaysia Culture Cuisine Demographics Economy Education Ethnic groups Film Health Holidays Languages Literature Malaysian English Music Politics Religion Religious freedom Society Sport Transport Tourism Indian Chinese The culture of Malaysia draws on the varied cultures of the different people of Malaysia. The first people to live in the area were indigenous tribes that still remain; they were followed by the Malays, who moved there from mainland Asia in ancient times. Chinese and Indian cultural influences made their mark when trade began with those countries, and increased with immigration to Malaysia. Other cultures that heavily influenced that of Malaysia include Persian, Arabic, and British. The many different ethnicities that currently exist in Malaysia have their own unique and distinctive cultural identities, with some crossover. Arts and music have a long tradition in Malaysia, with Malay art dating back to the Malay sultanates. Traditional art was centred around fields such as carving, silversmithing, and weaving. Islamic taboos restricted artwork depicting humans until the mid-20th century. Performing arts and shadow puppet shows are popular, and often show Indian influences. Various influences can be seen in architecture, from individual cultures in Malaysia and from other countries. Large modern structures have been built, including the tallest twin buildings in the world...
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...2.0 CULTURE OF MALAYSIA The culture of Malaysia draws on the varied cultures of the different people of Malaysia. The first people to live in the area were indigenous tribes that still remain; they were followed by the Malays, who moved there from mainland Asia in ancient times. Chinese and Indian cultural influences made their mark when trade began with those countries, and increased with immigration to Malaysia. Other cultures that heavily influenced that of Malaysia include Persian, Arabic, and British. The many different ethnicities that currently exist in Malaysia have their own unique and distinctive cultural identities, with some crossover. Arts and music have a long tradition in Malaysia, with Malay art dating back to the Malay sultanates. Traditional art was centred around fields such as carving, silversmithing, and weaving. Islamic taboos restricted artwork depicting humans until the mid-20th century. Performing arts and shadow puppet shows are popular, and often show Indian influences. Various influences can be seen in architecture, from individual cultures in Malaysia and from other countries. Large modern structures have been built, including the tallest twin buildings in the world, the Petronas Twin Towers. Malaysian music has a variety of origins, and is largely based around percussion instruments. Much early Malaysian literature was based on Indian epics, which remained unchanged even as Malays converted to Islam; this has expanded in recent decades. English...
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...concept of “race” for understanding contemporary Malaysia? Introduction The concept of race as defined by Rex and Mason is “an essentially biological concept based on distinctive sets of hereditary phenotypical features that distinguish varieties of mankind” (1986, p. 189). In Malaysia however, race is oftentimes used to mean ‘ethnicity’, which is incorrect as ethnic groups are sub-divisions of a particular racial stock differentiated by history and cultural practices (Rex and Mason, 1986, p. 189). Nevertheless, the concept of race is an important one in understanding how it has shaped the politics and society of Malaysia. In this essay I will explain how Malaysia’s colonial past and affirmative action policies has contributed to the formation of a society divided along racial lines and how that has created racial tensions among the ethnic groups of Malaysia. Malaysia which touts itself as a ‘plural society’ is a country constituted by different race/ethnic groups, the three largest being the Malay, Chinese and Indian groups. As of 2010, the Malaysian population consists of 28.3 million people, with 91.8% Malaysian citizens. The Malaysian citizens are made up of 67.4% bumiputera (translated as ‘son of the soil’, a group composed of predominantly ethnic Malays along with various other indigenous tribes and native groups), 24.6% Chinese, 7.3% Indians and 0.7% Others (Department of Statistics Malaysia, 2010). With so many different ethnic groups within a country, chances are that tensions...
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...MESSAGE RT. HON. DATO' SERI ABDULLAH HAJI AHMAD BADAWI PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA Malaysia has been a successful developing country and is forging ahead to become a developed nation in its own mould. In order to be more successful, our nation has to be managed effectively and its weaknesses and shortcomings have to be overcome. A major challenge it has to address in this endeavor is the strengthening of ethics and integrity. The government has implemented the Prime Minister's Directive No. I of 1998 which aims to enhance the integrity of the management in government administration. This has been done namely through the setting up of the Integrity Management Committee in all ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government as well as the State Governments. However, there is no mechanism thus far to involve other sectors, such as the private sector, political parties, non-government organizations, religious groups, the media, women, youth and students in an integrated and coordinated movement to enhance integrity. It is in this regard that the government has formulated the National Integrity Plan (NIP) which will act as a master plan to guide all of the above sectors. The formulation of the NIP is predicated upon the spirit and principles of the Federal Constitution, the philosophy and principles of the Rukun Negara as well as the aspirations of Vision 2020. The overall objective of the NIP is to fulfill the fourth challenge of Vision 2020, namely, "to establish...
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...is set at Vietnam and factory too. Our companies have produces so many sport item example basketball, football, badminton and so on. The more of the item we produce is sporting shoe. Except shoe, we also produce clothes, pants, stockings, basketball, racket and so on. Sporting Cloths of Men Basketball Shoe Gym Beg Vietnam is our home country, the main I choosing Vietnam is because of the material to produce our product is more cheaper than other country, second is the money exchange rate of Vietnam is more lower than other country, example Malaysia, US, UK, Singapore and so on. Today, we wanted to introduce a new product. The first country of we aim to sale this product is Malaysia. Because we getting know about have so many Malaysian like sport but their home economy is no allow of them to buy a shoe for sport. So that we create an ideal on produce a beautiful, performance and lower price to design a sporting running shoe. Even are rice family or poor family, they also can enjoy about the delight of sport in mood relax and happy. So that our design team group try hand for research the suit material for doing this ideal. New Product Introduction of EKIN The new product is name SPS I. Our new product is design with two colours and addition our brands logo at beside in one of the shoe. The base of the shoe is with black colour and the body of the...
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...Coursework 4 Developing Malaysia into an advanced nation respected in the eyes of the world needs commitment from the people of various races. What are the forms of commitment needed and what are the actions needed to fulfill the commitment until the development are attained? Development is highly complex both in terms of concept as well as in implementation. Scholars have provided various interpretations according to their own perspective. Some view it from the political angle, other, social or economic and many more, until the concept of development takes many forms. The citizens of Malaysia being different race, religion and descent, must be clear about this issue. This matter is all the more important because the people themselves took over the rule from the colonialists. Focus is given to the country’s main developmental policies before 13 May 1969, the New Economic Policy (NEP)that became the first long term plan known as Outline Perspective Plan 1 (OPP1), followed by the second long term plan (OPP2) and the third long term plan (OPP3). These philosophies and principles underlying development will hopefully enable all Malaysians to appreciate the direction or objective of the country’s development that has as its aim, national unity and racial integration. Besides that, the objective is also to raise the status of the citizens of Malaysia as a nation that is developed, progressive and harmonious as envisaged in Vision 2020. National Development Objective The general...
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...Topic: MALAYSIA TOWARDS THE INTEGRATED NATION Outline Objectives: 1. Discuss the concept of National Unity and Integrated Nation 2. Discuss the common challenges that Malaysia Face. 3. Discuss the Action Plan towards the challenges 4. Malaysia in 2020 1.0 Introduction (Naaj Abdi) * NATIONAL UNITY National Unity is the process of uniting various groups that have different social and cultural backgrounds, into one physical entity. National unity is one of the targets of government policies in the task of promoting greater integration amongst different races, and people of different backgrounds in the country. * NATIONAL INTEGRATION Integration is process of uniting groups of different backgrounds into one entity bound by common norms, values and interests. National Integration as a form of social nurturing is a process of uniting various groups in the society through a common identity by putting aside major differences but at the same time not ignoring the original identity of each group. 2.0 ETHNIC RELATION: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES ( Farikin & Khawlah) 2.2 The settlement segregation/physical separation: (Farikin) * lives in different area/job, difficulty in physical contacts * Differ in religion, education, social clubs, newspaper, political influence 2.2 Socio-economic difference/gap (Farikin) based on “divide and rule policy” a. Islamic Economic b. Conventional Economic 2.3 Variation in Educational...
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...How much does state intervention in the media system vary between Malaysia and the United Kingdom? In 2012, Freedom House ranked Malaysia 144th out of 197 countries in their press freedom survey, labelling it “not free” because it continues to stifle the voices of critical journalists. How is it possible that a former colony of Britain, a nation with a free press tradition, ended up in this scandalous situation? Let us compare the media systems of the United Kingdom (UK) and Malaysia today. Autonomy vs. state intervention It is common to hear that the Malaysian journalistic field is restricted in reporting political and public issues (Kenyon, 2010). As one of many developing countries that support the guided press notion, the Malaysian government argues that by curbing certain freedoms within the mass media, the aims of national development can be met (Raj & Sreekumar, 2012). As a result, Malaysian journalists are swallowed in boundless lengths of red tape – all of which are adversely used in the government’s favour to constrain the media’s freedom of speech. Some of Malaysia’s legislations can be traced back to their inception during the British colonial period (Omar, 1996). In the face of a Communist insurgency in 1948, a state of emergency was declared. The Malayan Emergency, as it was dubbed, marked the beginning of a series of media campaigns implemented by Government Information Services to impede subversion and infiltration while promoting loyalty to the government...
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...musketeers, the four men win the battle that follows even though they are outnumbered. The reason for their success was that they were united according to their famous motto “All for one and one for all.” This brings me to my topic today that is “1 MALAYSIA” which portrays national unity. 1Malaysia is an on-going programme designed by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak on 16 September 2010, calling for the cabinet, government agencies, and civil servants to more strongly emphasise ethnic harmony, national unity, and efficient governance. An official logo and slogan has been introduced along with the launch of the 1Malaysia concept. The official logo is the symbol of '1' which incorporates the national “Jalur Gemilang” flag and the word Malaysia. RM 38 million has been spent by the government to promote 1 Malaysia since 2010. Improving government efficiency is an important aspect of 1Malaysia.The use of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and National Key Result Areas (NKRAs) is an important part of the 1Malaysia effort. This ideology is campaigned throughout the nation with the help of the National Civics Bureau, NGOs, and the media. Furthermore there are 1 Malaysia Clinics, ! Malaysia People’s Groceries Store, and 1 Malaysia email to implement this concept. Offices and alma mater cultivate interaction between Malaysians. Political power and economic opportunities is given to all races equally....
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...The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0268-6902.htm MAJ 23,4 The impact of government and foreign affiliate influence on corporate social reporting The case of Malaysia Azlan Amran School of Management, University Science Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, and 386 S. Susela Devi Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Abstract Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate the influence of government and foreign affiliates, particularly; multinational companies on corporate social reporting (CSR) development in an economy, where CSR awareness is low coupled with weak pressure group activism. Design/methodology/approach – This is a cross sectional study that focuses on the information contained in the annual reports for year 2002/2003. This research uses content analysis as method to measure the extent CSR. Findings – Based on regression analysis, the study evidences on the impact of government influence. However, the impact of foreign affiliation variables is not evident. Institutionalisation of the government’s aspirations and commitment to CSR is perhaps the most appropriate description for Malaysian CSR practice. Research limitations/implications – There are two main limitations of this study. Firstly, this study examines the annual reports for one year. Secondly, this study is annual reports centric. It does not examine any other stand alone reports that the respondents might...
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...YAZRUL FARHANA WILLIE PRINCES SITTI HAIDA DISCRIMINATION AT WORKPLACE IN MALAYSIA INTRODUCTION Discrimination against minorities at workplace in Malaysia Malaysia is a country with people raging from different racial and ethnic groups. That has what led Malaysia into one of a country that is unique compared to other countries around the world. However, the diversity of races in Malaysia can lead to discrimination. There are many issues about discrimination have been expressed, and most of these issues are very serious and should not be ignored. For our coursework, we select three news articles based on the issue of discrimination that occurred in Malaysia. The three selected articles were about the discrimination against gender, and race which is very common issues in Malaysia due to the multiracial community and the increasing population of women not just in Malaysia, but all over the world. Discrimination against race is a very significant issues occurred in Malaysia. Even more in the context of employment. Based on the Job seekers in Malaysia experience discrimination, by L.Suganya, The Jakarta Post, in the year 2013, there is an issue from a Facebook users claims that she could not get a temporary job as a sales person in a retail outlet because she wears a hijab (long headscarf) or tudung (short headscarf), created a debate with other users. This issue became viral in social media as it involving the racial issues. Based on this story, the study conducted by...
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...venture? a) Political structure: the government of Malaysia comprises the federal, state and local government. Malaysia is a federation of 13 states operating within a constitutional monarchy using the Westminster parliamentary system and is categorized as representative democracy. The federal government adopts the principle of separation of powers and has three branches: executive, legislature and judiciary. The state governments in Malaysia also have their respective executive and legislative bodies. The judicial system in Malaysia is a federalized court system operating uniformly throughout the country. The federal government of Malaysia adheres to and is created by the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, the supreme law of the land. b) Political parties: Malaysia has a number of parties in operation, while there is only one party holds the true power of the nation. c) Local government: local government of Malaysia is the lowest level in the government system. The local authority has the power to collect taxes, create rules and to grant licenses and permits for any trade in certain areas. d) Stability of government: Since has been introduced above, Malaysia is a one party dominated country, compared with other democratic countries, it has more stable policies (governing party never changes) and has predictable policy trends in the future. e) Summary analysis of domestic, foreign and international political environment: Malaysia is a well trade partner with Australia and has positive...
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...| A grim contradiction: The practice and consequences of corporate social responsibility by British American Tobacco in Malaysia * British American Tobacco Malaysia (BATM) was formed from he merger of Rothmans of Pall Mall (Malaysia) Berhad and Malaysian Tobacco Company Berhad on 3 November 1999. * Today, British American Tobacco Malaysia is the clear market leader with approximately 63% market share, and ranks amongst the top 25 companies on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in terms of market capitalisation. * British American Tobacco Malaysia manufactures and markets high quality tobacco products designed to meet diverse consumer preferences. Their portfolio includes well-established international names such as Dunhill, Kent and Pall Mall.Q1. Explain what is CSR * Corporate Social Responsibility is a management concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations and interactions with their stakeholders. * Kilcullen corporatn and Kooistra (1999, p.158) defined CSR as ‘the degree of moral obligation that may be ascribed to corporations beyond simple obedience to the laws of the state. * However, Maignan and Ferrell (2004) trace the evolution of perspectives on CSR from its emergence in the 1950s as 1. Social Obligation 2. Stakeholder Obligation * CSR is generally understood as being the way through which a company achieves a balance of economic, environmental and social imperatives as mentioned in Triple-Bottom-Line-...
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...Comparative Corporate Governance 7-1-2003 Article 13 Corporate Governance in Malaysia Kamini Singam Recommended Citation Singam, Kamini (2003) "Corporate Governance in Malaysia," Bond Law Review: Vol. 15: Iss. 1, Article 13. Available at: http://epublications.bond.edu.au/blr/vol15/iss1/13 This Article is brought to you by the Faculty of Law at ePublications@bond. It has been accepted for inclusion in Bond Law Review by an authorized administrator of ePublications@bond. For more information, please contact Bond University's Repository Coordinator. Corporate Governance in Malaysia Abstract This article examines the corporate governance system in Malaysia. A sound corporate governance system should help create an environment conducive to the efficient and sustainable growth in the Malaysian corporate sector. Since the Southeast Asian financial crisis in 1997 – 98 (‘financial crisis’), corporate governance has become a key policy issue confronting many Southeast Asian countries, including Malaysia. This article considers the distinctive problems of corporate governance in Malaysia, despite several steps for reform that have taken place since the financial crisis. There will be a brief discussion on the meaning of corporate governance and an overview of the present status of corporate governance in Malaysia, in particular after the financial crisis. Keywords corporate governance, Malaysia, Southeast Asian financial crisis This article is available in Bond Law Review:...
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...National University of Malaysia Jurnal Hadhari Bil. 3 (2010) 61-84 Institute of Islam Hadhari CABARAN INTEGRASI ANTARA KAUM DI MALAYSIA: PERSPEKTIF SEJARAH, KELUARGA DAN PENDIDIKAN MOHD RIDHUAN TEE ABDULLAH ABSTRAK Kajian berkaitan dengan integrasi kaum di Malaysia agak kompleks. Ini kerana, sosio politik setiap kaum bersifat perkauman. Agen-agen seperti sejarah, pendidikan, media, parti politik dan pertubuhan bukan kerajaan amat kuat mencengkam budaya politik setiap kaum. Akhirnya, lahirlah setiap bangsa yang memperjuangkan kepentingan masing-masing. Bukti-bukti ini diperolehi melalui tinjauan yang dibuat ke atas kajian-kajian sebelum ini. Keadaan tidak banyak berubah sehingga ke hari ini. Kajian ini bertujuan menilai sejauh mana pengaruh agen sosio politik seperti sejarah, institusi keluarga dan pendidikan yang dilalui meninggalkan kesan terhadap hubungan antara kaum. Hasil kajian menunjukkan sosio-politik perkauman melahirkan sentimen perkauman yang tinggi. Integrasi masih lagi samar. Realitinya, sentimen perkauman masih kuat mencengkam budaya politik masyarakat berbilang kaum. Kata Kunci: Integrasi nasional, sosialisasi politik, politik etnik, agenda nasional, perpaduan ABSTRACT Study on integration and unity among races in Malaysia is quite complex. These are due to the facts that the political socialization agents process i.e. history, education, social, economy and politic, are race oriented. Every race fights for their own interest. Most of the past research...
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