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Summary
Summary
The Malay Dilemma Revisited is a critical and balanced analysis of Malaysia's preferential race policy and its impact on the nation's delicate race dynamics and economy. Unlike America's affirmative action, Malaysia's version is far more aggressive and pervasive and has been remarkably successful in creating a sizable and stable Bumiputra (indigenous group) middle class. The price tag is significant: distortion of freemarket dynamics and consequent inefficiency. Perversely, the policy impairs rather than strengthens Bumiputras' ability to compete.
In contrast to quotas and other set-aside programs that are the hallmark of the current policy, the writer presents an alternative strategy aimed primarily at enhancing Bumiputra competitiveness. The proposed approach would not negatively impact the economy nor interfere with the freemarket. Equally important, it would not arouse resentment from other Malaysians. The first objective would be to modernize the nation's archaic educational system to emphasize English, mathematics, the sciences, and technical training. Secondly, the influences of religious and royal institutions must be curtailed, and the rates of urbanization and population growth reduced.
The primary objective is in enhancing competitiveness, not on meeting arbitrarily picked numerical goals and targets.
Author Notes
Bakri Musa's credits, apart from scientific articles in professional journals, have appeared in the New Straits Times, Far Eastern Economic Review, Businessweek, and National Public Radio's Marketplace. A surgeon in private practice, Bakri received his undergraduate, medical, and graduate degrees from the University of Alberta, Canada. He lives in Morgan Hill, California, with his wife Karen, a college instructor, and children Melindah, Zack, and Azlan.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgment | p. ix |
A Note on Style | p. xiii |
Introduction and Overview | p. xv |
Part 1 Malaysia Then and Now | p. 1 |
Chapter I The Malay Dilemma, The Book | p. 3 |
Chapter II One Malay Village | p. 15 |
Chapter III It's Not All In Our Genes | p. 31 |
Chapter IV Ugliness of Urbanization | p. 51 |
Chapter V Islamization of Malaysia | p. 67 |
Chapter VI The Sultan Syndrome | p. 83 |
Chapter VII MARA, The Great March Backward | p. 97 |
Part 2 Modernizing Malaysia | p. 111 |
Chapter VIII Enhancing Bumiputra Competitiveness | p. 113 |
Chapter IX Competitiveness Through Education | p. 127 |
Chapter X Seventy Million Malaysians | p. 149 |
Chapter XI The Subsidy Mentality | p. 163 |
Chapter XII We Are Special | p. 177 |
Chapter XIII Affirmative Action in America | p. 191 |
Chapter XIV The Non-Malay Dilemma | p. 211 |
Part 3 Malaysia in the New Millennium | p. 227 |
Chapter XV That Pesky Neighbor | p. 229 |
Chapter XVI The "C" of Corruption | p. 247 |
Chapter XVII Vision 2020, Not Quite Perfect | p. 263 |
Chapter XVIII Look West Is Best | p. 277 |
Chapter XIX Twin Towers, Twin Crises | p. 289 |
Chapter XX Which Way Forward? | p. 317 |
List of Acronyms | p. 329 |
Malaysian Phrases | p. 331 |
References | p. 335 |
Index | p. 351 |
About the Author | p. 369 |