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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Main Authors:	Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham, Kamaruddin, Zaleha, Nordin, Mohamad Sahari
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Language:	English
Published:	EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. 2010
Subjects:	H10 Societies
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spelling	iium-46672011-09-20T02:26:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/4667/ Social problems and its relationship with family institution in FELDA settlements: the local perspectives Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham Kamaruddin, Zaleha Nordin, Mohamad Sahari H10 Societies 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. EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/4667/1/cZalehaejss_14_3_03.pdf Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham and Kamaruddin, Zaleha and Nordin, Mohamad Sahari (2010) Social problems and its relationship with family institution in FELDA settlements: the local perspectives. European Journal of Social Sciences, 14 (3). pp. 369-386. ISSN 1450-2267 http://www.eurojournals.com/ejss_14_3_03.pdf
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spellingShingle	H10 Societies Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham Kamaruddin, Zaleha Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Social problems and its relationship with family institution in FELDA settlements: the local perspectives
description	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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title	Social problems and its relationship with family institution in FELDA settlements: the local perspectives
title_short	Social problems and its relationship with family institution in FELDA settlements: the local perspectives
title_full	Social problems and its relationship with family institution in FELDA settlements: the local perspectives
title_fullStr	Social problems and its relationship with family institution in FELDA settlements: the local perspectives
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