Power of kongsi Merdeka
AS we celebrate Merdeka on Aug 31, it may be useful to revisit a concept that was deemed to be the lynchpin towards an independent Malaya and subsequently Malaysia in less than two decades later. This is the concept of perkongsian, an unwritten social contract of sort between the various communiti...
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| author | Abd Razak, Dzulkifli |
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| description | AS we celebrate Merdeka on Aug 31, it may be useful to revisit a concept that was deemed to be the
lynchpin towards an independent Malaya and subsequently Malaysia in less than two decades later.
This is the concept of perkongsian, an unwritten social contract of sort between the various communities.
Vaguely, perkongsian can be translated to mean "sharing", but not quite. The root word, kongsi, is of Chinese
origin and has at least two meanings.
Summarily, one refers to a shared place of community living which could be likened to a presentday
idea of a
dormitory, except that a kongsi then was used to house Chinese coolies. |
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| spelling | usm-335162017-04-21T03:41:27Z http://eprints.usm.my/33516/ Power of kongsi Merdeka Abd Razak, Dzulkifli HT51-1595 Communities. Classes. Races AS we celebrate Merdeka on Aug 31, it may be useful to revisit a concept that was deemed to be the lynchpin towards an independent Malaya and subsequently Malaysia in less than two decades later. This is the concept of perkongsian, an unwritten social contract of sort between the various communities. Vaguely, perkongsian can be translated to mean "sharing", but not quite. The root word, kongsi, is of Chinese origin and has at least two meanings. Summarily, one refers to a shared place of community living which could be likened to a presentday idea of a dormitory, except that a kongsi then was used to house Chinese coolies. 2005-08-21 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/33516/1/DZUL372.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2005) Power of kongsi Merdeka. New Sunday Times. |
| spellingShingle | HT51-1595 Communities. Classes. Races Abd Razak, Dzulkifli Power of kongsi Merdeka |
| title | Power of kongsi Merdeka |
| title_full | Power of kongsi Merdeka |
| title_fullStr | Power of kongsi Merdeka |
| title_full_unstemmed | Power of kongsi Merdeka |
| title_short | Power of kongsi Merdeka |
| title_sort | power of kongsi merdeka |
| topic | HT51-1595 Communities. Classes. Races |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/33516/ http://eprints.usm.my/33516/1/DZUL372.pdf |