On the margin of capitalism: people and development in Mukim Plentong, Johor, Malaysia
On the Johor Straits of Malaysia, a small fishing village of a few hundred residents was transformed in the 1970s into a port, an industrial estate that included the largest palm oil refining centre in the world, and a township of 22,000 people. Johor Port and Pasir Gudang Industrial Estate are part...
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| Zusammenfassung: | On the Johor Straits of Malaysia, a small fishing village of a few hundred residents was transformed in the 1970s into a port, an industrial estate that included the largest palm oil refining centre in the world, and a township of 22,000 people. Johor Port and Pasir Gudang Industrial Estate are part of Malaysia's answer to the growing economic impact of Singapore on southern Malaysia. This book traces the economic growth of Mukim Plentong, a rural subdistrict near Johor Bahru, from the earliest investment of capital in the plantation industry to the establishment of Pasir Gudang Industrial Estate and the construction of massive housing estates along an urban corridor between it and Johor Bahru during the 1980s. It analyses the impact of these developments on Malay, Chinese, and Indian residents in local kampongs, New Villages, plantations, and a FELDA resettlement scheme. While the government is proud of Pasir Gudang's impressive capital growth, it is less assured of the welfare and livelihood of its people. Industrial development has led to the displacement of the rural workforce and the increasing dependence of local residents on unskilled employment in manufacturing firms. The creation of a large immigrant population, from other parts of Malaysia and from Indonesia, has strained public services to breaking-point and further aggravated the problems of tenancy and squatting. Severe social tensions and racial divisions have marked the transformation of the industrial and residential areas. Class interests have polarized, community cohesion has come under threat, and racial identity has assumed a new significance. |
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Preface v
Acknowledgements v^
Tables xi
Maps xii
Plates xi»
Abbreviations and Glossary *iv
A Note on Data Sources XVH
Weights, Measures, and Currencies xviit
1. The Growth of Capital in Mukim Plentong 1
Early History of Southern Johor I
Colonial Control and Capitalist Expansion 6
The Japanese Occupation 14
Re establishment of Colonial Capital 15
Independence and State Capitalism 23
2. Industrial Growth in Pasir Gudang 32
State Investment in the Port and Industrial Estate 33
Growth of Johor Port 36
Growth of Pasir Gudang Industrial Estate 38
Administration of Pasir Gudang 45
3. The Industrial Workforce 49
Race 55
Contract Workers 59
Workers Response ^3
Housing for Workers 66
Conclusion 70
4. On the Industrial Margin: Chinese New Villages 72
Pre industrial Stagnation ^
Burgeoning Capitalism in Masai 77
Diversification of the Workforce 86
Socio economic Polarization 89
Racial Segregation 94
Class and Race in Masai and Plentong 104
X CONTENTS
5. On the Industrial Margin: Malay Kampongs 113
Pre industrial Kampong Society 113
Post 1972 Industrial Era 118
Class and Race in the Kampongs 135
Kampongs in an Industrial Society 142
6. On the Industrial Margin: A FELDA Resettlement
Scheme 148
The Industrial Period 149
A FELDA Proletariat 156
The Neighbouring Squatter Community 165
Emerging Class Relations 167
7. Urban Transformations: Plantations to Housing Estates 171
Plantation Agriculture 171
The Industrial Impact on the Plantations ; 76
The Housing Boom / 77
Informal Sector Land Use 187
People and the State 189
8. People and Development in Mukim Plentong ; 93
Industrial Development 193
Population Growth and Community Change 195
Workers and Their Households igg
Class Conflict 200
Race Relations 203
Bibliography 206
Index 213
Xli TABLES
4.5 Occupations of Masai Household Heads and Total
Workforce, 1987 88
4.6 Gender Composition of Workforce by Sector 88
4.7 Employment of Masai Workforce by Sector 90
4.8 Age Structure of Masai Population 90
4.9 Composition of Masai Households 9/
4.10 Population Growth in Masai and Plentong, 1970 1987 98
5.1 Population of Kampongs, 1971 117
5.2 Origin of Land Acquired for Pasir Gudang Industrial
Estate 118
5.3 Rampong Populations, 1971 1987 124
5.4 Employment of Kampung Pasir Putih Income Earners,
1987 128
5.5 Wages of Kampung Pasir Putih Labour Force, 1987 128
5.6 Unemployed in Kampung Pasir Putih, 1987 129
5.7 Wages of Male Workers in Kampung Pasir Putih 130
5.8 Fishing Techniques of Kampung Pasir Putih Residents,
1987 ui
6.1 Previous Off farm Employment of Cahaya Baru Residents 150
6.2 Primary Employment of Cahaya Baru Residents, 1987 151
6.3 Occupation of Settlers Children Living Away, 1987 152
6.4 Income from Rubber Smallholdings, June 1987 159
7.1 Plantations Acquired in 1972 for the Pasir Gudang
Industrial Estate ; 72
7.2 Plantations in East Mukim Plentong, 1978 U2
13 Plantations in East Mukim Plentong, 1986 174
7.4 Plantation Resident Population, 1976 and 1980 177
7.5 Housing Estates in Mukim Plentong jg3
7.6 Population of Other Squatter Settlements, Mukim
Plentong 188
Maps
1.1 Mukim Plentong xx
4.1 Masai ~.
4.2 Plentong 75
5.1 Kampung Pasir Putih 1]4
7.1 Mukim Plentong: Land Use, 1974 173
7.2 Mukim Plentong: Land Use, 1984 178
Plates
Between pages 92 and 93
1 Town centre, Pasir Gudang
2 FELDA palm oil mill, Pasir Gudang
3 Blocks of flats, Pasir Gudang
4 Malay, Chinese, and Indian shophouses, Pasir Gudang
5 Engineering workshops utilizing the road in Taman Masai
6 MARA (Malay) shophouses, Masai
7 Tamil school, Masai
8 Chinese carrying their temple god around Plentong
9 Malay kompang group performing at a wedding in Plentong
10 Kampung Sungai Rinting squatter settlement
11 Kampung Senibong, a fishing village
12 Fishing platforms, Kampung Pasir Putih
13 Malay shipyard, Kampung Pasir Putih
14 Rubber smallholding, Kampung Sungai Tengkorak
15 Taman Johor Jaya, a massive urban centre
16 Housing development billboard along the main highway
Tables
1.1 Ethnic Composition of the Estate and General Population
of Pasir Gudang District (Mukim Plentong), 1921 9
1.2 Population of Pasir Gudang District (Mukim Plentong) 10
1.3 Weekly Fishing Trade in Kampung Pasir Putih, 1953 19
1.4 Employment of Kampung Pasir Putih Population, 1953 22
1.5 Population of Mukim Plentong, 1947 and 1957 23
2.1 Agricultural Production of Johor
2.2 Production Incentives Offered to Pasir Gudang Firms,
1988 35
2.3 Traffic through Johor Port, 1977 1987 ¦*
2.4 Types of Cargo Handled at Johor Port, 1977 1987 37
2.5 Operating Manufacturing Firms in Pasir Gudang,
1977 1988 39
2.6 Foreign Equity in Pasir Gudang Manufacturing Firms w
2.7 Distribution of Industrial Equity, 1985 4J
2 8 Distribution of Equity in Pasir Gudang Firms 42
2.9 Employers Expressing Dissatisfaction with Pasir Gudang ^
Facilities and Services
3.1 Pasir Gudang Labour Force
3.2 Employment in Industrial Sectors, Pasir Gudang,
1982—1988
3 3 Age Structure of Pasir Gudang Workforce, 1987/8 53
3.4 Employment Levels of Pasir Gudang Permanent Labour
Force, 1985 and 1987/8 *t
3.5 Monthly Income per Worker, Pasir Gudang, 1987/8 55
3 6 Area of Origin of Pasir Gudang Workforce 56
3.7 Employment Levels by Race, Pasir Gudang 5b
3.8 Education of Workforce, 1987/8
3.9 Racial Composition of Workforce, Pasir Gudang, 1987/8 58
3.10 Work Tendered by MSE, 1984 1987 â„¢
3.11 Racial Composition of Pasir Gudang Residents e*
4.1 Types of Shophouse Enterprises in Various Towns SJ
4 2 Type and Ownership of Masai Firms, 1987 «*
4.3 Employment Status of Masai Workforce, 1987 *6
4.4 Masai Workforce by Sector and Gender, 1987
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| spelling | Guinness, Patrick Verfasser aut On the margin of capitalism people and development in Mukim Plentong, Johor, Malaysia Patrick Guinness Singapore u.a. Oxford Univ. Press 1992 XVI, 220 S. Ill. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier South-East Asian social monographs On the Johor Straits of Malaysia, a small fishing village of a few hundred residents was transformed in the 1970s into a port, an industrial estate that included the largest palm oil refining centre in the world, and a township of 22,000 people. Johor Port and Pasir Gudang Industrial Estate are part of Malaysia's answer to the growing economic impact of Singapore on southern Malaysia. This book traces the economic growth of Mukim Plentong, a rural subdistrict near Johor Bahru, from the earliest investment of capital in the plantation industry to the establishment of Pasir Gudang Industrial Estate and the construction of massive housing estates along an urban corridor between it and Johor Bahru during the 1980s. It analyses the impact of these developments on Malay, Chinese, and Indian residents in local kampongs, New Villages, plantations, and a FELDA resettlement scheme. While the government is proud of Pasir Gudang's impressive capital growth, it is less assured of the welfare and livelihood of its people. Industrial development has led to the displacement of the rural workforce and the increasing dependence of local residents on unskilled employment in manufacturing firms. The creation of a large immigrant population, from other parts of Malaysia and from Indonesia, has strained public services to breaking-point and further aggravated the problems of tenancy and squatting. Severe social tensions and racial divisions have marked the transformation of the industrial and residential areas. Class interests have polarized, community cohesion has come under threat, and racial identity has assumed a new significance. Wirtschaft Labor supply Malaysia Johor Baharu (Johor) Land settlement Malaysia Johor Baharu (Johor) Industrialisierung (DE-588)4026776-3 gnd rswk-swf Industrie (DE-588)4026779-9 gnd rswk-swf Arbeitsmarkt (DE-588)4002733-8 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4 gnd rswk-swf Arbeiter (DE-588)4112560-5 gnd rswk-swf Johor Baharu (Johor) Economic conditions Johore (DE-588)4096604-5 gnd rswk-swf Johore (DE-588)4096604-5 g Industrie (DE-588)4026779-9 s Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4 s DE-604 Arbeiter (DE-588)4112560-5 s Arbeitsmarkt (DE-588)4002733-8 s Industrialisierung (DE-588)4026776-3 s HBZ Datenaustausch application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=003691678&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| spellingShingle | Guinness, Patrick On the margin of capitalism people and development in Mukim Plentong, Johor, Malaysia Wirtschaft Labor supply Malaysia Johor Baharu (Johor) Land settlement Malaysia Johor Baharu (Johor) Industrialisierung (DE-588)4026776-3 gnd Industrie (DE-588)4026779-9 gnd Arbeitsmarkt (DE-588)4002733-8 gnd Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4 gnd Arbeiter (DE-588)4112560-5 gnd |
| subject_GND | (DE-588)4026776-3 (DE-588)4026779-9 (DE-588)4002733-8 (DE-588)4020517-4 (DE-588)4112560-5 (DE-588)4096604-5 |
| title | On the margin of capitalism people and development in Mukim Plentong, Johor, Malaysia |
| title_auth | On the margin of capitalism people and development in Mukim Plentong, Johor, Malaysia |
| title_exact_search | On the margin of capitalism people and development in Mukim Plentong, Johor, Malaysia |
| title_full | On the margin of capitalism people and development in Mukim Plentong, Johor, Malaysia Patrick Guinness |
| title_fullStr | On the margin of capitalism people and development in Mukim Plentong, Johor, Malaysia Patrick Guinness |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the margin of capitalism people and development in Mukim Plentong, Johor, Malaysia Patrick Guinness |
| title_short | On the margin of capitalism |
| title_sort | on the margin of capitalism people and development in mukim plentong johor malaysia |
| title_sub | people and development in Mukim Plentong, Johor, Malaysia |
| topic | Wirtschaft Labor supply Malaysia Johor Baharu (Johor) Land settlement Malaysia Johor Baharu (Johor) Industrialisierung (DE-588)4026776-3 gnd Industrie (DE-588)4026779-9 gnd Arbeitsmarkt (DE-588)4002733-8 gnd Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4 gnd Arbeiter (DE-588)4112560-5 gnd |
| topic_facet | Wirtschaft Labor supply Malaysia Johor Baharu (Johor) Land settlement Malaysia Johor Baharu (Johor) Industrialisierung Industrie Arbeitsmarkt Geschichte Arbeiter Johor Baharu (Johor) Economic conditions Johore |
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