Globalization and National Autonomy: The Experience of Malaysia

List of Abbreviations

vii LIST฀OF฀ABBREVIATIONS 7MP Seventh Malaysia Plan 9MP Ninth Malaysia Plan ABIM Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement) ADB Asian Development Bank AFC Asian Financial Crisis AFTA ASEAN Free Trade Area AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome AIM Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia AL ARQAM Darul Arqam AMCJA All Malaya Council of Joint Action APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations BCIC Bumiputera Commercial and Industrial Community BN Barisan Nasional BOT Build-Operate-Transfer CAHP Coalition Against Healthcare Privatization CBUs Completely Built-Up Units CKD Completely Knocked Down DID Drainage and Irrigation Division DNU Department of National Unity EPF Employees Provident Fund EPU Economic Planning Unit FDI Foreign Direct Investment FELCRA Federal Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority FELDA Federal Land Development Authority FIDA Federal Industrial Development Authority FMM Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers 00฀GlobalNAprelimsn.indd฀฀฀7 7/28/08฀฀฀9:53:02฀AM viii฀ ABBREVIATIONS FTAA Free Trade Area of the America FYPs Five-year Plans G20 20 Developing Countries GAPENA Gabungan Persatuan Penulis Nasional Malaysia GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GDP Gross Domestic Product GLCs Government-Linked Companies GMP Guaranteed Minimum Price GNP Gross National Product GSN Globalization Studies Network HICOM Heavy Industries Corporation of Malaysia HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus IADPs Integrated Agricultural Development Programmes IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ICA Industrial Coordination Act ICU Implementation and Coordination Unit IIR Interethnic Incomes Ratio IKMAS Institute of Malaysian and International Studies IMF International Monetary Fund IRA Industrial Relations Act JAKIM Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Department of Islamic Advancement of Malaysia) JIM Jemah Islah Malaysia (Malaysia Council/Congregation for Islamic Reformation) JSEPA Japan-Singapore Economic Partnership Agreement LDCs Less Developed Countries LEP Look East Policy MARA Majlis Amanah Rakyat (People’s Trust Council) MARDI Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute MAS Malaysia Airlines Bhd MCA Malaysian Chinese Association MERCOSUR Southern Common Market MIC Malaysian Indian Congress MISC Malaysian International Shipping Corporation MITI Ministry of International Trade Industry MJEPA Malaysia Japan Economic Partnership Agreement MPF Malaysian Professional Forum 00฀GlobalNAprelimsn.indd฀฀฀8 7/28/08฀฀฀9:53:02฀AM ABBREVIATIONS฀ ix MPF Muslim Professional Forum MPVs Multipurpose Vehicles MUET Malaysian University English Test NCP National Culture Policy NDP National Development Policy NDPC National Development Planning Committee NEAC National Economic Action Council NEP New Economic Policy NFPEs Non-Financial Public Enterprises NGOs Non-Government Organizations NOC National Operations Council NST New Straits Times OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OPPs Outline Perspective Plans PAS Party Islam SeMalaysia (Islamic Party of Malaysia) PERKIM Pertubuhan Kebajikan Islam Malaysia (Muslim Missionary and Converts Beneficent Society) PhD Doctor of Philosophy PKMM Parti Kebangsaan Melayu Malaya (Malay Nationalist Party) PKIPIM Persatuan Kebangsaan Pelajar-Pelajar Islam Malaysia (National Muslim Students Association of Malaysia) PNB Permodalan Nasional Berhad (National Equity Corporation) PREM Poverty Reduction, Economic Management PUTERA Pusat Tenaga Rakyat (Centre for People’s Forces) PWD Public Works Department RISDA Rubber Industry Smallholder Development Authority SCOA Syariah Criminal Ordinances and Acts SEATO South East Asian Treaty Organization SET Scientific, Engineering and Technical SOEs State-Owned Enterprises SOCSO Social Security Organization SPKR Skim Pembangunan Kesejahteraan Rakyat (Scheme for the Development of the People’s Well-being) SPM Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (Malaysian Certificate of Education) SRG Social Research Group 00฀GlobalNAprelimsn.indd฀฀฀9 7/28/08฀฀฀9:53:03฀AM x฀ ABBREVIATIONS STAM Sijil Tinggi Agama Malaysia (Malaysian Higher Certificate of Religious Education) STPM Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia (Malaysian Higher Certificate of Education) TINA There Is No Alternative TNB Tenaga Nasional Berhad (Malaysia’s National Electricity Utility Company) TRIMs Trade-Related Investment Measures TRIPs Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights TWN Third World Network UKM Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia UMNO United Malays National Organization UNITAR Universiti Tun Abdul Razak UPM Universiti Putra Malaysia UTM Universiti Teknologi Malaysia UUK Universiti Utara Malaysia VAT Value Added Tax WTO World Trade Organization 00฀GlobalNAprelimsn.indd฀฀฀10 7/28/08฀฀฀9:53:03฀AM ...