The author examines the economic aspect of Malay nationalism. After outlining the interplay of political, economic and cultural factors in the making of Malay nationalism, he describes how these factors interacted and became articulated as the political and economic agenda of the nationalist...

The author notes that racial rioting in May 1969 and the government's subsequent implementation in 1971 of the 20-year New Economic Policy (NEP) to address the root causes of interethnic tensions, traumatized Peninsular Malaysia's Chinese community. He evaluates the role of the Malaysian Chinese...