This article describes the condition of manpower planning and labor markets in West Malaysia during the 1960s. Problems and conditions in employment markets; Implications of insulated markets for manpower and economic policies; Suggestions offered for future employment-creation policies. [Download]
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Economic Development in Malaya
This article comments on the book ‘The Political Economy of Independent Malaya,’ edited by T.H. Silcock and E.K. Fisk. Communal and party structure; Rural economy and rural development policy; Balance of payment problems. [Download]
Regional Inequalities And Economic Growth In Malaysia
The article examines the impact of regional disparities on Malaysia’s national economic growth. These disparities are visibly predominant in the agricultural sector, followed by the manufacturing and service industries. In recognition of the inequalities, the Malaysian government has adopted balanced regional development as the main objective of its development program. In an attempt to attain… Continue reading Regional Inequalities And Economic Growth In Malaysia
International Tourism and Cultural Change in Southeast Asia.
The first part of this paper, accordingly, will analyze these problems and suggest an alternative framework for analyzing tourism and culture in Southeast Asia. In the second part of this paper, I pose three aspects of the relationship between tourism and culture which seem particularly important and worthy of further exploration. These involve the expanded… Continue reading International Tourism and Cultural Change in Southeast Asia.
Human Resource Factor Intensity and Export Structure of Singapore and Malaysia
The paper examines the impact of rising human resource ( HR ) endowments on the relative factor intensity and composition of manufactured exports of Singapore and Malaysia. Following the traditional approach, relative factor intensities are approximated by wage and non-wage value added per employee. The findings show that the manufacturing activities in both countries have… Continue reading Human Resource Factor Intensity and Export Structure of Singapore and Malaysia
Unemployment Trends in Peninsular Malaysia during the 1970s (1985)
Author 1 Hawley, Amos H. Author 2 Fernandez, Dorothy Author 3 Singh, Harbans Examines the unemployment trends in Peninsular Malaysia during the 1970s. Reasons why economists regard unemployment as undesirable; Principal sources of information on unemployment in Malaysia; Unemployment data from 1962-1982; Determinants of interstate variation in unemployment rates in 1980. [Download] Download
The Malaysian Planting Industry Rubber And Oil Palm 1960-1980
Examines the changes in the pattern of life on the estates in Malaysia from 1960 to 1980. Imposition of the Sunday day of rest; Introduction of contour-planting; Implementation of immigration laws; Replacement of rubber with oil palm cultivation; Reawakening of religious awareness on the estates; Investment in expensive equipment to fake or counterfeit products coming… Continue reading The Malaysian Planting Industry Rubber And Oil Palm 1960-1980
Unemployment among Urban Youth in Peninsular Malaysia, 1970: A Multivariate Analysis of Individual and Structural Effects
Addresses the question of youth unemployment in Peninsular Malaysia. Analysis of both individual and structural determinants; Conventional economic theory of labor force development; Basic determinants of labor underutilization; Structural aspects of the economy that inhibit the employment of potential workers. Download
Unemployment Trends in Peninsular Malaysia during the 1970s.
Author 1 Harris, G.T. Author 2 Tai Shzee Yew Examines the unemployment trends in Peninsular Malaysia during the 1970s. Reasons why economists regard unemployment as undesirable; Principal sources of information on unemployment in Malaysia; Unemployment data from 1962-1982; Determinants of interstate variation in unemployment rates in 1980. Download
Transportation And The Development Of Malaya
Focuses on the initial period of Malayan development which reflected an effort to exert administrative control and extract tin ore through a complementary rail and road system. Provision of a base for the development of rubber estates in the period when the road network became recognized as the most flexible form of transportation; Association of… Continue reading Transportation And The Development Of Malaya