| Title: | Malaysia: World Investment Service |
| Price: | $575.00 |
| Publication Date: | May 17, 2008 |
| Source: | World Investment Data and Forecast |
| Brief Excerpt: | ...Fundamental to the understanding of Malaysia's political development is an appreciation of its geographical, ethnic and cultural diversity. Political parties are largely based on ethnicity,locality or religion. Basic themes of post-war political history are the maintenance of racialharmony, positive discrimination in favour of the bumiputera ("sons of the soil"--ethnicMalays and other indigenous peoples) and friction between Islamic parties and thegovernment. Since independence in ####, Malaysia has been ruled by coalition governmentsdominated by the principal Malay party, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). Dr Mahathir retired in October ####, after ## years of strong leadership as prime ministerand UMNO president. His successor, Abdullah Badawi, called an election on March ##st ####. The polls were preceded by anti-corruption measures and promises of further action thatattracted strong public approval. The BN gained a spectacular election victory, winning nine-tenths of the... |
| Word Count: | 22194 |
| Length: | 50 Pages |
| Country: | Malaysia |
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