lecture 13 - malaysian society

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YOUR FUTUREBEGINS HERE

MPW 123

Malaysian Studies

By

Hj. Kamal Abd Razak

MBA Techno-Entrepreneurship

[email protected]

012-6550746
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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THE MALAYSIAN

SOCIETY


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Who are Malaysians?


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Society

a particular community of people living in

a country or region, and having sharedcustoms, laws, and organizations

Oxford English Dictionary


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Society

Society can also be explained as an

organized group of people associated

together for religious, benevolent, cultural,scientific, political, patriotic, or other

purposes.

Wikipedia


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Plural Society

A situation in which two or more culture

groups occupy the same territory butmaintain their separate cultural identities.

www.geographic.org/glossary.html
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A condition in which members of diverse

ethnic, racial, religious, or social groups

maintain their traditional cultures orspecial interests within a common

(shared) culture.

www.gecdf.com/diversity/glossary.html

Plural Society
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In the social sciences, pluralism is a

framework of interaction in which groups

show sufficient respect and tolerance ofeach other, that they fruitfully coexist and

interact without conflict or assimilation.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluralism

Plural Society
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Population Composition andDistribution

The total population of Malaysia, was26,385,858

Of the total Malaysian citizens, Malay 50%,Chinese 23%, Indigenous 11%, and Indian 7%,others 8% (2004 est.)

Source:U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, InternationalPrograms Center


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The Malays


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Malays

The largest ethnic group in Malaysia,

accounting for more than half of the total

population today, is the Malays With the oldest indigenous peoples they

form a group called bumiputera , which

translates as "sons" or "princes of thesoil."


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Perhaps the most significant influence that

has served as a unifying and binding

factor among the Malays is the religion ofIslam. Today, almost all Malays in

Malaysia are Muslims.

Malays


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In the Constitution, a Malay is defined as

someone who speaks the Malay

language, practices Malay customs andprofesses the Islamic religion.

This definition of a Malay implies that

anyone can become a Malay if he fulfillsthe three conditions.

Malays


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Chinese


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The Chinese came to this country in largenumbers towards the end of the 18th

century and the beginning of the 19th

century. The waves of Chinese arrivals became

intense at the end of the 19thcentury and

the early 20thcentury in line with

development of tin-mining.

Chinese


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During the end of the 19thcentury and the

early 20thcentury, most Chinese did not

intend to settle permanently in Malaya. Consequently, their presence was not

seen as having any influence on the

composition of the population. However, in the 1930s the situation

changed.

Chinese


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The Chinese consider staying

permanently in this country partly because

of the unstable political and economicconditions in China.

The position of the Chinese in Malaya was

first recognized by the British when theMalayan Union was established in 1946.

Chinese


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And later accepted by the indigenousMalay community. Through the 1948Federation of Malaya agreement.

From then on, Chinese began to becitizens of Malaya, causing the populationcomposition of the country to take on anew dimension.

Today, the Chinese in Malaysia make thesecond largest community.

Chinese


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Indian


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The Indian community in Malaysia is the

smallest of the three main ethnic groups,

accounting for about 10% of the countryspopulation.

Indians first came to Malaya for barter

trade, especially in the former StraitsSettlements of Singapore, Malacca and

Penang.

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One of the main reasons the Indianswillingly left their homeland for Malaya

was because of the caste system being

practiced in their country. The Indians who came to Malaysia

brought with them the Hindu cultureits

unique temples, delicious cuisine and

colorful garments

Indian


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Hindu tradition remains strong until today

in the Indian community of Malaysia

Indian


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Quote

In these past years of nation-building, wehave not become less Malay, less Indian,

or less Chinese but we have all becomemore Malaysian

(Ling Liong Sik, Malaysian Chinese Association, Secretary-Generals

Report 1993:9)


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Questions

1. Define the word Society

2. List the main ethnic groups and sub-

ethnic communities in Malaysia3. Have we created so called a mixed

Malaysian Society


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Thank You

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