Malaysia Look East Policy
Malaysia Look East Policy
Background
The Look East Policy (LEP) is announced by former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad on the 8th February 1982 during the 5th Joint Annual Conference of MAJECA/JAMECA in Hilton Hotel Kuala Lumpur. The policy was essentially an attempt to encourage the Malaysian to change their traditional perspectives of Western countries as role models and instead look towards the East. The underlying assumption was that Malaysia had much to learn from the experiences of countries in the East especially Japan and Korea, which succeeded in achieving remarkable economic progress. Therefore, Tun Dr. Mahathir felt that enabling young Malaysians to learn in Japan would contribute to the economic and social development of Malaysia. For this purpose, Malaysia decided to dispatch their students to Japan, to study not only academics and technical know-how but also to learn labour ethics and discipline of the Japanese people. The policy is aimed to direct the government towards studying and researching and subsequently, choosing policies and implementation examples from Japan and Korea with the intention of localizing such initiatives to suit the situation in Malaysia.
Objective
The main objective of Look East Policy (LEP) is to increase the quality of management among the workers as well as creating a community with good value and positive working ethics with the aim of accelerating Malaysian development. Other objectives of this policy are as follows: * Undertake research on and involving Japan * Provide opportunities for greater information exchange and discussion about Japan * Disseminate the knowledge gained from Japan to wider audience
Introduction
The year 2012 has marks the 30th anniversary of the Look East Policy, the rationale of the policy has created the bilateral relation between Japan and Malaysia which has gradually developed since then. In particular, exchange and study programmes under the Look East Policy have
Background
The Look East Policy (LEP) is announced by former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad on the 8th February 1982 during the 5th Joint Annual Conference of MAJECA/JAMECA in Hilton Hotel Kuala Lumpur. The policy was essentially an attempt to encourage the Malaysian to change their traditional perspectives of Western countries as role models and instead look towards the East. The underlying assumption was that Malaysia had much to learn from the experiences of countries in the East especially Japan and Korea, which succeeded in achieving remarkable economic progress. Therefore, Tun Dr. Mahathir felt that enabling young Malaysians to learn in Japan would contribute to the economic and social development of Malaysia. For this purpose, Malaysia decided to dispatch their students to Japan, to study not only academics and technical know-how but also to learn labour ethics and discipline of the Japanese people. The policy is aimed to direct the government towards studying and researching and subsequently, choosing policies and implementation examples from Japan and Korea with the intention of localizing such initiatives to suit the situation in Malaysia.
Objective
The main objective of Look East Policy (LEP) is to increase the quality of management among the workers as well as creating a community with good value and positive working ethics with the aim of accelerating Malaysian development. Other objectives of this policy are as follows: * Undertake research on and involving Japan * Provide opportunities for greater information exchange and discussion about Japan * Disseminate the knowledge gained from Japan to wider audience
Introduction
The year 2012 has marks the 30th anniversary of the Look East Policy, the rationale of the policy has created the bilateral relation between Japan and Malaysia which has gradually developed since then. In particular, exchange and study programmes under the Look East Policy have