Also, Malaysia is a cosmopolitan country but we have three major races, that is Malays, Chinese and Indians. Even though we come from different races, background, language and skin colour, we live as a big family. Instead of argument, we choose to live in a peaceful and harmonious atmosphere. We treat other people brotherly or sisterly and always have great respect for each other. We took every problem to round-table talks. There are also small number of natives people, which included the Kadazan, Bisayah, Iban, Melanau and so on.…
Malaysia has diverse culture following different ethnic groups. Some of the cultural attributes of the people include beliefs, language, politics, and religion. This attributes would affect the operation of the…
Malaysia is a multiracial country living in harmony compare to other countries. Among the three main races in Malaysia are Malays, Chinese and Indian. In addition, Malaysia is a homeland to approximately for 80 ethnic groups, especially in East Malaysia including Baba and Nyonya, Kadazan and Iban. The total of Malaysia’s population is 28.3 million of which 91.8 % are national citizens while 8.2 % are non-citizen. Furthermore, indigenous people were 67.4 %, of which 56.4% are Malays ethnic and 11% of the other natives. Approximately, the total of Chinese ethnic in Malaysia’s population is 24.6%, 7.3% are Indian with a total of 1.86 million people, while other race is 0.7 %. Almost 85 % of Indians in Malaysia are Tamil community.…
The colourful multi-ethnic group practising multi-culturalism in Malaysia has attracted million of foreign visitor to the country. The people, the food and the customs have impressed many foreign visitors. The country is continuously improving its basic infrastructure such as telecommunication, transportation, and public facilities in order to attract more foreign visitors.…
* Malaysia is a multiracial country. Malaysia has a population of 23.27 million consisting of 61 % Malays, 30%, Chinese, 8 % Indians and 1% of other ethnic groups. To understand, virtue, ethics, and morality we must first understand their meanings.…
Populated by the three (3) major races found in Asia, Malaysia culture is a melange of Indian, Malay and Chinese influence…
One of the key concepts of national integration in Malaysia is to increase and develop the country economically. In a plural society like Malaysia, citizens nowadays hardly work together due to lack of communication between each another. Therefore, it is important for national integration to take place so that people in Malaysia work together and help each other to increase the country’s income; this is because when there is unity there is teamwork. On the other hand, according to Dato Lim P.G. (2003) building a harmony society is also one of the key concepts of national integration. Malaysia a country that has many types of races of people must reduce the difference between them and to come as one to create a community with strong moral and ethic values so that a harmony society can be build. According to Poobalan (2007), the other key concept of national integration is to motivate Malaysian nowadays to learn to unite with each other and also to enhance the patriotism spirit in them. This is to ensure that people from various ethnic groups here can learn to tolerate each other and work…
Malaysia’s has a multicultural and multiethnic population consisting of Malays, Chinese, Indians and Bumiputra of Sarawak and Sabah, in which people of different religions, countries of origins and race live in a peaceful and harmonious society has influenced its arts and culture. Each of Malays, Chinese, Indians and Bumiputra celebrates different festivities that they hold from their great great grandparents.…
Constitution of Malaysia now is affected by a series of Malaysian history. History of resistance against colonialism and the emergence of Malay nationalists realize…
But even with all this said, I think we have such a high tolerance for our fellow friends of different races. Even though there is ongoing racial tension, we do not take it out on the other races. We do rally for the well being of our own race without offending the others. A great example of our unity would be definitely seen during the festive seasons. Every single open house you go to regardless the festival, Hari Raya, Chinese New Year, Deepavali or Christmas, it would be mix of every other race coming together. The food prepared are taken into consideration of the other races taboo. In conclusion, I think Malaysians are truly tolerant towards each other. In my generation, I personally think race is no…
At the time Malaysia achieved its independence under Tunku Abdul Rahman leadership, our nation struggled very hard to build unity between Malaysia’s plural societies so that the people could live harmoniously despite of differences in religions, cultures and customs. Our government was very conscious about this particular problem as majority of the ethnic in Malaysia was separated by their occupations, residences, educations, political awareness, economics and so much more. The problem even started when British implemented the Divide and Rule Policy during their colonization in Malaya. In Federal Constitution of Malaysia, it is said that there are 40 sub-ethnics in Sabah and Sarawak. With a large number of ethnics coupled with preceding colonial system that did not do any transformation upon race relations worsen the problem of racial unity.…
Malaysia, is a country which cannot be defined in a word. The citizens are from different races and religion. The unity in these different cultures is what that makes Malaysia a wonderful country. One may ask who started all this or rather who brought all these multiracial aspects together in one country. All these will be answered as we go along.…
Malaysia has a multi-ethnic, multicultural, and multilingual society. The original culture of the area stemmed from indigenous tribes that inhabited it, along with the Malays who later moved there. Substantial influence exists from Chinese and Indian culture, dating back to when foreign trade began. Other cultural influences include the Persian, Arabic, and British cultures. Due to the structure of the government, coupled with the social contract theory, there has been minimal cultural assimilation of ethnic minorities.…
Varieties of ethnicity, religions, languages, skin colours, built up every pieces of my beloved country, Malaysia. The beauty of Malaysia is not easy to describe within a word or a sentence itself. We feel we are proud to be Malaysian, because it is one of the hassle-free nation and the most fascinating country which known for its own tradition and culture. Different cultures and religions told a wonderful myth or story behind, which makes everyone interested more about Malaysia’s history.…
Malaysia is known for its richness of multicultural and multi-racial country which is spread between Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak. Despite being one huge political unit, it has different set of rules and law to comply with. Malaysia law can be classified into various sources, mainly are written law, unwritten law and Muslim law.…