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New Malay-Mahathir administration has attempted to remould the character

Malaysian nationalism to create a new kind of Malay ------- > MelayMalay

-At a forum in 1993, Dr Mahathir Mohamad inspired the Malays toculture, New Malay, in which a new race will be born.

if all this while the Malays are quite backward as compa

other races in Malaysia, this is because of nature of their cOnce they change their cultural values, their productivity in

Definitely, the new Malay culture that we are establishing is sthe development.

Dato Dr MMohamad

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Dr Mahathir Mohammads long term political objective was to make most progressive and dynamic elements in Malay society to liberate tcommunity from its feudal and colonial past.

There is a need for a new kind of corporatism and social discipline for modernize economically and for the Malay community to take the leacreation of a new Malaysian nation.

A wide variety of attitudes and attributes has been used to define theNew Malay: rationality, pragmatisn, innovation and sensitivity.

The New Malay concept is used differently among various elementsMalay community, with significant differences observed between Mal

intellectuals, politicians, middle classes and the business communityMalay intellectuals and politicians - more anxious to find continuity wand Islam

Malay middle class & corporate figures - display much more nonchalarecasting of Malayness as a symbol of progree.

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Dr Mahathir has claimed that his party has lead the reformation the Mespecially through the affirmative actionsNew Economic Policy

Through this policy,

the nation that used to be paddy planters and rubber tappers

the nation that are able to produce complicated products from mode

Dr Mahathir has regarded the cultural changes of the New Malays leahas helped them to cause them to thrive

The Malays today are no more isolated from countrys economic, politsocial streams. The Malays have shown their capabilities that were nebefore. Therefore Dr Mahathir said that the Malays have succeeded intheir own self-esteem.

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REFERENCES

NEW MALAYS, NEW MALAYSIANS: Nationalism, Society and T.N. Harper, Southeast Asian Affairs(1996), pp. 238-255Published by: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)

Human Communication. A Publication of the Pacific and AsiCommunication Association, Vol 13, No 3, pp 137-153.

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