1. 1Mahathir, M., “Malaysia: the way forward”, paper given to the Malaysia Business Council by the Prime Minister, Kuala Lumpur, 28 February 1991.
2. 2Malaysia is a poly‐ethnic society stratified by geographic location, incomes, occupations and employment sector. About 60 per cent of the population are defined by the Government of Malaysia 1986 as Bumiputras (sons‐of‐the‐soil). This classification includes ethnic Malays (about 55 per cent) and the local peoples of Sabah and Sarawak. The other major ethnic groups are Chinese (31 per cent) and Indians (8 per cent). he Malaysian Government also estimated that 70 per cent of Bumiputras, 40 per cent of the Chinese and 56 per cent of the Indians live in rural areas and that the ratio of average incomes of Chinese, Bumiputras and Indians is 100:73:57 (see Government of Malaysia, 5th Malaysia Plan 1986‐1990. Government Printers, Kuala Lumpur, 1986 (Tables 4.4 and 3.4)). In 1990, 29 per cent of registered professionals were Bumiputras, 55.9 per cent Chinese and 13 per cent Indian. Bumiputras were employed mainly in agricultural, forestry and government services. Chinese people were found more in the wholesale and retail trades, hotel and restaurant sectors while Indians tended to be employed mostly in the agricultural, forestry and manufacturing sectors (see Government of Malaysia, 6th Malaysia Plan 1991‐1995, Government Printers, Kuala Lumpur, 1991 (Tables 1‐9, 1‐10 and 1‐11)).
3. 3Ibrahim, A.B., “Megashifts in the training of educational administrators/managers: strategic plans for the realization of vision 2020”, paper given to the Eighth International Intervisitation Program, Toronto and Buffalo, 15‐27 May, 1994, pp. 18‐19.
4. 4Duignan, P.A. and Macpherson, R.J.S. (Eds), Educative Leadership: A Practical Theory for New Administrators and Managers, Falmer Press, Basingstoke, 1992.
5. 5Duignan, P.A. and Macpherson, R.J.S., “Educative leadership: a practical theory”, Educational Administration Quarterly, Vol. 29 No. 1, February 1993, pp. 8‐33.