Political Stability & Sustainability as Key Success Factors in Developing Malaysia

Keynote Address by Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, Fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Social Policy, Public Policy
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Author: Perdana Leadership Foundation, University Publications Centre, UiTM ISBN: 1230001799507
Publisher: Perdana Leadership Foundation Publication: August 15, 2006
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Perdana Leadership Foundation, University Publications Centre, UiTM
ISBN: 1230001799507
Publisher: Perdana Leadership Foundation
Publication: August 15, 2006
Imprint:
Language: English

Before Malaya's independence in 1957, the British segregated the Malays from the non-Malays for their own political and economical benefits, the outcome of which was a lack of inter-racial harmony although there was tolerance and accommodation. The segregation was further deepened because the Government established policies derived from mistaken assumptions of the social needs of different ethnic groups. 

The multiracial rifts caused social instability and subsequently political instability, as evidenced by the racial riots of May 13, 1969. The event served to underline the importance of political stability via acceptance of the Government by the Malay majority, and ethnic support from the Chinese and Indians. This realisation resulted in the social and economic restructuring policy tool, the ethnic-based affirmative action New Economic Policy (NEP), introduced in 1971. The NEP had the twin objectives of eradicating poverty and restructuring society. Its basic philosophy was growth with equity and its overriding objective was national unity. Parallel to the NEP, policies were formulated by Malaysia’s past Prime Ministers in the name of national stability.

This monograph features the full transcript of the keynote address of the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, who explains thow multi-racial Malaysia achieved political stability through affirmative action, at the fourth Perdana Discourse Series held in April 2006. His speech is followed by presentations by former Transport Minister, Tun Dr. Ling Liiong Sik, academician Professor Dr. Faridah Hassan, youth political representative Ms Ismalina Ismail, and youth representative Mr. Logandran Balavijendran. Summaries of the findings of the student breakout sessions are also included. 

The Perdana Discourse Series was jointly organised by Perdana Leadership Foundation, an independent research and archive institution dedicated to Malaysia's Prime Ministers, and Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), the biggest public university in Malaysia. This monograph is a useful reference and introduction to Malaysia's race-based affirmative action policies.

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Before Malaya's independence in 1957, the British segregated the Malays from the non-Malays for their own political and economical benefits, the outcome of which was a lack of inter-racial harmony although there was tolerance and accommodation. The segregation was further deepened because the Government established policies derived from mistaken assumptions of the social needs of different ethnic groups. 

The multiracial rifts caused social instability and subsequently political instability, as evidenced by the racial riots of May 13, 1969. The event served to underline the importance of political stability via acceptance of the Government by the Malay majority, and ethnic support from the Chinese and Indians. This realisation resulted in the social and economic restructuring policy tool, the ethnic-based affirmative action New Economic Policy (NEP), introduced in 1971. The NEP had the twin objectives of eradicating poverty and restructuring society. Its basic philosophy was growth with equity and its overriding objective was national unity. Parallel to the NEP, policies were formulated by Malaysia’s past Prime Ministers in the name of national stability.

This monograph features the full transcript of the keynote address of the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, who explains thow multi-racial Malaysia achieved political stability through affirmative action, at the fourth Perdana Discourse Series held in April 2006. His speech is followed by presentations by former Transport Minister, Tun Dr. Ling Liiong Sik, academician Professor Dr. Faridah Hassan, youth political representative Ms Ismalina Ismail, and youth representative Mr. Logandran Balavijendran. Summaries of the findings of the student breakout sessions are also included. 

The Perdana Discourse Series was jointly organised by Perdana Leadership Foundation, an independent research and archive institution dedicated to Malaysia's Prime Ministers, and Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), the biggest public university in Malaysia. This monograph is a useful reference and introduction to Malaysia's race-based affirmative action policies.

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