Social problems and its relationship with family institution in FELDA settlements: the local perspectives
Malaysia is targeted to be an industrialized nation by year 2020. In this context, FELDA has been identified as a new industrialized town in order to achieve part of this ambition. The absence of a balanced development would- lead to negative effects which in the longrun might affect the target a...
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| Language: | English |
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EuroJournals Publishing, Inc.
2010
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/4667/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/4667/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/4667/1/cZalehaejss_14_3_03.pdf |
| Summary: | Malaysia is targeted to be an industrialized nation by year 2020. In this context, FELDA
has been identified as a new industrialized town in order to achieve part of this ambition.
The absence of a balanced development would- lead to negative effects which in the longrun
might affect the target and the future planning of the nation. Among the main
objectives of this research are: to identify what are the types of social problems in FELDA;
to find the root of cause those problems from the local perspective; and to propose
dysfunction as well as to draw up a few steps or measures on how to overcome them.
Results of the research are as follows: i) many respondents stated that their parents were
the cause of moral decadence; ii) Drugs abuse was also associated with the increase in
crimes; vi) the level of academic achievements of the early settlers’ children was also not
very encouraging; vii) attitude of putting too much emphasis on materialism amongst
parents were said to have been the main cause of their children getting little or no religious
education; and viii) parents’ attitude of not taking seriously any wrongdoings of their
children. The research suggests as follows: i) effort and cooperation of various parties
including the leaders, the schools, and the authorities the religious departments as well as
the management of FELDA are important; ii) parents must be firm in nurturing and
educating their children; iii) the empowerment and the implementation of laws should be
emphasized especially by the Police; iv) awareness of religion also plays a very important
role in the lives of human beings; v) schools are to be pro-active in solving the social and
disciplinary problems amongst students. |
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