Ketuanan Melayu
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Ketuanan Melayu: A Story of the Thinking Norm of the MalayPolitical Elite
Author: AB Sulaiman
Publisher: SIRD
ISBN: 9789671542002
Pages: 175pp
Price: RM50.00
Weight: 0.300kg
AB Sulaiman was born in a remote jungle-fringe traditionalMalay village named Kampong Selayang. Today the tree-studded kampong is tuckedvirtually under a three-tier major crossroads linking roads from north tosouth, east and west of peninsula Malaysia. When viewed from the air it is avirtual island surrounded by modern suburban residences, bustling commercialcentres and high rise condominiums.
He does not fail to see the contrast. He sees this as ametaphor revealing the ugly truth that the community appears besieged by thedemands and advances of modernity. It fits well with the axiom you can take aMalay out of his kampong, but you can’t take the kampong out of the Malay.
This observation matters a lot to him for this conservativearm of the Malay community is holding the reins of government, thus raising thequestion of whether or not it is technically competent and equipped to lead thecountry into the future. It is on this note that he writes this book.