Isu Semasa di Malaysia

Bagi pembuat dasar di mana-mana sektor sekali pun, tidak mengira sektor awam atau sektor swasta, perlulah mereka mengetahui isu-isu yang berlaku di sekeliling. Walau pun hal ini memenatkan namun, ia merupakan satu hal yang wajib dilakukan. Berikut adalah isu semasa di Malaysia atau dunia yang melibatkan Malaysia mengikut tahun.

• Isu Semasa di Malaysia pada Tahun 2018
• Isu Semasa di Malaysia pada Tahun 2019
• Isu Semasa di Malaysia pada Tahun 2020
• Isu Semasa di Malaysia pada Tahun 2021
• Isu Semasa di Malaysia pada Tahun 2022
• Isu Semasa di Malaysia pada Tahun 2022
• Isu Semasa di Malaysia pada Tahun 2023
• Isu Semasa di Malaysia pada Tahun 2024
• Isu Semasa di Malaysia pada Tahun 2025

Gambar hiasan di atas diambil oleh aku di Jalan Tun Perak, Kuala Lumpur. Aku tidak ingat tarikh dan tahunnya namun ia memang gambar asal dari aku melalui telefon pintar aku sendiri. Sekian, terima kasih. The photo was snapped by me in Jalan Tun Perak, Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysian Cuisine

Malaysian cuisine consists of cooking traditions and practices found in Malaysia. It reflects the multi-ethnic makeup of its population. The vast majority of Malaysia's population can roughly be divided among three major nations namely Malays, Chinese and Indians. The remainder consists of indigenous peoples of Sabah and Sarawak in Borneo Malaysia, the Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia, the Peranakan and Eurasian creole communities, as well as a significant number of foreign workers and expatriates.

As a result of historical migrations, colonization by imperial foreign powers and its geographical position within its wider home region, Malaysia's culinary style today is primarily a mixture of traditions from its Malay, Chinese, Indian, Indonesian and ethnic Bornean citizens with heavy to light influences from Thai, Portuguese, Dutch, Arab and British cuisines. This resulted in a blend of flavors, making Malaysian cuisine highly complex and diverse. The condiments and spices used in cooking may vary according to individual, region and ethnicity.

Since Peninsular Malaysia shares a common history with Singapore, it is common to find versions of the same dish across both sides of the border regardless of place of origin such as laksa and chicken rice. Also because of their proximity, historic migration and close ethnic and cultural kinship, Malaysia shares culinary ties with Indonesia for example satay, rendang and sambal. Indian cuisine in Malaysia has a mixture of north-south Indian and Sri Lankan variation that can be differentiated by drier or wetter curry dish preparation.

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The Orang Asli of Malaya

 

Orang Asli means the native or aboriginal people of Malaya. It refers to indigenous and oldest inhabitants of Malaya or Peninsular Malaysia. According to Department of the Development of Indigenous People (JAKOA), officially there are 18 Orang Asli sub-ethnic groups, categorized according to their different languages and customs. They are divided into three major races.

• Negrito, generally confined to the northern of Malaya
• Senoi, living in the central region of Malaya
• Proto-Malaya, mostly living in southern and west coast of Malaya

The first two main races speak in Austroasiatic or Mon-Khmer languages inhabited Malaya long before others came. The Proto-Malays who speak Austronesian languages migrated to Malaya between 2,500 to 1,500 BC. The Proto-Malays were originally considered as Malays before reclassification as Orang Asli by the British colonial authorities due to the similarity of their socio-economic and lifestyles with the Senoi and Negrito races.

 

There are Orang Asli museums in Malacca and Gombak which is about 25 km north of Kuala Lumpur.

• Brief History of Orang Asli
• Demography of Orang Asli 
• Languages of Orang Asli 
• Social and Legal Status 
  

References

• Orang Asli Archives, Keene College, Antioch University, New England, the US (Online)
• Orang Asli Health and Well-Being, Webminar, Vivek Venkataraman, 10 November 2020, Session 1 (Youtube); Session 2 (Youtube)
• Orang Asli, Minority Rights Group International, UK (Online)
  
• Mohd Tan'im bin Tajuddin, A Visit to Temuan Villages, 22 December 2016 (Blogspot) 

Human Rights in Malaysia

 

I believe that there are many gaps in the politics and decision making that need to be addressed based on my experience of four years and eight months serving in a statutory body related to the human rights in Malaysia. Based on Wikipedia, I was informed that the situation of human rights in Malaysia is controversial as there are numerous allegations of human rights violations here.

• Human Rights Trend: International
• Human Rights Trend: National

Human Rights Education

Human Rights Training Materials

Human Rights Lessons Plan

References

• Againdrankumar Gnanasagaran, Malaysia Remains Committed to Human Rights Struggle, the ASEAN Post, 12 November 2018 (Online)

Pic Source: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia via The ASEAN Post 

ICERD and Malaysia

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) was adopted and opened for signature and ratification by General Assembly resolution 2106 (XX) of 21 December 1965. Its entry into force was on 4 January 1969 in accordance with Article 19.

• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
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Reference

• Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad, 'Kesan Pengesahan ICERD', 9 Nov 2018 (online)
• Badrul Hafizan Mat Isa, 'ICERD Atasi Perlembagaan', Utusan, 3 November 2018 (online)
• Mohd Sabran Md.Sani, "Dewan Muda Johor Gesa Kerajaan Tolak ICERD', Berita Harian 17 Nvember 2018 (online)

Malaysian Federal Constitution

 

The Federal Constitution of Malaya, which came into force in 1957, is the supreme law of Malaya. The Federation was initially called the Federation of Malaya and it adopted its present name, Malaysia, in 1963 when the States of Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore became part of the Federation.

The Constitution establishes the Federation as a constitutional monarchy having the Yang di-Pertuan Agong as the Head of State whose roles are largely ceremonial. It provides for the establishment and the organization of three main branches of the government:

• Parliament, the bicameral legislative branch which consists of the House of Representatives or Dewan Rakyat and the Senate or Dewan Negara;
• Executive, led by the Prime Minister and his Cabinet Ministers; and
• Judicial, headed by the Federal Court.  

Reference

• Reid Constitutional Commission, National Archives of Malaysia, Ministry Tourism, Art and Culture Malaysia (online)
• A Duty to Protect Federal Constitution, Aliran, 17 Nov 2017 (online)
• Loh Foon Fong, "Malaysian Bar: All legislation must adhere to Federal Constitution", the Star Online, 4 Feb 2018 (online)
• Syahredzan Johan, Understanding the Federation of Malaya, the Star Online, 2 Nov 2015 (online)
• Dr. Shashi Tharoor, British Colonial Divide and Rule Policy in Malaya - Echoes of India, Economic History of Malaya (online) 

Malaysian General Election 14

I had conducted my personal observation as a civilian during the pre-election period ranging from 5-10 May 2018. This election is quite different as compared to before since most of young people had registered themselves as voters in the election. I took pictures as a record for future reference. I think it is worth to be remembered and to be kept in our memory.

References

Please click here to see some of compiled references. Source picture of the map by Derkommander016 from the Wikipedia. Source of non-academic brief information.