This document provides information about Malaysia. It lists the group members, table of contents, and then provides details about Malaysia's flag, currency, languages, religions, culture, politics, education system, population demographics, and economic analysis including imports and exports. Key facts include that Malaysia has a multi-ethnic population and became independent in 1957, with Kuala Lumpur as its capital city and largest urban area.

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)
business rank

24. Import & Export
Main Import Partners: Main export Partners:

25. Import & Export
Major Import Products: Major Export Product: