COURSE TITLE MALAYSIAN ECONOMY (Ekonomi Malaysia ...

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COURSE TITLE
COURSE CODE
MALAYSIAN ECONOMY
(Ekonomi Malaysia)
EBE2033
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SYNOPSIS
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Malaysia has achieved an impressive economic growth during
the 1970s and 1980s, which has continued in the 1990s. By
1996, Malaysia had experienced more than nine years of
sustained rapid economic growth after the 1986s recession. The
recovery was considerably assisted by the economic
liberalization measures taken in the mid- 1980s. This factor has
been consolidated in the early 1990 with a commitment to
achieve the status of a fully developed country by the year 2020
by focusing manufacturing-based economic growth. However,
the 1997/8 crises disclosed some problems in our economic
management. This course wishes to highlight the contributing
factors to Malaysias economic growth and the economics
prospects as well as the challenges face by the nation in moving
towards the year 2020.
(Malaysia telah mencapai pertumbuhan ekonomi yang amat
membanggakan pada tahun-tahun 1970an, 1980an dan prestasi
ini berterusan sehingga tahun 1990an. Pada tahun 1996,
Malaysia telah merekodkan pertumbuhan ekonomi berterusan
selama sembilan tahun selepas mengalami kemelesetan ekonomi
pada tahun 1986. Pemulihan tersebut telah didorong oleh
liberalisasi ekonomi yang diperkenalkan pada pertengahan
tahun 1980an. Usaha ini telah dikukuhkan lagi pada awal tahun
1990 dengan komitmen untuk mencapai status negara maju
sepenuhnya menjelang tahun 2020 melalui penekanan kepada
pertumbuhan sektor pembuatan. Walaubagaimanapun, krisis
kewangan yang melanda negara-negara Asia pada tahun
1996/1997 telah mendedahkan beberapa masalah ekonomi di
Malaysia. Kursus ini mengupas faktor-faktor penyumbang
kepada pertumbuhan ekonomi Malaysia, prospek dan cabaran
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yang dihadapi oleh Malaysia di dalam usaha menuju ke arah
negara maju menjelang tahun 2020.)
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
o list down previous and current economic policies and
socio-economic issues in Malaysia, and to relate it with the
performance of Malaysian economy in the past and future.
(C2, P1, A4, CT)
o explain the roles of different economic sectoral and their
importance on the development of Malaysian economy
(C2, P1, A4, CT, TS)
o Relate how ICT development facilitates the achievement of
Vision 2020 (C3, P1, A4, CS, CT)
STUDENT
LEARNING
HOURS
Lectures
Tutorials
Self-Study
Quizzes, Tests, & Examinations
Total
28 Hour/s
10 Hour/s
73 Hour/s
9 Hour/s
120 Hour/s
LEARNING
UNITS
Supervised
Learning Hours
1. LU 1: Introduction
3
a. Background of Malaysian Economy-Analyzing
Macroeconomic indicators
2. b. Highlighting Malaysian economic policies
3
3. LU 2: Structural Development and Performance of
Malaysian Economy
a. Agricultural Sector Development
b. Automotive Industry Development
3
4. c. Telecommunications Sector
3
d. Tourism Industry
5. e. Banking Industry - Merging and consolidation
issues
f. Foreign Direct Investment and economic
development
3
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6. g. Privatization Programme and its impact on
3
economic development in Malaysia
7. LU 3: Socio Economic Issues in Malaysia
0
a. Patterns and Trends in Income Distribution,
Employment, Retrenchment and Poverty
8. b. Education and Manpower Development in
0
Malaysia
9. LU 4: Knowledge-based economy (K Economy)
Development in Malaysia
a. Knowledge-Based Economy Development
b. Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) and Vision
2020
0
10. LU 5: Financial Crisis- What is our faults
0
a. Fundamental reassessment.
b. Theoritical views underlying the financial crisis
11. c. Globalization and Its Challenges
0
-WTO and Regional Trade Arrangements
-Impact of globalization on Malaysian Economy
12. LU 6: Optimum Currency Area (OCA) and Currency
Band
-ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
-Economic Integration-OCA, its benefits and costs
0
13. Currency Band
-Regimes of currency in Malaysia: Pegging and
managed float and its implication on the strength of
Malaysian Ringgit
0
14. Revision
0
ASSESSMENT Assignment
30 %
Quiz
5 %
Mid term exam
25 %
final exam
40 %
Total
100 %
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REFERENCES 1. Poon Wai Ching, 2009. The Development of Malaysian
Economy, Kuala Lumpur: Prentice Hall
2. K.S. Jomo (Ed). 1994. Malaysias Economy in the
Nineties. Kuala Lumpur: Pelanduk Publications
3. Okposin, S. B., 2003. Perubahan Fasa Ekonomi Malaysia.
Kuala Lumpur: Utusan Publlcations and Distributors
4. Ministry of Finance Malaysia. Economic Report, Various
Issues. Kuala Lumpur: PNMB
Last updated: February 6, 2010, Sat, 2:39 PM
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