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MPW 123
Malaysian Studies
By
Hj. Kamal Abd Razak
MBA Techno-Entrepreneurship
012-6550746
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]8/13/2019 Lecture 13 - Malaysian Society
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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.
Indian
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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