National Culture Policy
The National Culture Policy introduced in 1970 in Malaysia, emphasized an assimilation of the non-Malays into the Malay ethnic group. However, during the 1990s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad rejected this approach, with his "Bangsa Malaysia" policy emphasising a Malaysian instead of Malay identity for the state. Malaysian National Culture Policy is defined in the "1971 National Culture Policy". It defines 3 principles as guidelines for 'national culture': The main objectives of this policy was to: