2. Effected major policy changes with long-term implications. Joined the Anti-Japanese Malay Resistance Movement (Wataniah). Poverty and socioeconomic imbalances among Malaysia's multiethnic population. Instrumental in establishing such agencies. Formed the basis of Malaysia's education policy.
3. Reshaped Malaysia's socioeconomic landscape. Re-establishing public order and the resumption of parliamentary rule (1971). Resurgence of Communist activities on the peninsula and secessionist tendencies in Sabah. Involved in the formation of Malaysia on 1963. Formation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 1967. Concept for a Zone of Peace, Freedom, and Neutrality (ZOPFAN).
