Baling: From Demontration to Industrialisation: A Collection of Essays in Time Geography. 2004. Penerbit UKM: Bangi. ISBN 967-942-653-x (paperback).

Baling: From Demontration to Industrialisation: A Collection of Essays in Time Geography. 2004. Penerbit UKM: Bangi. ISBN 967-942-653-x (paperback). 164 pp. RM 25.00. Asmah Ahmad

Baling is a small town remembered by most of us as a meeting place between Tunku Abdul Rahman and Chin Peng. But in this book, the author presents a collection of ten essays that will show the contextualised time geography that Baling had gone through. The three constrasting phases of a place’s life and time – Baling before, during and after development. In December 1974, the smallholders and their compatriots staged the ‘Hungry March’ when they are caught in squeeze of rising cost of living and low rubber prices. Things changed slowly after that and by 1988 the smallholder poverty level slipped to around 70 percent. But the pace of change had quickened thereafter as a result of development project which were embarked in the mid eighties. By 1994 development had delivered when the smallholder poverty slumped to around 45 percent. This write up is based on the studies conducted within this time frame, that is in 1981, 1988 and 1994. Two crucial aspect that was studied and analysed are the transformation of the economic and social structure of the population in Baling. It is hope this book is able to show the transition from poverty to well being in Baling.

ASMAH AHMAD, Ph. D., a Professor at the School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM.

Published by:

Penerbit UKM

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

43600, Bangi, Selangor

Malaysia

Fax no. 03-89254575

Baling: From Demontration to Industrialisation: A Collection of Essays in Time Geography. 2004. Penerbit UKM: Bangi. ISBN 967-942-653-x (paperback).

Baling: From Demontration to Industrialisation: A Collection of Essays in Time Geography. 2004. Penerbit UKM: Bangi. ISBN 967-942-653-x (paperback). 164 pp. RM 25.00. Asmah Ahmad

Baling is a small town remembered by most of us as a meeting place between Tunku Abdul Rahman and Chin Peng. But in this book, the author presents a collection of ten essays that will show the contextualised time geography that Baling had gone through. The three constrasting phases of a place’s life and time – Baling before, during and after development. In December 1974, the smallholders and their compatriots staged the ‘Hungry March’ when they are caught in squeeze of rising cost of living and low rubber prices. Things changed slowly after that and by 1988 the smallholder poverty level slipped to around 70 percent. But the pace of change had quickened thereafter as a result of development project which were embarked in the mid eighties. By 1994 development had delivered when the smallholder poverty slumped to around 45 percent. This write up is based on the studies conducted within this time frame, that is in 1981, 1988 and 1994. Two crucial aspect that was studied and analysed are the transformation of the economic and social structure of the population in Baling. It is hope this book is able to show the transition from poverty to well being in Baling.

ASMAH AHMAD, Ph. D., a Professor at the School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM.

Published by:

Penerbit UKM

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

43600, Bangi, Selangor

Malaysia

Fax no. 03-89254575

Transport for the Under-Served in Malaysia: The Roles of Minibuses in Malaysian Towns and Cities.

Transport for the Under-Served in Malaysia: The Roles of Minibuses in Malaysian Towns and Cities. 2004. Penerbit UKM: Bangi. ISBN 967-942-663-7 (paperback). 326 hlm. RM 30.00. Abd Rahim Md Noor

Transport refers to any form of vehicles, motorised or otherwise, used by man to expendiate mobility. Minibus is one of the modes of transport for people living in towns and cities. It is a means of mobility for those who do not own a car or a motorcycle. In Malaysia it was introduced for the first time in Kuala Lumpur in late 1973 and operated fully the following year. After 23 years of services due to the sko-rocketing operational costs. What seem to be a promising mode of public transportation system in the city which was facing a serious decline in services due to the sky-rocketing operational costs. What seem to be a promising mode of public, especially working men and women, and housewives who do not drive because of the extremely cheap fare and faster travelling time and services, they were widely critised for reckless driving, over-crowding, noisy, unsightly and air pollution. This book looks into the reasons why the system, despite being very much sought after by the low income group was phased out in the early 1990s and finally taken out in 1997.

ABD. RAHIM MD NOR, Ph. D., an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. He is also a public transport concultant and had served among others Highway Planning Unit, Prime Minister Department, Department of the Environment, Putrajaya Development Corporation and Kuala Lumpur City Hall.

Published by:

Penerbit UKM

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

43600, Bangi, Selangor

Malaysia

Fax no. 03-89254575