disparity in educational advancement between the Malays and the non-Malays‚ especially the Chinese. This was the result of the educational policy implemented by the British colonial government. The British colonial government implemented a laissez faire educational policy for the Chinese by allowing them to pursue their educational interests. On the other hand‚ a dualistic educational policy was imposed on the Malays in which only a small minority of Malays‚ largely the scions of the aristocracy‚ was
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A Malay person can be a Malay by race‚ but not by ethnicity. Ethnicity and race are often used together and and hence they are always confused. There is a major difference between both of them. Ethnicity is a group of people that has a shared common culture - the practices‚ values‚ and beliefs in groups; and also language‚ religion and traditions; amongst others. Race‚ on the other hand‚ artificially divides people into distinct groups based on characteristics such as physical appearance (particularly
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The period of time just after Reconstruction ended to the beginning of World War I was full of change. From the “robber barons” of big business to the massive number of immigrants‚ many aspects of American life were changing‚ in both positive and negative ways. The greedy businessmen shut down competition against them and formed monopolies allowing them to set high prices and the large amount of labor allowed them to pay low wages. The immigrants worried the upper class whites because they thought
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Galapagos Archipelago is about 1000 kilometers (km) from mainland Ecuador. It is comprised of 19 islands and 107 islets‚ with a total land area of about 8000 km (Baine et al.‚2007). The exceptional nature of the Galapagos archipelago is given by its position‚ with three major oceans current converging together (Fig.2): a warm water stream coming from Panama‚ a cooler stream coming from Humboldt and the upwelling sub-equatorial current‚ with highly prolific cold waters (Hearn‚ 2008). The archipelago hosts
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One theory suggests that the Aeta are the descendants of the original inhabitants of the Philippines who arrived through land bridges that linked the country with the Asian mainland some 30‚000 years ago. These migrations may have occurred when the Malay peninsula was still connected with Sumatra and other Sunda Islands. At that time‚ the islands of what is now the
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CH APTER ON E | 1 Understanding Bureaucracy Bureaucracy by definition is a group of workers in private and public organizations such as civil service employees of Malaysian government. Historically bureaucracy is the name of an organizational form often used by both sociologists and organizational design professionals. Therefore we can say that bureaucracy has an informal usage by many people such as “there’s too much bureaucracy where I work” to reflect common set of characteristic
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Chapter I Introduction Background of the study This topic was chosen for investigation because of a need for an in-depth study of the culture of major ethnic groups in the country today. Philippine culture is very diverse and with this in mind‚ a thorough research and analysis of the culture of the major ethnic groups in the country should be made. A search for a deeper understanding of the way of life of various groups in the country led to the formulation of this topic. Significance of the study
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am writing this reflective dairy for our field trip on 28 October 2012. We were visiting the Kampong Glam‚ joined a guided tour in Malay Heritage Centre‚ have lunch at a Malay Restaurant and I walked along the area. I found this trip builds my knowledge on the Malay historical culture and how Singapore became an independent country. I also explored the taste on Malay food which is mouth-watering with its unique spices. In order to reach the Kampong Glam for our exploration‚ we hop on the MRT and
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History Pattani is the most well-known province in the southernmost Thailand in which its majority population is Malay Muslim. The history of Greater Patani (Malay spelling) dated back to the 9th century when the dominant cultures were Hinduism and Buddhism before converting to Islam around the fourteenth century and became a vassal state under Ayutthaya Kingdom. The Sunni-Malay Muslims of the South never assimilated into the Siamese/Thai world. Unlike the Shiite-Muslims who came from Arab and
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Ancient Negroid people immigrate to the Philippines over a land bridge then still connecting the archipelago with the Asian mainland. They are food gatherers and hunters‚ and the forefathers of today’sNegritos. These people use bows and arrows and stone made implements. They live in caves. 5‚000 B.C. to 3‚000 B.C. The "New Stone Age". Sea faring Malays from what is today Indonesia come to the archipelago. These new settlers bring with them polished stone tools‚ boat building‚ bark and animal skin cloth
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