Comparison of Weight Allocation in Malaysian Harmonious Living

Demanding of harmonious society is a challenging task in every country especially for multi-ethnicity society. Despite sharing the same homeland, they has their own heritage that reflect their ethnics. Each of the ethnic are defending their respective right. Ergo, the similarities of these diversity...

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Main Authors: Hasnan, Siti Farhanah, Ramli, Razamin, Mat Kasim, Maznah, Abdul Hamid, Mohd Noor
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/31042/1/IACE%202138%2001%202019%20040012-1-040012-5.pdf
https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/31042/
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5121091
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Summary:Demanding of harmonious society is a challenging task in every country especially for multi-ethnicity society. Despite sharing the same homeland, they has their own heritage that reflect their ethnics. Each of the ethnic are defending their respective right. Ergo, the similarities of these diversity, particularly culture and identity should be as a nation forte to unite the society. Overall, 18 criteria was identified which are consist of 11 for national culture and 7 for national identity. Thus, the aims of this paper is a comparative analysis on weighting allocation in determining the importance of these criteria that contribute towards Malaysian harmonious living. In order to identify relevant important criteria, Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) approach is utilized to allocate the weight for each identified criteria. The findings reveal the degree of importance of each criteria under culture and identity that could be used as a guideline for national policy maker and relevant government authorities to planning the activities specifically when it is involving the community as a whole