By Yow Hong Chieh December 22, 2011 Malaysia is now 27.5-million strong, according to the Statistics Department. — File pic PUTRAJAYA, Dec 22 — Malaysia’s population has increased to 27.5 million last year from 22.2 million in 2000, according to the latest census by the Statistics Department.Malays were the largest ethnic group in the country,

Bandar Sunway, 23 Dec – For the very first time, 93 researchers representing 40 institutions from 10 Asian countries have collaborated to conduct studies to map the genetic diversity of Asian populations. The study revealed that the 73 diverse ethnic groups are linked by a unifying genetic ancestry, although they may be divided by geographical

News @ AsiaOne ‘The three-year study found that ‘Modern Malays’ are an admixture of races. -The Brunei Times Diyana Ibrahim Wed, Oct 26, 2011 The Brunei Times A modern Malay cannot be easily identified based on physical characteristics alone, said a medical geneticist from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), who presented a paper at the 2nd Borneo

ARCHIVES 2011 Monday, 12 September 2011 Aurora    By John Doe I love it when Malaysians discuss History. I love it even more when half-past-six people start brandishing their “historical prowess”. Since we are all on the bandwagon of rewriting accurate Histories of Malaya, let’s start by asking the most pertinent question of all. Who

http://www.cicred.org/Eng/Publications/pdf/c-c34.pdf .1974 WORLD POPULATION YEAR THE POPULATION OF MALAYSIA Prepared by DOROTHY Z. FERNANDEZ, AMOS H. HAWLEY, SILVIA PREDAZA Edited by R. Chandei, J.M.N. .The authors would like to thank all person« in t he Census and Demography Division for helping to prépaie this r epor t, in particular, Miss Jean Paul, for handling t