Social Unity

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SOCIAL UNITY

Societies are largely based upon the degree to which people identify with one another - that is, the degree to which they

feel a sameness as, a connectedness to, and a commonality with one another. This strength of identity is determined by -

The physical similarity of people in a group,

The emotional similarity of people in a group, and

The similarity of identity and culture in a group - that is, similarity in views, likes, dislikes, heroes, stories,

traditions, clothing, history, principles, music, ways of doing things, beliefs, etc.

The more similar individuals are in these regards, the more strongly will they identify with one another. The more strongly

they identify with one another, the more fond they will be of one another. And the more fond they are one another, the

more pronounced will be the social unity among them.

Conversely, the less similar are individuals in these regards, the less strongly will they identify with one another. The less

strongly they identify with one another, the less fond will they be of one another.

And the less fond they are of one another, the less pronounced will be the social unity among them.

In a society in which there were a high degree of unity, there would be -

ittle conflict!

"eople would work well together!

There would be a relatively high degree of concern for the welfare of the others in that society!

There would be a relatively high degreee of concern for the society as a whole! and

In general, happiness would be relatively high.

In a society in which there were a low degree of unity, there would be -

Considerable conflict!

"eople would not work well together!

There would be a relatively low degree of concern for the welfare of others in that society!

There would be a relatively low degree of concern for the society as a whole! and

In general, happiness would be at a relatively low ebb.

The degree of a sense of similarity among those of a society is very important in determining the degree of fondness that

those of the society have for one another and, so, the unity of the society.

Measuring unity and social harmony


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#y Santha $or%itham

&'$ are your three best friends( &ho lives ne)t door to you(

If you were given the chance to learn a language in addition to *nglish and #ahasa +alaysia, which language would

you choose(

These are the kind of uestions academics have been asking a cross-section of +alaysians since the /0s.

And, they say, the scientific and systematic measurement of national unity and social harmony, which the 1overnment

Transformation "rogramme 21T"3 4oadmap calls for, is not only possible but also already being done.

5The popular approach is to do a survey through uestionnaires,5 said 6atuk A7man Amin 'assan, director-general of

the 6epartment of 8ational 9nity and Integration 2689I3.

5That is useful, but is unable to help us manage polarity issues within the community that reuire speedy intervention.5

689I set up a tracking system, e-Sepakat, in :00; with the help of the police, communities and its own 689I officers.

It has developed the Societal Stress Inde) 2SSI3, which covers terror, riots, demonstrations, protests, attacks, uarrelsand issues. In :00/, with general elections and numerous issues raised, it recorded :/ cases per million population.

The number dropped to :: cases per million last year.

SSI helps the department to identify high-risk areas and issues that reuire immediate attention, A7man e)plained.

59nity officers on the ground can uickly intervene to manage the situation and prevent it from turning ugly,5 he said

adding that 689I also needs long-term studies to manage social cohesion and environment better.

+ost of the department


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9nity and social cohesions in systems of the nation is vital for +alaysia.

+ore actions needs to be taken to overcome these problems.

*verywhere in all facets of malaysia


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&e +alaysian are lucky and blessed people,who live in a rich and fertile khatulistiwa2euator3 land called +alaysia.

&e are blessed with much fertile greenery,diversity of races and many other wealths in both visibleFinvisible forms.

&e must stay true to our bersatu ideal systems, in our social cohesion systems to make the nation better than what it was

in past.

The unity systems and social cohesions systems must get better for the future of all malaysians.

A lot people outside the nations can say many ugly things about our nation, but it should make us more determined to

make more efforts,for e)cellence of unity and social cohesions in our systems.

&e should take the motto of, 5 the more the re%ections we get, the closer we get to , +alaysia


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+alaysians need to work harder to promote more honesty in all field of disciplines and activities.

&e have to create easy citi7en feedback honesty systems and get more pro-active in responses to feedbacks.

+alaysians also need embark more in creating more care in our systems. &e need to lessen doing things that burden the

citi7ens more. &e need to pro%ect more care in all our activites in our daily work activites.

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