purpose malayan union
Premiership of Tun Abdul Razak
Tun Abdul Razak was to be the man who had to fulfil the need of country for a dynamic new leader with enough personal magnetism to unite its multi-racial population after the resignation of Tun Abdul Rahman. Because among the leaders of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), Tun Abdul Rahman was probably the one person who had enjoyed the trust and confidence of all races in the country. He was the leader of the struggle for independence. Tun Abdul Rahman in the forefront for the formation of Malaysia, he led the Malaysian campaign against Indonesia’s confrontation, the biggest post-independence external threat to the security of the country. (ZAINUDDIN, 1999, p. 167) That why Tun Abdul Razak has been choose because with the circumstance of the racial antagonism between the Malay and the Chinese still hanging for his experience.
Tun Abdul Razak had the practicalities of guiding Malaysia along a new path where the importance of economic growth had to be aligned with equally pressing problem of social justice. He say that “the Malay majority that they would participate fully in the benefits of development and to ensure the other races that they could be secure in the knowledge that they too are Malaysians.” (Paridah, 2008). To succeed in this balancing act Tun Abdul Razak would have to resist pressure from extremist not only on the political fringe but within his own Party, UMNO, and even within the administrative establishment. In preventing racial and class cleavages that threaten political stability, Tun Abdul Razak had to maintain his uncompromising stand on the country’s need for self confidence and national unity, because he believe in the leading role of UMNO in succeeding in bringing peace, goodwill and prosperity to the people.
When Tun Abdul Razak officially became Prime Minister at 9.40 am on Tuesday, September 22, 1970 and next day, on September 23, he made a single departure from his prepare text to announce
Tun Abdul Razak was to be the man who had to fulfil the need of country for a dynamic new leader with enough personal magnetism to unite its multi-racial population after the resignation of Tun Abdul Rahman. Because among the leaders of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), Tun Abdul Rahman was probably the one person who had enjoyed the trust and confidence of all races in the country. He was the leader of the struggle for independence. Tun Abdul Rahman in the forefront for the formation of Malaysia, he led the Malaysian campaign against Indonesia’s confrontation, the biggest post-independence external threat to the security of the country. (ZAINUDDIN, 1999, p. 167) That why Tun Abdul Razak has been choose because with the circumstance of the racial antagonism between the Malay and the Chinese still hanging for his experience.
Tun Abdul Razak had the practicalities of guiding Malaysia along a new path where the importance of economic growth had to be aligned with equally pressing problem of social justice. He say that “the Malay majority that they would participate fully in the benefits of development and to ensure the other races that they could be secure in the knowledge that they too are Malaysians.” (Paridah, 2008). To succeed in this balancing act Tun Abdul Razak would have to resist pressure from extremist not only on the political fringe but within his own Party, UMNO, and even within the administrative establishment. In preventing racial and class cleavages that threaten political stability, Tun Abdul Razak had to maintain his uncompromising stand on the country’s need for self confidence and national unity, because he believe in the leading role of UMNO in succeeding in bringing peace, goodwill and prosperity to the people.
When Tun Abdul Razak officially became Prime Minister at 9.40 am on Tuesday, September 22, 1970 and next day, on September 23, he made a single departure from his prepare text to announce