HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND POLICIES IN MALAYSIA
Malaysia is a multi-cultural country with 3 basic racial-religious groups. The housing industry has to
take this into consideration in the housing development and planning. The residential patterns of the three
main ethnic groups in Malaysia are noticeable due to their economic activities 30 years ago. For example,
most of the Malays live in rural areas, most of the Chinese live in urban areas and most Indians live in
rubber and oil palm estate. In order to change these stereotypes of the ethnic groups in the country, New
Economic Policies (NEP) were implemented in 1970. The overriding objective of NEP is to foster
national unity and nation-building through the eradication of poverty, irrespective of race, and the
restructuring of society to eliminate the identification of race with economic function and geographic
location (Agus, 1989). The Malaysian government encouraged the Malays to migrate to urban centers as
part of the NEP strategy to change the character of urban population which was dominated by the Chinese
and also as part of the strategy to create a new Malay commercial community in urban area. The rapid
rate of rural Malay migration to urban center in the 80s has caused the growing demand for affordable
housing in many cities (Sivar & Kasim, 1997). The urban migration has resulted in a severe shortage in
affordable housing. The urban poor have responded to the shortage by the formation of extensive slum
and squatter settlements.
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND POLICIES IN MALAYSIA
Malaysia is a multi-cultural country with 3 basic racial-religious groups. The housing industry has to
take this into consideration in the housing development and planning. The residential patterns of the three
main ethnic groups in Malaysia are noticeable due to their economic activities 30 years ago. For example,
most of the Malays live in rural areas, most of the Chinese live in urban areas and most Indians live in
rubber and oil palm estate. In order to change these stereotypes of the ethnic groups in the country, New
Economic Policies (NEP) were implemented in 1970. The overriding objective of NEP is to foster
national unity and nation-building through the eradication of poverty, irrespective of race, and the
restructuring of society to eliminate the identification of race with economic function and geographic
location (Agus, 1989). The Malaysian government encouraged the Malays to migrate to urban centers as
part of the NEP strategy to change the character of urban population which was dominated by the Chinese
and also as part of the strategy to create a new Malay commercial community in urban area. The rapid
rate of rural Malay migration to urban center in the 80s has caused the growing demand for affordable
housing in many cities (Sivar & Kasim, 1997). The urban migration has resulted in a severe shortage in
affordable housing. The urban poor have responded to the shortage by the formation of extensive slum
and squatter settlements.
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HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND POLICIES IN MALAYSIA
Malaysia is a multi-cultural country with 3 basic racial-religious groups. The housing industry has to
take this into consideration in the housing development and planning. The residential patterns of the three
main ethnic groups in Malaysia are noticeable due to their economic activities 30 years ago. For example,
most of the Malays live in rural areas, most of the Chinese live in urban areas and most Indians live in
rubber and oil palm estate. In order to change these stereotypes of the ethnic groups in the country, New
Economic Policies (NEP) were implemented in 1970. The overriding objective of NEP is to foster
national unity and nation-building through the eradication of poverty, irrespective of race, and the
restructuring of society to eliminate the identification of race with economic function and geographic
location (Agus, 1989). The Malaysian government encouraged the Malays to migrate to urban centers as
part of the NEP strategy to change the character of urban population which was dominated by the Chinese
and also as part of the strategy to create a new Malay commercial community in urban area. The rapid
rate of rural Malay migration to urban center in the 80s has caused the growing demand for affordable
housing in many cities (Sivar & Kasim, 1997). The urban migration has resulted in a severe shortage in
affordable housing. The urban poor have responded to the shortage by the formation of extensive slum
and squatter settlements.
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