Titles available range from regional economic
reforms to issues governed by the law of the seas.
PEACE IN THE PACIFIC: CONFRONTING THE ISSUES (20th APR)
Selected papers
602 pp (2007)
Edited by Stephen Leong
RM 89.00
ISBN – 978-967947-292-9
This volume encompasses selected papers from the 20th Asia Pacific Roundtable conference that took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from May 29 to June 1, 2006. The Roundtable series had its first conference in 1987. This year 2006 saw the 20th anniversary of the conference.
NOORDIN SOPIEE: A MAN AND HIS IDEAS
Selected writing and speeches
708 pp (2006)
Edited by Mohamed Jawhar Hassan
RM 130.00 ( H/C)
ISBN - 967947-290-6
This book encompasses a collection of selected papers and
articles of the late Tan Sri Dr Noordin Sopiee as well as
speeches delivered by him on various occasions. These were
written or presented over a period of time that encompassed
both the time when he was in the New Straits Times Press
(where he rose to the position of Group Editor-in-Chief) and
when he headed the Institute of Strategic and International
Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, first as Director-General and later
as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Dr Noordin was a
prolific writer possessed of a unique writing style that
made his works memorable. His works reflect a mind that was
rational and pragmatic, while imbued at the same time with a
sense of idealism.
ASIA PACIFIC SECURITY: IMPERATIVES FOR
CO-OPERATION (19th APR)
462 pp (2006)
Edited by Stephen Leong
RM 89.00
ISBN – 967947-291-4
Two decades since its inception, the Asia Pacific Roundtable
(APR) continues to bring together the region’s scholars,
think tank researchers, policy practitioners and
representatives of people’s organisations to interact and to
exchange views on current security issues and thus
contribute to the valuable discourse on regional security in
the Asia Pacific. This volume contains selected papers from
those presented at the 19th APR.
MALAYSIA
INTERNATIONAL TRADE, GROWTH, POVERTY REDUCTION AND HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT
83 pp (2006)
By UNDP Malaysia, MIER & ISIS
ISBN 983-40995-6-8
This publication
documents the changing patterns and structure of Malaysia's
international trade, and shows how sustained trade-led
growth has contributed to a massive reduction in poverty
rates, as well as leading to high human development.
THE TRAGEDY THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. MALAYSIA'S
CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND CAPITAL CONTROLS
338 PP
By Dr Marie Aimee Tourres
The book has several distinct aims. Most important,
it gives the background to, and an account of, Malaysia's response
to the 1997 Asian crisis. By taking the reader through the Malaysian
crisis management process, it exposes the reader to the long road
that the government had had to tread in order to get out of the
woods. This book casts a bird's-eye view over Malaysia's crisis
management period and provides a basis that can help improve our
understanding of the situation. The material presented is mainly
descriptive in nature. Though this is a book dealing with economics,
emphasis is not placed on statistics, and tables and charts are kept
to a minimum. It is addressed to those who wish to understand what
lay behind the international headlines after July 1997, as far as
Malaysia is concerned, and portrays a mixture of theory, analysis,
accounts and anecdotes of Malaysia's crisis management and its
experience with capital controls.
Price : Paperback : RM49 (or US$ 13.00 for overseas order)
Hard cover : RM89 (or US$ 23.50 for overseas order)
Postage : Postage depends on the weight and how it will be
send to you, either by Air
Mail or Sea Mail
Payment : All payment can be in the form of a bank draft or
cheque made out to ISIS
MALAYSIA and addressed to the Publications
Unit.
If you have any inquiry please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Halil
Musa (ISIS Publication Unit) at
halil@isis.org.my or call +603 2693 9366 ext 142/154
K-BASED ECONOMY MASTER PLAN
224 pp (2002)
RM 50.00
ISBN – 9657947-281-7
The Knowledge-Based Economy Master Plan charts the course
for the development of Malaysia from an input-driven economy
to a knowledge-based one in order to sustain competitiveness
and dynamic growth, to fulfil the goals of Vision 2020. The
Master Plan contains 136 recommendations to be undertaken in
seven critical areas, of which human resources development
has been identified as the most important. The Master Plan
should be invaluable in catalysing new growth and fostering
added prosperity for the people of Malaysia.
CONCEPTUALISING ASIA PACIFIC
92 pp (1996)
Edited by Mohamed Jawhar & Thangam Ramnath
RM 15.00
ISBN 967947-225-6
This book is a compilation of papers presented at the 2nd
Meeting of the Cscap Working Group on the Concepts of
Comprehensive and Co-operative Security. It was generally
agreed that this meeting advanced the discussion on the
meaning of comprehensive and co-operative security, the
outlines of an organising concept for management of security
in the Asia Pacific region and the institutional
arrangements for implementing comprehensive security in the
region. The application and practice of comprehensive
security in selected security contexts, namely migration,
ethnic conflicts and territorial disputes in the South China
Sea were also examined.
EAST ASIAN ECONOMIES: SUSTAINING GROWTH
AND STABILITY
149 pp (1997)
Edited by Hong Ong Chong
RM 25.00
ISBN 967947-229-9
This book contains papers presented at the JIIA-ISIS
Malaysia Symposium on East Asia Economies, with the theme
'Sustaining Growth and Stability'. Participants from 13 East
Asian countries exchanged views on major regional concerns
and discussed new forward-looking strategies to sustain
growth. Topics covered include deepening economic linkages
in trade, foreign direct investment and labour, management
of currency fluctuations and stabilisation of capital flow,
the impact of human resource development on sustained growth
in East Asia and reconciling environment with sustainable
development.
JAPAN AND ASIA IN AN ERA OF ECONOMIC
INTERDEPENDENCE
115 pp (1998)
Edited by Kazue Sugiyama & Stephen Leong
RM 15.00
ISBN 967-947-239-5
At the time of the Fourth Annual Conference on Japan (ACJ
IV) held on Aug 1-2, 1998, Japan’s economy was seeing signs
of recovery while the rest of Asia was enjoying
unprecedented dynamic growth. As the economies in Asia had
gained more competence and vigour in the course of rapid
economic development, their relationship with Japan was
becoming increasingly interdependent. This book is a
compilation of papers presented at the AJV IV.
JAPANESE OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
IN SOUTH EAST ASIA: SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MALAYSIA
149 pp (1998)
By Junichi Yamada
RM 30
ISBN 967947-233-7
This is a highly informative study on the role of Japanese
Official Development Assistance (ODA) in Southeast Asia. It
assesses the impact of Japan’s ODA on the economic
development of Southeast Asian countries. An in-depth
analysis is given on its contribution to Malaysia’s
development, particularly in the power sector and human
resource development. Problems associated with the current
ODA scheme are also identified and examined.
REVITALISATION OF JAPAN'S ECONOMY:
IMPLICATIONS FOR MALAYSIA
89 pp (1997)
Edited by Kazue Sugiyama & Stephen Leong
RM 15.00
ISBN 967947-230-2
This book is a compilation of papers presented at the Third
Annual Conference on Japan. It focuses on three main themes
of the Conference: 1) examining Japan’s effort in
revitalising its economy; ii) assessing the possible impact
of Japan’s economic transformation on Malaysian economy; and
iii) learning from Japan’s shortcomings and mistakes so as
to identify pitfalls to be avoided by Malaysia. Among the
topics covered are the diagnosis and prognosis of Japan’s
economy, an analysis of Japan’s foreign direct investments
in Malaysia in the 90s and the implication of Japanese
companies’ restructuring for small and medium-sized
enterprises.
Pacifying the Pacific: Confronting the Challenges (18th APR)
438 pp (2005)
Edited by Mohamed Jawhar Hasaan
RM 89.00
ISBN- 967947-289-2
The 18th Asia Pacific Roundtable addressed a number of
comprehensive security challenges confronting the region.
Uppermost were the implications to global and regional
security posed by the extraordinary policies adopted by
major powers following the Sept 11 attacks and the
continuing threat posed by international terrorism. A major
subject of interest was whether there would be a change in
US foreign and security policy following the then impending
presidential election, what forms any change may take, and
the likely implications. The inconclusive campaign against
the international terrorist threat was also a cause for
anxiety. One of the issues raised was whether the policies
and measures instituted to defeat terrorism, as well as the
invasion of Iraq, were not in fact further aggravating the
problems.
Asia Pacific Security: Investing In peace (17th APR)
442 pp (2004)
Edited by Mohamed Jawhar Hassan
RM 89.00
ISBN – 967947-287-6
This compilation of papers presented at the 17th Asia
Pacific Roundtable discusses the general security outlook
for the region, terrorism and its related issues, Islam in
Southeast Asia, the nexus between the media and security,
the Internet’s challenges to security, the gender dimension
of human security, environmental security, and a new
blueprint towards an Asean Economic Community.
Asia Pacific Security: Uncertainty in a Changing World Order
(16th APR)
584 pp (2003)
Edited by Elina Noor & Mohamed Jawhar Hassan
RM 85.00
ISBN 967947-286-8
The 16th Asia Pacific Roundtable was convened in June 2002,
when the world was still recovering from the after-effects
of the terrorist attacks of Sept 11 2001, and the US
military strike in Afghanistan that followed. The
roundtable, held against the imposing backdrop of
international terrorism, sought to analyse not just to
constructs of the issue of terrorism, but also its
geo-strategic implications for countries in the Asia
Pacific. This volume contains selected papers from the 16th
Roundtable.
Asia Pacific Security: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st
Century (15th APR)
623 pp (2002)
Edited by Mohamed Jawhar Hassan
RM 85.00
ISBN 967-947-280-9
The 15th Asia Pacific Roundtable was held in June 2001, at a
time when most of the economies of the region appeared to
have had weathered the worst of the financial and economic
crises that had afflicted them. As the region stood poised
on the threshold of the 21st century, it faced major
challenges and issues. The Roundtable discussed some of
these issues, ranging from implications for the region of
the policies of the Bush administration, the implications of
China’s entry into WTO on other economies, to the impact of
democratic reform upon the security of states and the
region. This volume contains selected papers from the
Roundtable.
The Asia Pacific in the New Millennium (14th APR)
770 pp (2001)
Edited by Mely C Anthony & Mohamed Jawhar Hassan
RM 85.00
ISBN 967-947-264-7
Expectations of the new millennium were mixed – ranging from
euphoria about brighter futures to come, to concerns that
nothing else was new. These mixed responses mirrored the
expectations of prospects for peace in the Asia-Pacific
region. Still reeling from the experience of the economic
and political turmoil brought on by the Asian financial
crisis, the region was understandably cautious in its
outlook. This book contains papers presented at the 14th
Roundtable that was held in June 2000.
Beyond the Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities (13th APR)
(1 set of 2 volumes)
Vol 1 - 415 pp (2000)
ISBN – 967947-244-2
Vol 2 – 438 pp
ISBN – 967947-244-2
RM 150.00 (2 Vols)
Edited by Mely C Anthony & Mohamed Jawhar Hassan
At the 13th Asia-Pacific Roundtable, two years after the
Asian financial crisis struck, participants sat down to take
stock of the past and discuss the challenges and
opportunities of the future. This book contains the papers
presented by these participants, in two volumes. Volume I
covers the main challenges that confronted the Asia-Pacific
region during this period, while Volume II covers the more
specific issues that the region faced.
Taming Turmoil in the Pacific (12th APR)
441 pp (1999)
Edited by Mohamed Jawhar Hassan & Mely C Anthony
RM 75.00
ISBN 967947-243-4
The 12th Asia Pacific Roundtable was held exactly a year
after the economic crisis first hit the region. Papers
presented at the roundtable included in-depth analyses of
the economic and social impacts of the economic crisis in
Asia and discussions on the task of restoring Asia’s
dynamism. Complementing these issues were papers discussing
good governance, and domestic and regional stability as the
agenda for the future. Other topics covered included:
containing transnational crime, the environmental hazard
posed by haze, peace prospects in the Korean Peninsula and
the strengthened NPT Review Process.
A
Pacific Peace: Issues and Response (11th APR)
568 pp (1998)
Edited by Mohamed Jawhar Hassan
RM 65.00
ISBN 967947-232-9
The 11th Asia Pacific Roundtable took place at a time when
the region was witnessing several events of significance to
regional security. China saw a relatively uneventful change
of leadership after the demise of Deng Xiaoping, Hong Kong
was to revert to Chinese rule after more than 100 years of
British rule and in Southeast Asia there was the prospect of
Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar joining Asean. The repercussions
of these events on regional security dominated discussions
at the Conference. Notably, there was a separate session on
Hong Kong, China and another on the challenges and
implications of an enlarged Asean. This book contains
selected papers from those presented at the Conference
Bringing Peace to the Pacific (10th APR)
697 pp (1997)
Edited by Mohamed Jawhar Hassan & Sheikh Ahmad Raffie
RM 40.00
ISBN 967947-226- 4
The Tenth Asia Pacific Roundtable marked the tenth
anniversary of the launching of the Roundtable series. It
was significant for the strong and active Chinese
participation at the meeting following their absence two
years earlier. Also notable was a session on the proposed
norms and principles from security co-operation among states
in the region, which was especially timely given the
formation of Asean Regional Forum and the absence of
normative instruments such as the Treaty of Amity and
Co-operation in Southeast Asia for the larger Asia Pacific
region. Selected papers from the roundtable are compiled in
this book.
Managing Security and Peace in the Asia Pacific (9th APR)
594 pp (1996)
Edited by Thangam Ramnath
RM 38.00
ISBN 967947- 218-3
The Ninth Asia Pacific Roundtable focused heavily on
non-conventional challenges to security. The role of the
media in the making of peace and conflict and its impact on
interstate relations came under close scrutiny. Besides the
usual conventional and non-conventional security issues,
other topics discussed included the security and political
implications of mega trends in Asia, multilateralism and sub
regionalism, and the Cscap Working Group Reports on
comprehensive security building measures in Asia Pacific,
and security co-operation in the North Pacific.
The Emerging Regional Security Architecture in the Asia Pacific
Region (8th APR)
449 pp (1995)
Edited by Bunn Nagara & Cheah Siew Een
RM 35.00
ISBN 967947-219-1
The Eighth Asia Pacific Roundtable addressed issues such as
future security in the Asia Pacific, the strengthening of
regional security regimes, the future of the Asean Regional
Forum and Cscap in the emerging regional security
architecture, as well as past and present Asian conflicts,
non-conventional threats such as narcotics, labour migration
and HIV/Aids to security in the region and the role of major
powers in enhancing regional security. Issues discussed for
the first time at the Roundtable included narcotics and
migration, as well as domestic problems in Canada, the US
and Mexico, the latter a departure from the exclusive focus
on the Western Pacific Rim which had characterised all
previous roundtables.
The Making of a Security Community in the Asia Pacific (7th APR)
350 pp (1994)
Edited by Bunn Nagara & K S Balakrishnan
RM 30.00
ISBN 967947-192-6
This seventh in the Asia Pacific Roundtable series covered
new ground in venturing into areas not usually related to
defence matters. This included the economic dimension, so
hard to ignore in the East Asian context and also the
question of human rights. Papers were presented on concepts
of security, the security impact and implications of
economic development, current trends in regional security,
armaments-building and confidence-building, alternative
processes to peace, SLOCs and maritime security, a nuclear
weapons-free zone in Southeast Asia and the possibilities
and perspectives of Korean reunification.
Japan Lecture Series
Japan and East Asia
26 pp (1996)
By Shinichi Nishio, Kazuo Nukazawa, Katsuhiro Utada &
Yuji Auzuki
RM 5.00
ISBN 967947-217-5
This special issue is a compilation of speeches given by
four guest speakers in Kuala Lumpur as part of the `Forum
for Promoting Dialogue Between Malaysia and Japan.’ The
speeches cover issues pertaining to Japan–Asia relations,
more specifically on Japan ‘s economic activities in Asian
countries. Japan’s role in Asean‘s economic development was
also discussed.
Technological Transformation and Japan’s National
Security
12 pp (1997)
By Richard Samuels
RM 5.00
ISBN 967947-234-5
This lecture by Prof. Richard Samuels focuses on the
relationship between technology and national security in
Japan. According to the speaker, Japan provides lessons on
how to obtain both national security and prosperity for a
nation as well as lessons on instituting a national system
of innovation. As Japan believes that control of technology
is a matter of national security, it is important to
understand the policy implications on Japan–US and
Japan–Asia relations.
Asia in the Pacific Rim: Towards the 21st Century
15 pp (1998)
By Minoru Makihara
RM5.00
ISBN 967947-235-3
The Lecture covers various issues pertaining to the dawn of
the Pacific Century, including those facing the developing
Asian economies. Also examined are Japan’s position and
responsibility in the region, the impact of Japan–US
relations and the role of regional and multilateral fora in
Asia.
Japan–Malaysia Relations at the Crossroads
7 pp (1998)
By Taizo Nakamura
RM 5.00
ISBN 967947-236-1
The Lecture highlights the need to re-assess Japan-Malaysia
relations in light of the rapid changes that have taken
place in both countries and in the surrounding environment.
Both sides are encouraged to look for new avenues for
co-operation. Japan is also urged to play a more active role
in the region.
Opinion
The Future of the Muslim World
12 pp (2005)
By Noordin Sopiee
RM 3.00
ISBN – 967947-288-4
The writer expounds on his vision for the future of the
Muslim Ummah. He sets out nine missions that the Muslim
world should adopt in order to attempt a massive turnaround
in the decades to come. This turnaround the writer believes
will hopefully enable the Muslim world to emerge one day as
one of the major contributors to the comprehensive human
civilization of the 21st century.
EAEC: Fact and Fiction
21 pp (1996)
By Noordin Sopiee
RM 2.50
ISBN – 967947- 213-2
Calling the East Asia Economic Co-operation (EAEC) one of
the most deliberately misrepresented and misunderstood ideas
since World War II, the writer hopes to set the record
straight on the EAEC. He quotes extensively from speeches of
the proponent of the EAEC, former Malaysian Prime Minister
Dr. Mahathir Mohamad who had exhorted Japan to join the
grouping as a partner and leader because Japan is the only
developed country in East Asia and the only Asian country
with the ability to help its fellow Asian countries. He
quotes statesmen who think the EAEC is natural, destined and
inevitable and then goes on to defend the concept against a
list of criticisms.
JASA: A NEW ERA OF CO-OPERATION
Proceedings of the First Japan-Southeast Asia Conference
1990 95pp RM14.00/US$7.00 ISBN
967-947-123-3
Organised by the ISIS Malaysia, with assistance from the
Sasakawa Peace Foundation of Japan, the inaugural
Japan-Southeast Asia (JASA) Conference held from November
24-27, 1989 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was a landmark event
in the evolving relationship between Japan and the countries
of Southeast Asia. For the first time ever, representatives
of all 10 countries of what is geographically referred to as
Southeast Asia, sat down with their Japanese counterparts to
discuss issues of common concern. The conference's tone was
positive and future~oriented. This volume comprises four
papers, four summary reports, and the Keynote Address by
former ISIS Chairman the late Tun Hussein Onn.
KONSEP FURUSATO
Ke arah Jepun yang manusiawi dan makmur
Noboru Takeshita
Diterjemahkan oleh Firdaus Abdullah
1991 147 hal. RM16.00/US$8.00 (sc)
RM24.00/US$12.00 (hc) ISBN 967-947-140-3
Dalam buku ini, bekas Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Kewangan
Jepun menghuraikan pandangannya tentang kegunaan ciri-ciri
budaya 'setempat' dari pelbagai daerah di Jepun sebagai asas
bagi pertumbuhan negara Jepun moden yang lebih manisiawi
sifatnya.
JASA: TOWARDS AN ECONOMICALLY RESILIENT
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Proceedings of the Second Japan-Southeast Asia Conference
1991 302pp RM40.00/US$20.00 ISBN
967-947-123-3
This publication consists of papers presented by
participants from the government, academic and private
sectors of the Southeast Asian countries, and Japan, who
were invited by the conference organisers to explore the
concept of 'economic resilience' in the context of their
countries' economies. The book is divided into three
sections; the first section discusses the global and
regional dimensions; the second, the national dimension; and
the third, the Japan dimension.
THE VALUE ADDED TAX IN MALAYSIA
The rationale, design and issues
Suresh Narayanan
1991 117pp RM25.00/US$12.50 ISBN 967-947-142-X
The Value Added Tax has been described as the 'most
important tax innovation of the second half of the 20th
century'. In this book, the author, an Associate Professor
at the School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia,
discusses, within the Malaysian context, the operation,
desirability and applicability of the VAT in its widely-used
form.
THE GROWTH OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN
MALAYSIA
Ismail Muhd Salleh and H Osman Rani
1991 130pp RM32.00/US$16.00 ISBN 967-947-127-6
This book is an outgrowth of intensified scrutiny in recent
years of the role of the government in Malaysia's economic
development. It discusses the causes and consequences of
public sector growth in the economy during the last three
decades, and future prospects. It also looks at
privatisation as an option.
ENHANCING MALAYSIA'S EXPORT CAPABILITIES
Edited by Tan Siew Hoey
1991 235pp RM37.00/US$18.50 ISBN 967-947-130-6
For Malaysia, which is a small open economy, exports have
always been the prime engine of growth. At the National
Seminar on Enhancing Malaysia's Export Capabilities held in
Kuala Lumpur from August 7-8 1990, the issue of how to
further strengthen and promote Malaysian exports was
discussed against the backdrop of developing manufacturing
and resource-based industries.
MALAYSIA AND THE LAW OF THE SEA
The foreign policy issues, the options, and their
implications
Mark J Valencia
1991 155pp RM40.00/US$20.00 ISBN 967-947-124-1
The Law of the Sea Convention was signed by 119 countries,
including Malaysia, on December 10, 1982 after some fifteen
years of difficult and very complicated negotiations. This
book provides a summary of the Malaysian foreign policy
issues created or exacerbated by extended maritime
jurisdiction and the Convention, and examines for Malaysia
the policy options regarding these issues, as well as their
implications.
US-MALAYSIA NEXUS
Themes in superpower-small-state relations
Pamela Sodhy
1991 570pp RM90.00/US$45.00 (sc) ISBN 967-947-133-0
RM105.00/US$55.00 (hc) ISBN 967-947-131-4
This book traces the US~Malaysian relationship from the
early contacts in the 17th century through to 1990.
Important phases of the relationship - the early years until
1945; the postwar period, 1946-49; the Korean War period,
1950~53; the immediate pre and post-independence years,
1954-63; the Confrontation years, 1963-66;
post-Confrontation to the end of the Vietnam War, 1967-75;
the Carter and Hussein Onn administrations, 1976-80; and the
Reagan-Bush and Mahathir administrations, 1981-90 -- are
examined through a prism of themes that includes:
The regional approach of US foreign policy, and the US
perception of Malaysia as being under the British sphere of
influence (until 1971), and their effects on the
relationship;
The economic/commercial dimension of the relationship;
The ties at the political and military levels;
The educational and sociocultural dimensions; and
The fledgling legal dimension.
QUEST FOR SECURITY
Proceedings of the Fourth Asia-Pacific Roundtable
Edited by Jawhar Hassan and Rohana
Mahmood
1991 135pp RM28.00/US$14.00 (sc) ISBN 967-947-135-7
RM36.00/US$18.00 (hc) ISBN 967-947-134-9
This fourth publication in the series of books resulting
from the Asia-Pacific Roundtables discusses:
Great power relations in the Pacific: Future directions
Arms reduction and control in the Pacific;
Issues for negotiations in a comprehensive Cambodian
settlement;
Obstacles to peace in the Korean peninsula
For the first time, five simultaneous seminars were held to
discuss developments in Northeast Asia, the South Pacific,
the Philippines, Vietnam and Eastern Europe. This volume
contains 10 selected papers and three workshop reports on
arms control, the Korean conflict, and the Cambodian
conflict.
MYANMAR AND THE WIDER SOUTHEAST ASIA
Edited by Rohana Mahmood and Hans-Joachim Esderts
1991 63pp RM18.00/US$9.00 ISBN
967-947-126-8
This book is the outcome of a two-day international seminar
held in Kuala Lumpur in July 1990 which brought together 31
participants from Asean, Myanmar and outside the region to
discuss the subject of Myanmar, within the context of
Southeast Asia. The discussions covered the domestic
challenges facing the country in the nineties, the external
dimensions of Myanmar's situation, and also compared
Myanmar's reforms with those of Indonesia, when the Suharto
government took over.
CARING SOCIETY
Emerging issues and future directions
Edited by Cho Kah Sin and Ismail Muhd
Salleh
1992 591pp RM60.00/US$30.00 ISBN 967-947-145-4
This book, which comprises selected papers from the First
National Conference on the Caring Society held from Dec 5-6,
1990, may be seen as a guide to a wide range of contemporary
issues with the authors providing a 'state of the art'
stock-taking of their area of expertise, a frontline view of
their area of social welfare practice, a guide to the
relevant literature and some pointers to the issues that
require further exploration and more systematic
investigation. The paper topics are organised into several
broad themes which, it is hoped, will reflect an emerging
policy agenda for social development.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
The Way Forward
Edited by Rohana Mahmood and Thangam
Ramnath
1992 139pp MR15.00/US7.50 ISBN 967-947-162-4
This selection of papers from the Fourth Southeast Asia
Forum held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, documents the domestic
goals and aspirations of the countries in the region, the
regional issues confronting them and also how the region
meets the challenges of the post Cold-War world or the New
World Order.
ENHANCING INTRA-INDUSTRY LINKAGES
The Role of Small and Medium Scale Industries
Edited by Ismail Muhd Salleh and Latifah
Rahim
1992 140pp RM15.00/US$7.50 ISBN 967-947-163-2
This book contains selected papers from the 'Seminar on the
Role of Small and Medium Scale Industries in Industrial
Restructuring, held in Kuala Lumpur in 1991. Some of the
topics discussed are:
The role of SMIs in economic development;
Enhancing technological linkages through the ancillary and
support industry;
Sub-contracting arrangements;
The 'umbrella' concept of marketing;
Technological development through sub-contracting linkages;
Supporting SMI growth through provision of credit
facilities;
Venture capital operations and their potential roles in
developing SM1s;
An assessment of SMI incentives and an assessment of the
Industrial Technical Assistance Fund (ITAF) in upgrading
SMIs are included.
FACING 2020
The challenges to the plantation industry
Edited by K Ragupathy
1992 117pp RM20.00/US$10.00 ISBN 967-947-165-9
In pursuing strategies to enable the plantation sector to
face the challenges in the year 2020, agricultural policy
makers in Malaysia are motivated to search for more flexible
production systems that can benefit from new opportunities
created by changes in technology and market.
This collection of papers, written by various individuals
who are experts and authorities in their own fields,
focusses attention on the issues and problems facing the
plantation sector. It is a useful reference for those
working in the plantation industry, particularly for those
seeking an answer to the future of the plantation industry
in the year 2020. It also serves as a spring board to future
research and implementation efforts.
SUSTAINING PACIFIC TRADE DYNAMISM
Exploring policy linkages
Edited by Steven C M Wong and Ahmad
Ikram Haji Abdullah
1992 140pp RM22.00/US$11.00 ISBN 967-947-156-X
This is a collection of selected papers and related
documents from the Fifth PECC Policy Forum, held in Kuala
Lumpur. The aim of the Forum has always been to provide an
opportunity for leading academicians, businessmen and
government officials in the Pacific region to meet and
discuss as well as help resolve issues with a view to
enhancing international trade.
JAPAN IN TRANSITION
Economy, politics and society
Edited by Steven C M Wong and Kazue
Sugiyama
1992 93pp RM27.00/US$13.50 ISBN 967-947-150-0
The pace and magnitude of political, economic and social
developments which have taken place in Japan in recent years
shows a nation in flux. This book contains the proceedings
of the First Annual Conference on Japan held in Kuala Lumpur
from December 10-11, 1991. The conference was an attempt to
understand some of these recent developments, among them the
country's assuming a larger role in international politics,
the series of securities and financial scandals which have
rocked the market, the change of administrations, and
kokusaika or Japan's growing internationalisation.
SOUTHEAST ASIA AND REGIONAL PEACE
Edited by B A Hamzah
1992 139pp RM20.00/US$10.00 ISBN 967-947-149-7
The Southeast Asian concept of the zone of peace, freedom
and neutrality (ZOPFAN) is an extension of Western
intellectual thoughts on neutralisation. Since 1968, the
idea was refined by some creative minds in Malaysia, working
in the context of the cold war. The Asean Foreign Ministers
saw the wisdom and relevance of the idea as a conception of
regional security, and adopted it as the Kuala Lumpur
Declaration of 1971. The collection of essays in this book
deals with the question of whether the concept continues to
have any relevance in the new strategic environment of the
post-cold war era.
MEETING HOUSING NEEDS
Issues and Policy Directions
Edited by Kamariah Othman
1993 140pp RM12.00/US$6.00 ISBN967-947-168-3
The problems of meeting housing needs in Malaysia are not
only caused by rapid population growth, but also by the
country's prosperity and progress in the last two decades.
Under the Fifth Malaysia Plan, the country was able to meet
only 43 per cent of its house building target. This book is
a collection of papers, prepared by experts in their
respective fields, describing various dimensions of the
problems, measures taken to overcome them, and the future
prospects of meeting the ever-increasing housing needs. The
views of the government, the building industry, the
financial institutions, and the end-consumers are well
represented in the chapters of this book.
ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN MALAYSIA
Changing Concerns and Approaches
Sham Sani
1993 138pp RM20.00/US$10.00 ISBN967-947-167-5
This book is about Malaysia's efforts to achieve sustainable
development. It reviews the consequences of development on
the country's natural environment and draws attention to the
development style that has been pursued so far, the degree
of environmental degradation that has occurred, especially
during the period after Independence in 1957, and the
institutional measures taken by the government to resolve
environmental issues and ensure sustainability. A review of
the effectiveness of current management practices adopted by
the Department of Environment and the government, and
efforts undertaken by the international community in
managing global environment are also included, with
particular reference to how these relate to Malaysia.
JEPUN DAN ASIA TIMUR
(Japan and East Asia)
Terjemahan oleh Normala Soulie Mohamad
dan Zahir lsmail
1993 86ms RM10.00/US$5.00 ISBN 967-947-179-9
Buku terbitan Pusat Kajian Jepun dan ISIS Malaysia ini
mempunyai lapan rencana mengenai perhubungan ekonomi Jepun
dengan negara-negara Asia Timur. Sungguhpun Jepun menganggap
negaranya sebahagiaan daripada Asia, namun merasakan pertu
berfikir-bertindak melampaui sempadan keserantauan dalam
konteks yang global demi menjaga kepentingan ekonaminya.
Tulisan-tulisan ini juga membincangkan peranan clan
tanggungjawab baru Jepun untuk memutuskan bahawa rantau Asia
Timur akan terus pesat. la juga memberi pandangan tentang
periunya Jepun meninjau kembali dasar ODAnya, demi membantu
membina sebuah tata ekonomi dunia baru yang lebih
egalitarian.
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN MALAYSIA
Japan's Contribution Since 1980
Chilly Chew, Leong Choon Heng, Kazue
Sugiyama and Stephen Leong
1993 202pp RM30.00/US$15.00 ISBN967-947-175-6
This study on Japan's contribution to human resource
development in Malaysia followed the recommendation of the
Japan-Malaysia Advisory Group of the Centre for Japan
Studies at ISIS Malaysia. It began in April 1992, and
focused on the education and training programmes offered by
Japan to Malaysian students and trainees. The programmes
were conducted in both Japan and Malaysia. The study
involved a review of published writings on training and
skills formation programmes, especially in Japan, and the
collection of statistics and other information from various
organisations such as the Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA), the Association for Overseas Technical
Scholarship (AOTS), the Association of International
Education, Japan, (AIEJ), the Japan Foundation and the
Embassy of Japan. Malaysian agencies such as the Economic
Planning Unit (EPU) and the Look East Policy Unit of the
Public Services Department (PSD) were also contacted for
important data and information. The core of the study,
however, was a survey conducted by means of questionnaires
given to a large number of participants of the training and
education programmes.
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND ECONOMIC
COOPERATION IN PACIFIC ASIA
Noordin Sopiee
1994 20pp RM8.00/US$4.00 ISBN967-947-186-1
This East Asian Centre for Economic Cooperation Opinion
Paper was presented at the Kyushu University International
Symposium 1993. It is linked to the 1993-95 project on Asian
Economic Dynamism and The New Asia Pacific Economic Order
supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
of Japan.
SOCIAL SECURITY IN MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE
Practices, Issues and Reform Directions
Mukul G Asher
1994 86pp RM15.00/US$7.50 ISBN967-947-180-2
This book aims firstly to provide an analytical description
of the social security systems and their probable effects in
Malaysia and Singapore and secondly, to identify major
issues facing the social security systems, and suggest
possible ways of addressing them. As few quantitative
studies of social security issues in the two countries are
available, the discussion in this book is largely
qualitative and deductive. This study should be treated as
essentially exploratory in nature, and suggestions for
reforms should be regarded as areas requiring further
investigation.
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING IN MALAYSIA
Challenge and Response
Edited by Patrick Pillai
1994 209pp RM30.00/US$15.00 ISBN967-947-185-3
This book discusses the challenge of educating, training and
developing manpower for Malaysia's growing industrial needs,
and the public and private sector's role and responsibility
in meeting that challenge. It provides an overview of the
industrial training system in Malaysia and an insight into
the role played by various public agencies and those in the
private sector. It ends with some observations on the
experiences of other countries. This book will be of
interest to policy-planners, decision-makers, educationists,
human resource development practitioners and local and
foreign investors.
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT UNDER RAPID
INDUSTRIALISATION
Edited by Susan Chong and Cho Kah Sin
1994 298pp PM30.00/US$15.00 ISBN967-947-177-2
How are the societies in rapidly industrialising Southeast
Asia managing the social impact of industrialisation? This
is the theme of this book which contains papers delivered
during the First Southeast Asia Roundtable on Social
Development, which was held in Kuala Lumpur in January,
1992, and was attended by representatives from Malaysia,
Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, The Philippines,
Vietnam, and the ILO. The areas covered by the papers
include:
Demographic developments, family change and social
development;
Supporting working parents;
Anticipating the needs of the aging among the population;
Helping rural migrants adapt to the cities;
Integrating disabled persons into society; and
Promoting voluntary efforts in meeting community needs.
GENERATING A NATIONAL SAVINGS MOVEMENT
Edited by Al'Alim Ibrahim
1994 321pp RM40.00/US$20.00(sc)RM50.00/US$25.00(hc) ISBN
967-947-196-9
The First Malaysian National Savings Conference, which was
very comprehensive, covered the theoretical framework
relating savings to national growth and development. It also
covered issues relating to social security, which have
emerged with the sustained economic growth and development
of the nation, and which in turn have created higher
expectations and placed a greater demand on the national
social security system. In trying to meet these
expectations, the social security and national provident
fund systems are under pressure to ensure reasonable yields
or returns on investments, while ensuring the safety of the
capital sums invested. In trying to address all these
issues, the conference has raised a large agenda for further
research by economists and social scientists. This book
contains the key papers presented at the conference as well
as a summary of the workshop proceedings.
MALAYSIAN ECONOMY:
Selected Issues and Policy Directions
Edited by Vijayakumari Kanapathy and
Ismail Muhd Salleh
1994 370pp RM40.00/US$20.00 ISBN967-947-169-1
This publication on the Malaysian economy is a compilation
of individual papers prepared for various fora or based on
research projects undertaken by ISIS. These are largely
policy-oriented papers that look into the various elements
of this new strategy for sustained growth. The papers trace
the significant structural changes that had taken place in
the 1970s and 1980s, and the structural adjustments of the
1980s. They draw out the major lessons and policy directions
for the 1990s and beyond.
LEARNING TO WORK, WORKING TO LEARN
Edited by Patrick Pillai and Ridzwan
Othman
1994 160pp RM15.00/US$7.50 ISBN967-947-198-5
Rapid industrialisation and a skills shortage have led to a
heightened awareness of the need to reform the vocational
and educational training (VET) system. A developing country
bent on reform needs ideas. Some of the best ideas come from
economically successful countries. Japan is one. Germany is
another. Germany's highly successful dual VET system is a
crucial factor behind its emergence as an international
economic power. The German experience has shown that it is
often a combination of classroom learning, and on-the-job
training--in which trainees learn to work and work to
learn--which produces the best results. This collection of
papers examines aspects of vocational training in Germany
and Malaysia.
THE MAKING OF A SECURITY COMMUNITY IN THE
ASIA-PACIFIC
Edited by Bunn Nagara and K S
Balakrishnan
1994 350pp RM30.00/US$15.00 ISBN967-947-192-6
This seventh in the Asia Pacific Roudtable series covered
new ground in venturing into areas not usually related to
defence matters. This includes the economic dimension, now
so hard to ignore in the East Asian context and also the
question of human rights. Papers were presented on concepts
of security, the security impact and implications of
economic development, current trends in regional security,
armaments building and confidence-building, alternative
processes to peace, slocs and maritime security, a nuclear
weapons- free-zone in Southeast Asia and the possibilities
and perspectives of Korean reunification.
ATMOSFERA YANG BERUBAH
John Firor
1995 159pp RM15.00/US$7.50 ISBN967-947-203-5
Kita kini sedang berada di ambang perubahan besar atmosfera
dunia. Kita menghadapi cabaran yang serius daripada hujan
asid, penipisan ozon, dan pemanasan iklim. Sungguhpun
kejadian semula jadi banyak mempengaruhi perubahan di
atmosfera, namun sejak dekad kebelakangan ini, masalah ini
banyak disebabkan oleh pencemaran yang dihasilkan oleh
aktiviti manusia. Dalam buku ini, John Firor, seorang pakar
dalam kajian atmosfera teiah membincangkan sebab-sebab
terjadinya hujan asid, penipisan ozon dan pemanasan ikiim -
serta bukti-bukti yang menunjukkan bahawa masalahnya
sekarang menjadi semakin parah. Beliau juga mengemukakan
banyak cadangan untuk mengawal masalah ini dan bagaimana
mengatasi kemusnahan atmosfera dalam bentuk-bentuk lain.
Dengan cara yang mudah dan jelas, John Firor membincangkan
bagaimana pelepasan bahan sulfur dan nitrogen ke udara boleh
mengakibatkan hujan asid, bagaimana pelepasan gas-gas yang
mengandungi kiorin ke udara mengakibatkan kemusnahan ozon di
atmosfera atas, dan bagaimana kehadiran gas pemerangkap
infra-merah di atmosfera boleh menyebabkan kita kehilangan
radiasi infra-merah di bumi yang akan mengakibatkan
pemanasan iklim. Dalam buku ini, Firor menjelaskan bahawa
fakta asas kepada ekologi sejagat ialah hakikat bahawa
ketiga-tiga masalah ini wujud dalam bentuk yang
berhubungkait antara satu sama lain. Beliau menghuraikan
mengapa ketiga-tiga masaiah ini tidak boleh dilihat secara
berasingan dan apa yang boleh kita lakukan untuk
mengatasinya.
MANAGING INDUSTRIAL TRANSITION IN
MALAYSIA
Edited by Vijayakumari Kanapathy
1995 164pp RM34.00/US$17.00 ISBN967-947-200-0
This book consists of seven select papers presented at the
seminar 'Managing Industrial Transition in Malaysia:
Policies for the 1990s and Beyond'. The seminar brought
together some of the key architects of Malaysia's industrial
policy to:
Review and assess, critically, the adequacy and relevance of
policies, strategies and programmes to facilitate and hasten
industrial transition;
Draw lessons from the industrialised economies, in
particular the Asian Newly Industrialising Economies, in the
area of human resource development and technology policies;
and
Examine the constraints to policy revision, formulation and
implementation.
MANAGING TRUST
Transparency, Accountability & Ethics in Malaysia
Edited by Patrick Pillai, Azreen Pharmy,
Karen Neoh and Kim Thiruchelvam
1995 175pp RM15.00/US$7.50 ISBN967-947-203-5
How best can we create a more ethical and moral society? One
approach is to ensure that executives in both the public and
private sectors manage the trust bestowed on them by
practising the concept of transparency and accountability
more effectively. This book examines the practice of the
concept in Malaysia and what can -- and cannot -- be learned
from the European, specifically the German, experience. It
should interest public sector officials, especially those
from the financial, regulatory, law enforcement, and
privatised agencies, and private sector executives,
especially those from the banking and securities industry,
and from the corporate planning, human resources, public
affairs and environmental divisions of corporations. This
book should also prove useful to students of public
administration, law, business administration, and of course
the layman -- the tax-payer, citizen, employee or consumer
-- who entrusts others with his welfare and well-being.
GROWTH TRIANGLES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA:
Strategy for Development
Edited by Imran Lim
1996 273pp RM28.00/US$14.00 ISBN967-947-201-9
The focus of the Fourth Southeast Asia Roundtable on
Economic Development (RED 4) was growth triangles in
Southeast Asia as a strategy for development. This current
issue has attracted much interest in the region, especially
among regional governments, policy makers, academics and
private sector interests. It was felt that growth triangles
could spur faster economic growth while simultaneously
helping to create 'borderless economies' and promote closer
regional co-operation. RED 4 was organised to look into
these possibilities and to provide a forum to discuss issues
on economic growth and regional co-operation, especially in
areas of trade, investments, joint exploitation of resources
and the service sector and mutual co-operation towards
sustainable economic growth for Southeast Asia. From the RED
4 discussions, it is apparent that the idea of growth
triangles has already acquired regional acceptability. It
was the unanimous consensus that regional governments should
support this concept and exploit its potential through
greater commitment.
