Tan Sri Dr Fong Chan Onn Panglima Setia Mahkota (PSM) Darjah Gemilang Seri Melaka, DGSM Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka (DMSM) |
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PERSONAL PARTICULARS: |
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Name: | Tan Sri Dr Fong Chan Onn | Age: | 67 years | Office: | Unit A-29-6, Level 29, Menara UOA Bangsar, No. 5, Jalan Bangsar Utama 1, Bangsar, 59000 Kuala Lumpur. | Tel: | 03-2282-6186 | Fax: | 03-2282-6187 | Email: | fongco06@gmail.com |
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Address House:
| 75 Jalan Semarak Api, Sierra Mas, 47000 Sungei Buloh, Selangor |
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Academic Background: |
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1966 | Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) First Class Honours University of Canterbury, New Zealand | 1972 | Masters of Business Administration University of Rochester, New York | 1974 | PhD. Operations Research/Industrial Economics University of Rochester, New York |
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Political Background: |
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Since 1996 | Vice President Malaysian Chinese Association, MCA | Since 1990 | Member of Parliament for Selandar, Melaka | Since 1990 | Chairman, MCA Economic Policy Bureau Malaysian Chinese Association, MCA | Since 1990 | Member of Presidential Council Malaysian Chinese Association, MCA | 1993-1996 | Vice Chairman, MCA Melaka State Liaison Committee | 1993-1996 | Chairman, MCA Sabah State Liaison Committee | 1996-2007 | Chairman, MCA Kelantan State Liaison Committee | Since 2007 | Chairman, MCA Melaka | Since 2002 | Member, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) Council |
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Party Contributions: |
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1999-2001 | Coordinator of MCA's discussion group for the National Economic Consultative Council to draw up the Second National Development Policy (2001-2010) | 1989-1990 | Represented MCA on the National Economic Consultative Council to draw up the National Development Policy (1990-1992) | 1989-1990 | Represented MCA on the Consultative Council for the New Education Act (1990-1991) | Since 1998 | Chairman, MCA SJK(C) Smart School Project | Since 1997 | Responsible for MCA web site (http://www.mca.org.my) | Since 1992 | Participated actively in conceptualizing and implementing the Langkawi Project | Since 1990 | Member of Tunku Abdul Rahman College Council | Since 1980 | Chairs MCA's think-tank, INSAP's discussions on economics, policy and social issues. |
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Social Contributions: |
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Since 1990 | Life Member of the Selangor/Federal Territory Spastics Children Association | Since 1990 | Patron of the Play Centre, Petaling Jaya. | 1982-1989 | Chairman of Parent Teachers Association SRK Sultan Alam Shah (2) | 1988-1991 | Chairman of Parent Teachers Association SM Lelaki Bukit Bintang |
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Work Experience: |
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Dec. 1999-March 2008 | Minister of Human Resources | Oct. 1990-Dec. 1999 | Deputy Minister of Education | Jan. 1990-Sept. 1990 | Dean Faculty of Economics and Administration University of Malaya | April 1986-Jan. 1990 | Chairman, Division of Applied Economics Faculty of Economics and Administration University of Malaya | May 1986-Oct. 1990 | Professor of Applied Economics Faculty of Economics and Administration University of Malaya | Nov. 1983-March 1986 | Dean Faculty of Economics and Administration University of Malaya | March 1982-Oct. 1983 | Deputy Dean Faculty of Economics and Administration University of Malaya | Oct. 1977-April 1986 | Associate Professor Faculty of Economics and Administration University of Malaya | Jan. 1980-Sept. 1980 | Fulbright Exchange Professor Graduate School of Business Stanford University, Stanford, California | March 1979-June 1979 | Japan Foundation Fellow Institute of Development Economies, Tokyo | Sept. 1974-Sept. 1977 | Lecturer Faculty of Economics and Administration University of Malaya | March 1968-Sept. 1970 | Engineer Telecommunications Department Kuala Lumpur | March 1967-March 1968 | Engineer Telecommunications Department Christchurch, New Zealand |
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Professional Consulting Experience: |
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Sept. 1988-April 1989 | Consultant to Johor Port Authority on Investment in 1990s and Privatisation | Aug. 1986-Dec. 1987 | Consultant to the Economic Planning Unit on National Ports Study | June 1984-Dec. 1985 | Consultant to UNIDO on the Industrial Master Plan for Malaysia 1986-1995 | Nov. 1984-Aug. 1986 | Consultant to the Economic Planning Unit on Demographic-Economic Modelling | June 1985-July 1985 | Member of UNFPA Needs Assessment Mission to Sri Lanka | April 1986-May 1985 | Evaluation mission leader of UNFPA Project Population-Economic . Education Through Agricultural Extension Networks In Thailand | Oct. 1981-Nov. 1982 | Project Leader of Kuantan Port Authority Team on Long Term Expansion Planning | March 1981-March 1982 | Project Leader of Johor Port Authority Team on Long Term Expansion Planning | Nov. 1979-Oct. 1982 | Project Coordinator of IDRC project on Integration of Population and Economic Development implemented in Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Malaysia | Jan. 1978-Dec. 1978 | Advisor, North Sumatra University Medan, Indonesia project on Local Leaders And Population Planning | March 1977-Dec. 1977 | Economist, Rural Electrification Study for Peninsular Malaysia | March 1976-Dec. 1976 | Industrial Economist, Industrial Potential Study for Pahang Tenggara, Malaysia | Jan. 1975-Dec. 1975 | Industrial Economist, Selangor Development and Planning Study, Malaysia |
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GRANTS AND AWARDS: |
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1 | Colombo Plan Scholarship for Under-Graduate Study in New Zealand. | 2 | Ford Foundation Fellowship for Graduate Study in the United States, 1970 -74. | 3 | Japan Foundation Fellowship for research in Japan, 1979. | 4 | Fulbright Exchange professorship Award for teaching and research in the United States, 1980 | 5 | ESCAP (Bangkok) Grant for Organizational Determinants of Family Planning Program Performance in Malaysia, 1975 (jointly with Stephen Chee) | 6 | Council for Asian Manpower (Manila) Grant for Ancillary Firms Development in Asian Industrial Sector: The Case of Malaysia | 7 | Southeast Asia Population Research Awards Program (Singapore) Grant for Local Leaders and Family Planning in Malaysia, 1976 | 8 | Institute of Developing Economies (Tokyo) Grant for Regional Development in Southern Peninsular Malaysia, 1975-78 (jointly with K.C. Leong) | 9 | Southeast Asia Population Research Award Program (Singapore) Grant for Socio-Economic Determinants of Fertility in Peninsular Malaysia, 1977 | 10 | Ford-Rockefeller Foundations (New York) Grant for Analysis of Research Allocation in Family Planning Programs in Malaysia, 1978 | 11 | ILO (Geneva) Grant for Consumer Demand Pattern and Bicycle Manufacturing Technology, 1978 | 12 | ESCAP (Bangkok) Grant for Organizational Determinants of Integrated Family Planning and Development Programs in Malaysia, 1979 | 13 | Institute of Developing Economies (Tokyo) Grant for Comparative Advantage of Asian Manufacturing: The Case of Malaysia, 1979-81 (jointly with K.C. Leong) | 14 | IDRC (Ottawa) Grant for Integration of Population with Development in FELDA Schemes, 1982 | 15 | ILO (Geneva) Grant for Impact of Increased Energy Cost in Malaysia, 1982-1983 | 16 | ESCAP (Bangkok) Grant for Family Structure and Fertility, 1983 | 17 | Australian Government Grant for Industrial Structural Changes and Adjustments in ASEAN-Australia, 1983-84 | 18 | IDRC (Ottawa) Grant for Urban Poverty in Malaysia, 1983-84 | 19 | ESCAP (Bangkok) Grant for Demographic-Economic Modelling in Malaysia, 1984-85 | 20 | ESCAP (Bangkok) Grant for Communications Network and Family Planning Diffusion, 1985 | 21 | IDRC (Ottawa) Grant for Demographic-Economic Impact of Population-Development Programs in Malaysia, 1985 | 22 | Overseas Development Institute (London) Grant for Wages and Labour Welfare in Export-Oriented Industries in Malaysia, 1985 | 23 | UNIDO (Vienna) Grant for Study on Development Strategy for Industrialization in Malaysia, 1985 | 24 | UNFPA (New York) Grant for Impact of Socio-economic Development on Demographic Variables in Malaysia, 1985 | 25 | Nihon University (Tokyo) Grant for Study on Japanese and Malaysian Economic Development, 1985-86 | 26 | World Bank (Washington) Grant for Study on Political Economy of Growth, Poverty and Equity, 1986 | 27 | Institute of Developing Economies (Tokyo) Grant for Study on Role of Small and Medium Industries in Malaysian Economic Development, 1986 | 28 | ESCAP (Bangkok) Grant for Study on Economic Coorperation among ASEAN Countries, 1986-87 |
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: |
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1 | External Examiner, School of Business, Tunku Abdul Rahman College, Kuala Lumpur since 1981 | 2 | 2. Chairman, Population Studies Unit, University of Malaya, 1983-1986 | 3 | 3. Vice-Chairman, Malaysian Economic Association, 1983-1986 | 4 | Member of the following professional bodies: - Institute of Electrical Engineers, United Kingdom - The Operations Research Society of America - Institute of Management Science, United States - Beta Gamma Sigma, United States - Malaysian Examination Council, Malaysia - Council of Technology Transfer, Malaysia |
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PUBLICATIONS: |
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I. Books |
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1 | ASEAN Cooperation in Industrial Projects, Malaysian Economic Association, Kuala Lumpur, 1978 (Co-editor with Mohamed Ariff and R. Thillainathan) | 2 | Demographic Issues in Malaysian Industrialization, Population Studies Unit, Kuala Lumpur, 1984 (Co-editor with Salleh Ismail and Khong Kim Hoong) | 3 | Urban Poverty in Malaysia: Policies and Issues, Population Studies Unit, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 1985 (Editor) | 4 | Technological Leap: Malaysian Industry in Transition, Oxford University Press, Singapore, 1986 | 5 | Population of Malaysia, Country Monograph Series No. 13, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific, Bangkok, 1986 (Editor) | 6 | New Economic Dynamo: Structures and Investment Opportunities in the Malaysian Economy, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1986 | 7 | Malaysian Industrialization: Problems and Prospects Towards an Industrialized Nation, Special Issue, Kajian Ekonomi Malaysia, Vol.XXIII, No.1, 1986 (Co-editor with Lim Kok Cheong). | 8 | The Malaysian Economic Challenge in the 1990s: Transformation for Growth, Longman, Singapore, 1989 |
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II. Publications in International Journals or Chapters in Books: |
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1 | "Capacity Expansion with Two Producing Regions and Concave Costs", Management Science, Vol.22, No.3, 1975, pp.331-339 (with M.R. Rao). | 2 | "Parametric Studies in Transportation-Type Problems", Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, Vol.22, No.2, 1975, pp.355-364 (with M.R. Roa). | 3 | "Multi-period Capacity Expansion and Shipment Planning with Linear Costs", Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, Vol.23, No.1, 1976, pp.37-52, (with V. Srinivasan). | 4 | "Accelerated Computational Algorithms for the Transportation and Assignment Problems", Kajian Ekonomi Malaysia, Vol.Xii, No.1, 1975, pp.355-339 (with M.R. Rao). | 5 | "Determining all Non-degenerate Shadow prices for the Transportation Problems", Transportation Science, Vol.II, No.3, 1977, pp.199-222 (with V. Srinivasan). | 6 | "ASEAN Industrial Projects: Their Optimal Locations and Time-phasing", in ASEAN Cooperation in Industrial Projects, op.cit. pp.15-32 | 7 | "Capacity Expansion of Two-Related Equipment with Conversion Possibility", Cashiers du Centre d'Etudes de Recherche Operationalle, Vol.21, No.2, 1979, pp.155-166. | 8 | "Optimal Installation of Several Related Equipment with Conversion Possibility", Journal of Operations Research Society of Japan, Vol.22, No.33, 1979, pp.185-204. | 9 | "Regional Economic Differences: A Case Study", in K.C. Cheong, et.al. (ed.), Malaysia: Some Contemporary Issues in Socio-Economic Development, Malaysia Economic Association, Kuala Lumpur, 1979, pp.18-34 (with Wan Rahim). | 10 | "Regional Development in Malaysia", in Regional Development Unit (Ed.), Regional Development in Southeast Asian Countries, Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, 1979, pp.159-259 (with K.C. Cheong). | 11 | "Appropriate Technology: An Empirical Study of Bicycle Manufacturing in Malaysia", The Developing Economies, Vol.XVIII, No.1, 1980, pp.96-115. | 12 | "A Comparative Study on the Administration of Family Planning Programme in the ESCAP Region: Organization Determinants of Performance in Family Planning Services - The Malaysian Case", in UNFPA, Organizational Determinants of Family Clinic Performance, Policy Development Studies No.5, UNFPA, N.Y., 1980, pp.1-35 (with Stephen Chee). | 13 | "The Multi-Region Dynamic Capacity Expansion Problem - I", Operations Research, Vol.29, No.4, 1981, pp.787-799 (with Srinivasan). | 14 | "The Multi-Region Dynamic Capacity Expansion Problem - I", Operations Research, Vol. 29, No.4, 1981, pp.800-816 (with Srinivasan). | 15 | "Planning for Industrial Estate Development in a Developing Economy", Management Science, Vol.26, No.10, 1980, pp.1061-1067. | 16 | "Organizational Determinants of Programme Performance in the Malaysian Family Programme", Kajian Ekonomi Malaysia, Vol.XVII, No.2, 1980, pp.13-28. | 17 | "A Model for Analysis of the Malaysian Family Planning Programme", European Journal of Operations Research, Vol.19, 1982, No.2, pp.133-144. | 18 | "Integration and Family Planning Programme Performance: An Interpretative Summary", Population Research Lead No.12, ESCAP, Bangkok, 1982 (with Gayl D. Ness and Kim Kwong-Wong). | 19 | "Socio-Economic Development and Population Growth in Peninsular Malaysia", Kajian Ekonomi Malaysia, Vol.XIX, No.2, 1982, pp.19-44. | 20 | "Socio-Economic Determinants of Fertility in Peninsular Malaysia", in Wilfredo Arce and Gabriel Alvared (ed.), Population Changes in Southeast Asia, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 1983, pp.40-61. | 21 | "Ancillary Firm Development in the Malaysia Motor Vehicle Industry" in Odaka K., (ed.), The Motor Vehicle Industry in Asia: A Study of Ancillary Firm Development, Singapore University Press, Singapore, 1983, pp.85-179. | 22 | "Family Planning Programmes: Rationale, Concepts and Methodology for Evaluation", Proceedings of International Symposium on Research on the Regulation of Human Fertility, Stockholm, 1983 (with Shirley B. Seward). | 23 | "Demographic Data and Trends", Chapter II in ESCAP, Country Mimeograph on the Profile of Youth in Malaysia, ESCAP, Bangkok, 1983, pp.13-29. | 24 | "Situations and Needs", Chapter V in ESCAP, Country Mimeograph on the Profile of Youths in Malaysia, op.cit. pp.87-98. | 25 | "Basic Needs and Appropriate Technology in the Malaysian Bicycle Industry", in Wonter won Ginneken and C. Baron (eds.), Appropriate Products, Employment and Technology, Macmillan press, London, 1984, pp.54-83. | 26 | "Johore Port: Its Role in the Growth of South Peninsular Malaysia", The Developing Economies, Vol.XXIII, No.2, 1984, pp.185-204. | 27 | "Investment Incentives and Trends of Manufacturing Investments in Malaysia", The Developing Economies, Vol.XXII, No.4, 1984, pp.396-418 (with K.C. Lim). | 28 | "Structures and Opportunities in Malaysian Business", in Tan Chin Tiong and Duane Kujawa (ed.), Proceedings of the Academy of International Business International Meeting, National University of Singapore, 1984, pp.114-130. | 29 | "Malaysian Integrated Population Program Performance: Its Relation to Organizational and Integration Factors", Management Science, Vol.31, No.1, 1985, pp.50-65. | 30 | "ASEAN Industrialization: Structural Changes and Adjustments", Proceedings of the International Symposiums on the Role of Asia-Pacific in World Economic Development, Nihon University Tokyo, 1985, pp.89-123. | 31 | "Integrated Population-Development Program Performance: The Malaysian Felda Experience", The Journal of Developing Areas, Vol.19, No.2, 1985, pp.149-170. | 32 | "The Malaysian Electronics Sector", A Volume in The Malaysian Industrial Master Plan, 1986-1995, MIDA, Kuala Lumpur, 1985 (with Lim Kok Cheong and Mahani Abidin). | 33 | "The Malaysian Wood-based Sector", A Volume in The Malaysian Industrial Master Plan, 1986-1995, MIDA, Kuala Lumpur, 1985 (with Lim Kok Cheong and Mahani Abidin). | 34 | "The Malaysian Iron and Steel Sector", A Volume in The Malaysian Industrial Master Plan, 1986-1995, MIDA, Kuala Lumpur, 1985 (with Lim Kok Cheong and Mahani Abidin). | 35 | "ASEAN Industrial Cooperation: The Case of Multi-Product Capacity Expansion", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol.23, No.2, 1986, pp.159-168. | 36 | "The Multi-region Dynamic Capacity Expansion Problem: Improved Heuristic", Management Science, Vol.32, No.9, 1986, pp.1140-1152 (with V. Srinivasan). | 37 | "Industrial Upgrading: The Key to Malaysian Industrial Development", Kajian Ekonomi Malaysia, Vol.XXIII, No.1, 1986, pp.68-80. | 38 | "Status of Women" in Fong Chan Onn (ed.), Population in Malaysia, Country Monograph Series No.13, ESCAP, Bangkok, pp. 122-131. | 39 | "Population-Development Program Implementation: The Malaysian Experience", Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol.35, No.3, 1987, pp.539-560. | 40 | "Energy Cost and Economic Development: The Case of Malaysia", The Developing Economies, Vol.XXVI, No.1, 1988, pp.68-89. | 41 | "Determination of the Crop Mix of a Rubber and Oil Palm Plantation - A Programming Approach", European Journal and Operational Research, Vol.345, 1988, pp.362-371 (with Tan Lee Peng). | 42 | "Wage and Labour Welfare in the Malaysian Electronics Industry", Labour and Society, Vol.14, 1989, pp.81-102. | 43 | "Johor Port Privatization Study", a Report prepared for Johor Port Authority, 1989 (with G. Naidu and Ooi Soon Kiam). |
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III. Publications Circulated by Government Agencies or International Organizations: |
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1 | "Attitudes of Local Leaders and Family Planning in Peninsular Malaysia", SEAPRAP Research Report No.8, International Development Research Centre, Singapore, 1976. | 2 | "The Malaysian Transport Equipment Industry", Council for Asian Manpower Report 77-10, Manila, 1977. | 3 | "Regional Development in Malaysia: A Case Study of Johore Tenggara Development project", mimeo, The Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, 1977 (with four others). | 4 | "Profile of Electricity Consumption in Rural Malaysia", A Chapter on the Master Plan Report presented to the Malaysian Electricity Board, 1977. | 5 | "Socio-Economic Determinants of Fertility in Peninsular Malaysia", SEAPRAP Research Report No.19, International Research Development Centre, Singapore, 1978. | 6 | "The Malaysian Engineering Industry", mimeo., Council for Asian Manpower, Manila, 1978, (with Chee Peng Lim). | 7 | "Regional Development in Malaysia: A Case Study of West Johore Agricultural Development Project", mimeo., The Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, 1978 (with four others). | 8 | "Regional Development in Malaysia: Case Studies of Three Projects in South Peninsular Malaysia", mimeo., The Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, 1978 (with Cheong Kee Cheok). | 9 | "A Programming Model for Planning of Industrial Estate Development in Malaysia", Visiting Fellow Mimeograph Series, Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, 1979. | 10 | "Organizational Determinants of Integrated Family Planning Programme Performance in Peninsular Malaysia", mimeo., ESCAP, Bangkok, 1979. | 11 | "Comparative Advantage of Textile and Cement Industries in Malaysia", mimeo., Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, 1980 (with Cheong Kee Cheok). | 12 | "Johore Port: An Economic Evaluation and Formulation of a Long-Term Expansion Strategy", A Report prepared for the Johore Port Authority, November, 1981 (with four others). | 13 | "Comparative Advantage of Electronics and Wood-Processing Industries in Malaysia", mimeo., Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, 1978 (with K.C. Cheong). | 14 | "Comparative Advantage of Manufacturing Industries in Malaysia: The Iron/Steel and Plastic/Petrochemical Industries", mimeo., Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, 1981 (with four others). | 15 | "Kuantan Port: An Evaluation of its Long-Term Facility and Manpower Requirements", A Report prepared for the Kuantan Port Authority, 1982 (with G. Naidu). | 16 | "Energy Price Increases and Economic Development in Malaysia", Working Paper WEP 2-22/WP.133, International Labour Organization, Geneva, 1984. | 17 | "Relationship between Fertility and Family Structure in Peninsular Malaysia", mimeo, ESCAP, Bangkok, 1984. | 18 | "Technology for Development, Security: Resources and Transfer", Paper presented to the Conference on Stability, Development and Security in East and Southeast Asia, Port Dickson, 1984. | 19 | "Technology Transfer in Malaysia: Case Studies of Alternative Arrangements", A Report prepared for the ESCAP/CTC Joint Unit on Transnational Corporation, Bangkok, 1985. | 20 | "Technology Acquisition and Technological Capability Development in Malaysia" Role of Multinational Corporations and Host Agencies", A Report prepared for the Harvard Business School Alumni Club of Malaysia, 1985 (with two others). | 21 | "Technological Cooperation between ASEAN and Australia-New Zealand: Issues from Malaysian Case Studies", Paper presented at the Australia-New Zealand Associating for the Advancement of Sciences Conference, Melbourne, 1985. | 22 | "Technology, Automation and Public Policy: The Case of Malaysia", Keynote Address to Public Seminar on Office Automation and Public Policy, Kuala Lumpur, 1985. | 23 | "Technology Transfer: Role of Multinational Corporations, Domestic Enterprises and Host Agencies", Paper presented at the Seminar on Technology Transfer, Kuala Lumpur, 1985. | 24 | "Urban Poverty in Malaysia: Its Profile in Four Metropolitan Centres", mimeo., IDRC, Ottawa, 1985. | 25 | "Communication Network and Population Interrelationships: Case Study of Malaysia", mimeo, ESCAP, Bangkok, 1985. | 26 | "Evaluation of Population Education Through Agriculture Extension Networks in Thailand", A Report prepared for NFPA, New York, 1985 (with two others). | 27 | "ASEAN-Australia Manufacturing Industries: Structural Changes and Adjustments", mimeo, Research School for Pacific Studies, Australia National University, 1985 (ed.). | 28 | "Analysis of Effects of Socio-Economic Development on Nuptiality, Mortality and Fertility in Malaysia". A Report prepared for UNFPA, New York, 1986. | 29 | "Silicon Valley and its Impact on U.S. Technological Lead and Malaysian Industrial Planning", mimeo, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 1986. | 30 | "An Computable General Equilibrium Economic-Demographic Model for Malaysia", mimeo, ESCAP, Bangkok, 1986. | 31 | "Household Demographic and Economic Impact of Population-Development Programs in Three Program Areas in Peninsular Malaysia", mimeo, IDRC, Ottawa, 1986. | 32 | "Wages and Labour Welfare in Three Malaysian Exporting Industries", mimeo, Overseas Development Institute, London, 1986. | 33 | "The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: The Case of Malaysia", mimeo, World Bank, Washington, D.C., 1986. |
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