DOCUMENTING PAPERS ON BUMIPUTRA PARTICIPATION IN THE MALAYSIAN ECONOMY

Abstract

Perhaps no other body of contemporary Malaysian economic documents is as significant as those related to the many seminars, symposia and congresses held on bumiputera (indigenous) participation in the Malaysian economy. Unlike those of most other seminars, the bulk of the hundreds of suggestions and resolutions emanating from the Bumiputera Economic Congress series have been consolidated into policy; and have resulted in the creation of many current vehicles for training bumiputera expertise; strategizing bumiputera expansion in the economy; and solving problems of the bumiputera businesses. Agencies and institutions such as the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; the MARA Institute of Technology; PERNAS (the National Trading Corporation); Bank Bumiputera; Malayan Banking; state development corporations; the CIC (Capital Investment Committee); Urban Development Authority (UDA): are but a few examples of the myriads of agencies created to help in achieving the New Economic Policy (NEP). The NEP itself, though propelled by the 13 May 1969 incident, was fundamentally a result of consolidated thinking of the initial congresses. For those interested in any aspect of Malaysia's modern social, political and economic history, therefore, the contents of seminar papers on this topic are of inevitable interest.

Citation

SIEW MUN, K. (1987), "DOCUMENTING PAPERS ON BUMIPUTRA PARTICIPATION IN THE MALAYSIAN ECONOMY", Library Review, Vol. 36 No. 2, pp. 110-121. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb012838