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(together known as bumiputera or "sons of the soil").
unknown title 2009
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Dingy: Would the descendants of Hang Li Poh, Cheng Ho or Hang Tuah and his gang be classified as bumiputera?
Malaysiakini :: News 2010
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Dingy: Would the descendants of Hang Li Poh, Cheng Ho or Hang Tuah and his gang be classified as bumiputera?
Malaysiakini :: News 2010
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East Malaysian native tribes in Sarawak identify as bumiputera but are predominantly Christian.
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Dingy: Would the descendants of Hang Li Poh, Cheng Ho or Hang Tuah and his gang be classified as bumiputera?
Malaysiakini :: News 2010
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'Pakatan Rakyat (the opposition People's Alliance) has to buck up and do more leg work if they want to win elections beyond urban areas among the working classes, especially the' bumiputera '(indigenous) community.
Global Issues News Headlines Global Issues 2010
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Where is the term 'bumiputera' in the constitution?
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'Pakatan Rakyat (the opposition People's Alliance) has to buck up and do more leg work if they want to win elections beyond urban areas among the working classes, especially the' bumiputera '(indigenous) community.
Global Issues News Headlines Global Issues 2010
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(NEP), first established in 1971, was a 10-year plan that sought to rectify a situation whereby ethnic Malays and indigenous peoples ( "bumiputera"), who comprised nearly 60\% of the population, held less than 3\% of the nation's wealth.
unknown title 2009
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The local language is, in fact, the most widespread among the population that has received a basic education, the "bumiputera," a term derived from the Sanskrit, meaning "sons of the earth."
Spero News 2009
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