 | Malaysia and The Malay Archipelago This video is to remind US(especially Ramli) about the World Around US and how wonderful that Malaysia was a major part of what we called The Malay Archipelago. With the Global Focus in this 21st Century,we must think GloKal (ie.Global Outlook,Local Origins) Malaysia can be a Global Power in Business,Culture,Sports,Entertainment and Politics if we realize the existence of this brotherly nations of our Malay Archipelago and how best with can Work Together in a Win-Win Relationship that the Malay Archipelago provides to all her inhabitants. Actually,the 21st Century have no borders it will soon be a "state of the mind" only what is important is to "Reach out and Care For Everyone" and that needs Caring,Sharing and Love for ALL. Who can do that ? YOU and all of US beginning in Malaysia and nations in The Malay Archipelago. Wassallam,Ramli Abu Hassan e-mail:revolusiaksi@yahoo.com.my In this video,you will see: Meaning of Malaysia M=Malay Archipelago A=Abundance of natural resources L= Life is Good A= A Place for All Y= Year Round Celebrations S= Singapore is just Nextdoor I= I am Proud to be a Malaysian A= A Great Place To Call Home ! Below is the Reference from Wikipedia on The Malay Archipelago: The Malay Archipelago is a vast archipelago located between mainland Southeastern Asia (Indochina) and Australia. Straddling the Indian and Pacific Oceans, this group of some 20,000 islands, the world's largest archipelago by area, constitutes the territories of Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, East Timor, and most of Papua New Guinea. There are, however, arguments for excluding the last-named country for cultural and geographical reasons: Papua New Guinea is culturally quite different from the other countries in the region, and the island of New Guinea itself is geologically not part of the continent of Asia, as the islands of the Sunda Shelf are (see Australia (continent)). The archipelago is sometimes also known as the East Indies, but some authorities apply a much broader meaning to this term by including Indochina, the Indian subcontinent, and even areas as far west as Iranian Baluchistan. The Malay Archipelago encompasses many groups which may be considered archipelagoes in their own right. The major ones are: * The Sunda Islands o The Greater Sunda Islands o The Lesser Sunda Islands * The Maluku Islands * The Philippines The archipelago's area is more than 2 million km², and its total population is more than 300,000,000+. The biggest islands in the archipelago are New Guinea (if included), Borneo, and Sumatra. The most heavily populated island is Java. Geologically the archipelago is very interesting, being one of the most active volcanic regions in the world. Geological uplifts in the region have also produced some impressive mountains, culminating in Mount Kinabalu in Sabah with a height of 4 101 m (or Puncak Jaya in Papua at 4 884 m, if New Guinea is included). The climate throughout the archipelago, owing to its position astride the equator, is tropical. It is notably rainier in the west than in the east, however. The region known as Maritime Southeast Asia is more or less coextensive with the Malay Archipelago. Notes on Malaysia: The name "Malaysia" was adopted in 1963 when the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo and Sarawak formed a 14-state federation. Yet, the name itself had been vaguely used to refer to unspecified areas in Southeast Asia. A map published in 1914 in Chicago has the word Malaysia printed on it referring to certain territories within the Malay Archipelago.The Philippines once contemplated to name their state "Malaysia" but Malaysia adopted the name first in 1963 before the Philippines could act further on the matter. Other names were contemplated for the 1963 federation. Among them was Langkasuka; Langkasuka was an old kingdom located at the upper section of the Malay Peninsula in the first millennium of the common era. Malaysia as established in 1963 comprised Peninsular Malaysia(West Malaysia) and Sarawak and Sabah (East Malaysia)- (as part of the Borneo Island) Even farther into history, English ethnologist George Samuel Windsor Earl in volume IV of Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia in 1850 proposed to name the islands of Indonesia as Melayunesia or Indunesia though he favored the former. |
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