American Cultural Values Gary R. Weaver, Ph.D. This piece was originally published in Kokusai Bunka Kenshu (Intercultural Training), Winter, 1997, Vol. 14, pp. 14-20. This revised version was published in Kokusai Bunka Kenshu (Intercultural Training), Special Edition, 1999, pp. 9-15.
The economy of Malaysia is the 4th largest in Southeast Asia, and is the 35th largest economy in the world. Malaysian labour productivity is significantly higher than neighbouring Indonesia, Philippines or Vietnam due to a high intensity of knowledge-based industries and adoption of cutting edge technology for manufacturing and the digital economy. According to the Global Competitiveness Report 2017, the Malaysian economy is the 23rd most competitive country in the world in the period of 2017-20
Malaysia is a multi-ethnic society and as such, has a variety of major religions which occupy an important place in the daily life of its citizens.The country is officially an Islamic nation and Islam is the state religion of Malaysia.he third largest ethnic group in Malaysia is the Tamil Indians who comprise abut 9% of the population. The majority of these are practicing Hindus today. Prior to the coming of Islam, Malaysia was greatly influenced by both Hinduism and Buddhism brought by early Indian traders.