1Malaysia has been the ‘it’ buzzword of Malaysia ever since it was launched and promoted by the Prime Minister, YAB Dato’ Sri Najib Tun Razak. The main concept of 1 Malaysia is to build a united and progressive nation in the 21st Century. The principle highlight in 1 Malaysia concept is include the spirit and values of togetherness and sense of belongings, regardless of race, religion and creed.
For instance, the New Economic Policy (NEP) was introduced as a mean to tackle the great economic disparity between the races in Malaysia and to eradicate poverty regardless of race. Money, and general wealth by extension, was indeed a sore point. Affirmative action, in which what NEP is all about, was seen as a mechanism to counter such problem. It however, came under fire as growing discontent among certain groups that the fruits of development are enjoyed by certain groups only. The redistribution of wealth was deemed as a Robin Hood-like man oeuvre which would hamper the nation’s growth. Unfazed by critics, the NEP continued on and managed to bring Malaysia out of the hostile era of the late 1960s into a more peaceful and developing days of the 1980s.
Every year Malaysia will organize a lot of event, which is represent different race identity. Nowadays, the people together celebrate the event hold in Malaysia. The mixture of the element create a new Malaysia identity. Table below are the annul event which represent Malaysia element will hold in 2011:
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