Create by Siau-Wee Tai

Brief Description multi-racial country The three main races in Malaysia are Malay, Chinese and Indian.

Language English Malay Chinese India other minority dialects.

Religion Islam Buddhism Daoism Hinduism Christianity Sikhism Shamanism

Major Culture Issues Malay - a traditionally gentle and warm people, always be courteous and soft-spoken, treat others with respect, help others and maintain the peace within the home and the community. Chinese - such is the regard for food that the traditional Chinese in Malaysia, as in Hong Kong or Beijing, invariably ask each other on meeting the English equivalent of "Have you eaten, yet?" (The answer always "Yes, I have"). Indians - they greet each other with palms placed together and raised to the front of the face, head slightly bowed.

Major Industries rubber oil palm processing and manufacturing Electronics tin mining and smelting logging and processing timber petroleum production agriculture processing petroleum production and refining

Advantages Political stability relatively higher wealth the even distribution of wealth English speaking population Malaysian can communicate with people from Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, India, and Indonesia, without any language barrier.

Disadvantages fairly casual employee work ethic concentration of business political power in increasingly fewer hands.

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