country analysis

2. Group members
• Mahmooda Naseem (1027)
• Nida Rouf (1034)
• Rashida Sarwer (1040)
• Iqra Irfan Toor (1017)
• Ayesha Mazher (1013)

4. Contents
 Introduction
 Flag
 Currency
 Languages
 Major Religions
 Cultural Analysis (business norms & values)
 Economic Analysis
 Political Analysis
 Exports & Imports

5. Introduction
• Malaysia is the combination of the word “Malay” and Latin word “sia.”
• Federation of Malaysia became an independent country on 31 August 1957.
• On 16 September 1963 federation was enlarged by the accession of the state of
Singapore, Sarawak and Sabah. The name “Malaysia is adopted from that date.
• Malaysia consist of two geographical regions;
– Peninsular Malaysia (West)
– Borneo Malaysia (East)
• Further divided in to 11 states in West and 2 states in East.

6. • Largest city and National capital of the Malaysia is “Kuala Lumpur”
• Malaysia is a multi- ethnic & multi religion country in Southeast Asia.
• Malaysia has newly industrialized market economy ranked 4th largest in
Southeast Asia and 35th largest in the world.

7. Flag
• “ Jalur Gemilang”
• 14 alteration of red and white shows 13
states and 1 federal government.
• YELLOW: Yellow seen on crescent and star is the color
of Royal Family
• BLUE: Unity of Malaysian people
• RED: strength, bravery and courage in facing challenge
• WHITE: Peace and honesty

8. Currency
• Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
• 1 Malaysian Ringgit equals
to 24.12 Rs. Of Pakistan.
• on 12 June 1967 Malaysian
dollars issued by Central bank

9. Languages:
• National & Official Language in Malaysia
is “Malay” (Bahasa Malaysia)
• English is second language.
• Chinese and Tamil also used too.
• 137 living languages in Malaysia.
• At the primary level schooling three major
languages, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil.

10. Religion:
• Malaysia is a multi-religious society Islam is the official
religion of the federation. All the Malaysian Malay people
are Muslim by law.
• Malaysian Chinese practice various faiths:
Mahayana Buddhism and Chinese traditional
religions (including Taoism).
• Hinduism is practiced by the majority of Malaysian Indians.
• Christianity has established itself in some communities,
especially in East Malaysia.

12. Culture (celebrations & Festivals, Dresses)
• January Thaipusam
• February Chinese New Year
• April Good Friday, Malaysian water festival
• May Wasek Day, Harvest festival
• June Hari gawai, Dragon Boat festival
• July Rainforest world music festival
• August Independence day, Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Hungry Ghost Festival
• September Malaysia Day, Mid Autumn Festival
• October Hari Raya Haji
• November Deepavali
• December Christmas

13. Baju Kurung Baju Malayu Batik Kebaya
Cheongsam Punjabi Dress Sari

14. Culture(Business Norms & Values)
• People do not address their bosses, by their first names. They address by
Madam, Mister, Sir, or with boss
• People generally are not very punctual for meetings or appointments,
usually blame on traffic.
• Hardworking, low absenteeism, low remuneration, females are more
productive than males.
• Male dominated society but men and women
have equal opportunity.
• Malaysian’s nature to be friendly with someone
before doing business.

15. • women do not shake hands with men only bow and place hand on heart
for respect.
• Men wears a suit with dark paints and a long sleeved shirts and a tie,
women can wear shirts, trousers or a traditional dress.
• Business cards given out by the visiting party hold and read it with both
hands.
• work related problems are solved privately before moving towards the
supervisors.

16. Political Analysis
• Political Parties
• Education sector
• Literacy
• Population

17. Political parties
• Yang di-Pertuan Agong is head of state
• Prime Minister Najib Razak the head of government.
• Malaysia is constituted monarchy with a system of parliamentary
democracy.
• It comprises 13 states as well as 2 local territories and one
administrative.
• 31 August 1957 free & fair election to the house of representative
have been held every five year or less.

18. Education
• Overseen by Ministery of education “Kementerian Pelajaran”
• Minister of education is Mahdzir Khalid.
• Total budget MVR 54.6 billions (US 17 billions)
• Education system is divided in to 4 sectors.
• Multilingual public school provide free education.
• Main legislation governing education is “Education Act 1996”
• Currently 37 private universities and 414 private colleges in Malaysia.
• Riehard O. Winsledt established Sultan Idris training college.

19. Literacy
• Literacy encompasses numeracy the ability to make simple
arithmetic calculations.
• Ability to read and write at a specified age.
• Total population is 30,331,007 out of which 96.2 Male and 93.2
Female.
• Literacy rate is 94.64% giving it rank of 75th among all countries.
• Literacy and literate citizens play critical role in transforming
Malaysia in developing country status by 2020.

20. Population(Age)
• in 2017 Malaysia population increased by 469,875 (1.51%)
• Number of birth will exceed the number of death by 374,286.
• Key figures of Malaysia:
– 516,369 live births
– 147,665 deaths
– Natural increases 368,704 people
– Net migration 94,163 people
• 9189562 young people under 15 years age
• 2030694 person between 15-64 years old
• 154387 person above 64 years old

22. Economic Analysis
• Malaysia has newly industrialized market economy.
• Fourth largest economy in Southeast Asia. 35th largest in the world.
• 3rd richest in Southeast Asia by GDP per capita value.
• GDP $815.6 billion (PPP 2015 est.)
$296.2 billion (Nominal 2015 est.)
• GDP growth 5.0% (2015)
• GDP per capita $26,300.20 (PPP, 2015 est.)
$9,776.206 (nominal, 2015 est.)
• Inflation (CPI) 3.0% (November 2015)

23. • GDP by sector (2014)
Agriculture: 7.1%
Industry: 36.8%
Services: 56.2%
• Labor force 14.04 million (2014)
• Unemployment 3.1% (2014)
• Exports 175.71 billion(2015)
• Imports 207.5 billion (2014)
• Ease of doing 23rd (2017)
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