Malaysian Chinese: Recent Developments and Prospects

Glossary

xi GLOSSARY BA฀ Barisan฀Alternatif฀(Alternative฀Front) BCIC฀ Bumiputra฀Commercial฀and฀Industrial฀Community BERSIH฀ Coalition฀for฀Clean฀and฀Fair฀Elections BN฀ Barisan฀Nasional฀(National฀Front) CMS฀ Cahaya฀Mata฀Sarawak CPI฀ Corruption฀Perception฀Index DAP฀ Democratic฀Action฀Party EC฀ Election฀Commission FDI฀ foreign฀direct฀investments GCC฀ Group฀of฀Concerned฀Citizens Gerakan฀ Parti฀Gerakan฀Malaysia GM฀ Guang฀Ming HINDRAF฀ Hindu฀Rights฀Action฀Force ICSS฀ Independent฀Chinese฀Secondary฀Schools IMP฀ Independence฀of฀Malaya฀Party INSAP฀ Institute฀of฀Strategic฀Analysis฀and฀Policy฀Research IPTA฀ public฀institutions฀of฀higher฀learning IPTS฀ private฀institutions฀of฀higher฀learning ISA฀ Internal฀Security฀Act JAWI฀ Federal฀Territory฀Department฀of฀Religious฀Affairs KEADILAN฀ Parti฀Keadilan฀Nasional฀ KLSCAH฀ Selangor฀Chinese฀Assembly฀Hall KOSATU฀ Koperasi฀Belia฀Bersatu KTHCF฀ Kudat฀Thean฀Hou฀Charitable฀Foundation LDP฀ Liberal฀Democratic฀Party MAFREL฀ Malaysians฀for฀Free฀and฀Fair฀Elections MCA฀ Malaysian฀Chinese฀Association MCKK฀ Malay฀College฀Kuala฀Kangsar MIC฀ Malaysian฀Indian฀Congress MIMOS฀ Malaysian฀Institute฀of฀Microelectronic฀Systems MK฀ Malaysiakini 00a฀MalaysianChinGlossary.indd฀฀฀11 7/8/11฀฀฀5:18:29฀PM xii Glossary MMM฀ Malay/Melanau/Muslims MR฀ Merdekareview NDP฀ National฀Development฀Policy NEA฀ New฀Economic฀Agenda NEP฀ New฀Economic฀Policy NGO฀ Non-governmental฀Organization NHEFC฀ National฀Higher฀Education฀Fund฀Corporation NMB฀ Non-Muslim฀Bumiputra NOC฀ National฀Operations฀Council NSTP฀ New฀Straits฀Times฀Press NUS฀ National฀University฀of฀Singapore NVP฀ National฀Vision฀Policy OEM฀ Original฀Equipment฀Manufacturer฀ OSA฀ Official฀Secrets฀Act PAS฀ Parti฀Islam฀Semalaysia฀(Pan-Malaysian฀Islamic฀Party) PBB฀ Parti฀Pesaka฀Bumiputera฀Bersatu PBS฀ Parti฀Bersatu฀Sabah PGCC฀ Penang฀Global฀City฀Centre PGRM฀ Parti฀Gerakan฀Rakyat฀Malaysia PKR฀ Parti฀Keadilan฀Rakyat PPPA฀ Printing฀Presses฀and฀Publications฀Act PR฀ Pakatan฀Rakyat฀(People’s฀Pact฀or฀People’s฀Alliance) PRS฀ Parti฀Rakyat฀Sarawak ROS฀ Registrar฀of฀Societies฀ SAPP฀ Sabah฀Progressive฀Party SC฀ Sin฀Chew SDC฀ Special฀Delegates฀Conference SEAPA฀ Southeast฀Asian฀Press฀Alliance SELCAT฀ Select฀Committee฀on฀Competency,฀Accountability฀ and฀Transparency SIB฀ Sidang฀Injil฀Borneo SJKCs฀ Sekolah฀Kebangsaan฀Jenis฀Cina SMEs฀ small฀and฀medium฀enterprises SPDP฀ Sarawak฀Progressive฀Democratic฀Party SPM฀ Sijil฀Pelajaran฀Malaysia STPM฀ Sijil฀Tinggi฀Persekolahan฀Malaysia฀(Malaysian฀Higher฀ School฀Certificate) SUPP฀ Sarawak฀United฀People’s฀Party UEC฀ United฀Examinations฀Certificate฀ xii Glossary 00a฀MalaysianChinGlossary.indd฀฀฀12 7/8/11฀฀฀5:18:30฀PM Glossary xiii UM฀ University฀of฀Malaya UMNO฀ United฀Malays฀National฀Organisation UPSR฀ Ujian฀Pencapaian฀Sekolah฀Rendah฀(Primary฀School฀ Evaluation฀Test) Y4C฀ Youth฀for฀Change 00a฀MalaysianChinGlossary.indd฀฀฀13 7/8/11฀฀฀5:18:30฀PM xiv Glossary 00a฀MalaysianChinGlossary.indd฀฀฀14 7/8/11฀฀฀5:18:30฀PM ...