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		Other ethnic groups include Malays in the south, Mon, Khmer and various indigenous hill tribes.
		There is also a large community of ethnic Chinese, who have historically played a disproportionately significant role in the economy.
		The Thai language is Thailand's national language, written in its own alphabet, but many ethnic and regional dialects exist and English is widely taught in schools.
	www.aseannewsnetwork.com /articles/content/t/th/thailand.html (1550 words)

	Japanese people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ainu, Koreans, and Japanese are believed to be derived from the paleo-Turkic peoples of the Tungusic-Altaic group.
		The Japanese trace their ancestry to the Jomon people and the Yayoi people, and then perhaps the Koreans, Mongolians, Malays, Indonesians, and Polynesians, thus making their Mongoloid traits unique.
		The most accepted theory is that present-day Japanese are descended principally from both the Jomon, a paleo-Asiatic people, and the Yayoi, a neo-Asiatic people, with cultural influences from the Korean kingdoms of Gaya and Baekje, and also from the Sui, and Tang Dynasty of China.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_people (934 words)

	ipedia.com: Racism Article
		A police officer who spends most of his day in that same city interacting negatively with people of a certain ethnic background, might be expected to react negatively to a member of that same ethnic group whom he meets off-duty.
		These riots have followed cases of perceived racism- either the public displays of racist sentiment (including crimes against members of ethnic minorities which were subsequently ignored by the authorities), or, as in the Brixton and Toxteth riots, racial profiling and alleged harassment by the police force.
		Assuming that every individual's character can be adequately determined by racial or ethnic stereotypes is race prejudice, and giving or withholding privileges based on such stereotypes is racial discrimination.
	www.ipedia.com /racism.html (3939 words)

	This paper addresses the use of resettlement villages in Malaya and Vietnam
		Government forces in Vietnam did not have one ethnic group on which they could focus; thus, it was harder to locate Viet Cong guerrillas living among the population.
		Aside from the British, the ethnic Malays constituted the dominant political power in Malaya, but the Chinese comprised a substantial part of the population.
		The Malayan Emergency began in 1948, and is best described as a military and political campaign fought by the British and the Malayan Federation government against the ethnic Chinese-led Malayan Communist Party (MCP), which led the guerillas and numbered only a few thousand.
	www.vietnam.ttu.edu /vietnamcenter/events/2002_Symposium/2002Papers_files/peoples.htm (3939 words)

	Singapore - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Singapore
		In October 1996 parliament passed bills that would improve representation of minority races, including ethnic Indians and Malays.
		The constitution of 1965, amended in 1991, provides for a one-chamber parliament, whose 81 members are elected for five-year terms by universal suffrage from 40 single-member wards, two ‘non-constituency’ seats (with restricted voting rights), intended for opposition candidates, and, from 1988, 13 three-member Group Representation Constituencies (GRC) through a simple plurality system.
		In the general election of January 1997 the ruling PAP, led by prime minister Goh Chok Tong, reversed its recent slide in support and captured 65% of the vote (up 4% on 1991) and 81 seats in the 83-member parliament.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Singapore (1581 words)

	Racism - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia
		A police officer who spends most of his day in that same city encountering criminality or hostility among people of a certain ethnic background might be expected to react negatively to a member of that same ethnic group whom he meets off-duty.
		Until 2003, Malaysia enforced discriminatory policies limiting access to university education for ethnic Chinese and Indian students who are citizens by birth of Malaysia, and many other policies explicitly favoring bumiputras (Malays) remain in force.
		All of these ethnic groups have racists within, and likewise all of these ethnic groups have members within that have been a victim of rascism.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Racism (9191 words)

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		Ethnic Malays in the northern state of Kedah and in the east coast states of Kelantan and Terengganu on the peninsula are generally much poorer than their urban counterparts in the Kuala Lumpur.
		UMNO said the scandal showed how ethnic-based affirmative action policies could be abused to enrich a select group of well-connected individuals.
		Malays are the largest of the various indigenous bumiputera groups in Malaysia.
	domino.ips.org /ips\eng.nsf/vwWebMainView/305AB13D8132E2E1C1257061002584B3?OpenDocument (1241 words)

	News Updates from June 2000 to the present
		Last month, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and other Malay leaders scolded critics of the privileges for the country's largest ethnic group, saying it was too early to end a policy introduced in 1971 after bloody racial riots of 1969.
		The rally is seen as a calculated step to drum up Malay support for Mahathir's dominant United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), using as a spring-board recent calls by a Chinese lobby group to end Malays' privileges.
		The conservative Malay population were shocked and deeply divided by Mahathir's sacking in 1998 of his former deputy and protege, Anwar Ibrahim, now serving a 15-year jail term for corruption and sodomy offences he says are trumped up.
	www.freeanwar.net /news012001/reuters030201.html (306 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Features
		MALAYS are a recognised minority ethnic group in Sri Lanka.
		Although the Malays are a minority within a Minority they have contributed their mite towards the development of Sri Lanka many serve in the armed services of Sri Lanka and in the Police Force.
		Whereas the Cape Malays of South Africa have lost their language, the Sri Lankan Malays have been able to preserve their language at least in a creole form.
	origin.dailynews.lk /2002/01/25/fea02.html (1212 words)

	Mandailing - English version - Contents- The Mandailings in Peninsular Malaysia
		Mistaken for Bataks in Indonesia and as "foreign Malays" in Malaysia, the Mandailings are a distinct ethnic and cultural group from the Bataks and the Malays whom they are associated with in the colonial census and in the writings of so-called colonial administrator-scholars.
		It is only now beginning to emerge that the Mandailings were a distinct ethnic and cultural group and saw themselves as such, quite apart from the Bataks and the Malays.
		Therefore any treatment of the Mandailings as a subgroup of the Bataks and the Malays, would distort and would be inadequate to portray the Mandailings' contribution to human history and diversity.
	www.mandailing.org /mandailinge/contents3.htm (1212 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Malay people
		Malays are also linguistically related to the Polynesian and Micronesian groups of the mid-Pacific, as members of the wide ranging Austronesian family of languages.
		Malays (Dutch, Malayo, ultimately from Malay: Melayu) are a diverse group of people living in the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in South East Asia.
		Many Malays in Mindanao were also Muslim, but are recounted to have been the 23rd and last group in the waves of migration, to have arrived in the Philippines from the south.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Malay_people (1132 words)

	Malay people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Malays are also linguistically related to the Polynesian and Micronesian groups of the mid-Pacific, as members of the far-flung Austronesian family of languages.
		Malays (Dutch, Malayo, ultimately from Malay: Melayu) are a diverse group of people inhabiting the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in Southeast Asia.
		Many Malays in Mindanao were also Muslim, but are recounted to have been the 23rd and last group in the waves of migration, to have arrived in the Philippines from the south.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malay_people (1612 words)

	Malay people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Malays are also linguistically related to the Polynesian and Micronesian groups of the mid-Pacific, as members of the far-flung Austronesian family of languages.
		Malays (Dutch, Malayo, ultimately from Malay: Melayu) are a diverse group of people inhabiting the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in Southeast Asia.
		Many Malays in Mindanao were also Muslim, but are recounted to have been the 23rd and last group in the waves of migration, to have arrived in the Philippines from the south.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malay_people (1609 words)

	BBC NEWS World Asia-Pacific Country profiles Country profile: Malaysia
		The Malays remain the dominant group in politics while the Indians are among the poorest.
		Although since 1971 Malays have benefited from positive discrimination in business, education and the civil service, ethnic Chinese continue to hold economic power and are the wealthiest community.
		The United Malays National Organisation (Umno) is the biggest grouping in the alliance, which includes Chinese and Indian parties.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1304569.stm (895 words)

	Malay
		They are now predominantly Sunni Muslims, although several Malay ethnic groups have remained animist, and there are a number of Malay Christians.
		Wet-rice agriculture was introduced in the 5th century and today the majority of Malays live in rural villages, usually surrounded by irrigated rice fields and gardens.
		Although the Malays have a Hindu heritage, conversion to Islam began in the 13th century, not completed until the 17th.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0023980.html (291 words)

	Islam, Animation and Money: the Reception of Disney's Aladdin in Southeast Asia
		Although Malays are the predominate ethnic group in Malaysia, constituting 60% of the population, the Chinese minority (31% of the population) tends to be much more powerful economically than the Malays, although Malays are politically more powerful (Brough, 241-42).
		Although our intention in this paper is not specifically to establish whether or not the film is, or should be regarded as, insulting to certain national or ethnic groups, a few words concerning this issue seem in order.
		Although we are not suggesting that theater owners, or the distributors of the film, pressured newspapers to downplay reaction from Muslim groups, it is entirely possible that newspaper executives and editors themselves made such a decision.
	watarts.uwaterloo.ca /FINE/juhde/white951.htm (291 words)

	Malay Peninsula on Encyclopedia.com
		The Malays, historically the dominant cultural group, probably came originally from S China (c.2,000 BC), but marriages with other peoples have modified their ethnic characteristics.
		In the 15th cent., the Malays, beginning with the Malaccans, were converted to Islam (which remains the religion of most Malays).
		MALAY PENINSULA [Malay Peninsula], southern extremity (c.70,000 sq mi/181,300 sq km) of the continent of Asia, lying between the Andaman Sea of the Indian Ocean and the Strait of Malacca on the west and the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea on the east.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/MalayP1en.asp (1328 words)

	People - Malaysia Encyclopedia
		The Malay are Malaysia's largest ethnic group, accounting for over half the population and the national language.
		With the oldest indigenous peoples they form a group called bumiputera, which translates as "sons" or "princes of the soil." Almost all Malays are Muslims, though Islam here is less extreme than in the Middle East.
		Traditional Malay culture centers around the kampung, or village, though today one is just as likely to find Malays in the cities.
	malaysia.maribelajar.com /index.php/People (341 words)

	- National Service (April 2004)
		REMBAU, Malaysia (AP) _ Striving to shed old ethnic and cultural divisions, Malaysia is conscripting its young into a boot-camp-style national service program designed to cultivate patriotism, discipline and, especially, tolerance.
		In the national service camps, recruits from every race train together and share tents that each comprise roughly six Malays, three Chinese and an Indian _ a microcosm of the national population.
		Historically, Malays have dominated the country's politics while Chinese are considered the backbone of commerce and Indians are numerous in retailing and laboring _ though the divisions are becoming increasingly blurred.
	www.seanyoong.squarespace.com /national-service-april-2004 (759 words)

	Malaysia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Malaysia's population is comprised of many ethnic groups, with the politically dominant Malays making up the majority.
		Malaysia has since maintained a delicate ethno-political balance, and developed a unique rule combining economic growth and a political rule that favours bumiputras (a group including mostly ethnic Malays) and moderate Islam.
		East Malaysia, consisting of the federal territory of Labuan and the states of Sabah and Sarawak, occupies the northern part of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia and the Sultanate of Brunei.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malaysia (4976 words)

	Malaysia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Malaysia has since maintained a delicate ethno-political balance, and developed a unique rule combining economic growth and a political rule that favours bumiputras (a group including ethnic Malays) and moderate Islam.
		Malaysia's population is comprised of many ethnic groups, with the politically dominant Malays making up the majority.
		East Malaysia, the northern and western part of the island of Borneo, is bordered to the south by Indonesia and borders the Sultanate of Brunei on the east, south, and west.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malaysia (4976 words)

	Power of Place - 14 Discussion of Case Study Themes
		Rather than allow economic forces to create disproportionate power for one ethnic group over others, Malaysia's policy of Bumiputera strives to balance customs, lifestyles, and educational opportunities, even as preferences for the Malay majority are promoted.
		The Bumiputera policy, which encourages people to maintain their own customs while accepting the customs of others, has resulted in the creation of more opportunities for ethnic Malays.
		Both Indonesia and Malaysia are considered newly industrializing economies and are making a transition from resource extraction to manufacturing and industrial production.
	www.learner.org /powerofplace/themes14.html (4976 words)

	Malaysia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Malaysia's population is comprised of many ethnic groups, with the politically dominant Malays making up the majority.
		Malaysia has since maintained a delicate ethno-political balance, and developed a unique rule combining economic growth and a political rule that favours bumiputras (a group including mostly ethnic Malays) and moderate Islam.
		East Malaysia, consisting of the federal territory of Labuan and the states of Sabah and Sarawak, occupies the northern part of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia and the Sultanate of Brunei.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malaysia (4976 words)

	Malaysia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Malaysia has since maintained a delicate ethno-political balance, and developed a unique rule combining economic growth and a political rule that favours bumiputras (a group including mostly ethnic Malays) and moderate Islam.
		Malaysia's population is comprised of many ethnic groups, with the politically dominant Malays making up the majority.
		West Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Malay Peninsula) shares a land border on the north with Thailand and is connected by a causeway and a bridge on the south with Singapore.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malaysia (4976 words)

	Malaysia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Malaysia has since maintained a delicate ethno-political balance, and developed a unique rule combining economic growth and a political rule that favours bumiputras (a group including mostly ethnic Malays) and moderate Islam.
		Malaysia's population is comprised of many ethnic groups, with the politically dominant Malays making up the majority.
		East Malaysia, consisting of the federal territory of Labuan and the states of Sabah and Sarawak, occupies the northern part of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia and the Sultanate of Brunei.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malaysia (4976 words)

	Singapore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Malays, who are the indigenous native group of the country, constitute 13.9 percent, though this number includes many Malay ethnic groups from other parts of the Malay archipelago including the Javanese, Bugis, Baweans and Minangs.
		Indians are the third largest ethnic group at 7.9 percent, consisting of several groupsâ” Tamils, who form the largest Indian group, and others such as Malayalees, Punjabis and Bengalis.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Republic_of_Singapore (4976 words)

	Culture of Malaysia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first Chinese to settle in the straits, primarily in and around Malacca, gradually adopted elements of Malaysian culture and intermarried with the Malaysian community and with this, a new ethnic group called babas (male) and nonyas (female) emerged.
		The Indians form the third largest ethnic group of Malaysia.
		The indigenous tribes are the oldest inhabitants of Malaysia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Culture_of_Malaysia (4976 words)

	Is the Malayan Emergency similar to the Iraqi War
		The Malayan Emergency was certainly NOT a war catalysed by conflicts between a ruling ethnic majority group (Malays) and an oppressed ethnic minority group (the Chinese).
		The Malayan Emergency was an armed insurrection conducted by the MCP - which was a legally recognized political party by the British at that time - against the British and Malayan administration from 1948-1960.
		The timeline and dynamics of the Malayan Emergency and the War in Iraq are notably different.
	www.messychristian.com /emergency.htm (1292 words)

	Malay Peninsula: People
		The Malays, historically the dominant cultural group, probably came originally from S China (c.2,000 B.C.), but marriages with other peoples have modified their ethnic characteristics.
		The Chinese are now nearly as numerous as the Malays; Indians and Thais form important minority groups.
		Texts, raja ismail and violence: siak and the transformation of malay identity in the eighteenth century.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0859443.html (209 words)

	Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange: Monograph Series - Understanding Persons of Philippine origin: A primer for rehabilitation service providers
		This is a difficult task considering that people from the Philippines, in spite of their large number and long history of immigration to the United States, comprise an invisible ethnic group in America.
		Today, 91.5% of Filipinos are Christian Malays while Muslim Malays comprise only 4% of the population (1998 World Fact Book, CIA).
		Ed Dizon, the Philippines' leading educational diagnostician who is also a SPED professor in the University of the Philippines, relates that when he gives his assessment, there are times when the parents and the two sets of grandparents are present.
	cirrie.buffalo.edu /philippines.html (9112 words)

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