Evaluation of regional urbanisation policy Case study: Bandar Tenggara / Ahmad Hj. Abd. Majid

Regional Development has been regarded as one of the main
strategies to achieve the National Economic Policy (NEF) in
the Second Malaysia Plan. The two pronged objectives of NEP
are the eradiction of poverty irrespective of race and the
restructuring of society which gradually eliminate the
identification of race with economic functions.
The poor or low socio-economic condition of the rural populations
are the main determinants of the rural urban migration.
In the pre and post independent periods, massive rural urban
migrations took place due to economic disparities between
regions, racial and certain occupational groups.
In the Second Malaysia Flan, several measures have been taken
to tackle the socio economic development of the poor regions
and rural populations of urban Halays pre-dominate. The concept
of rural new towns development in the resource frontier regions
of the less developed east coast states has been adopted and
being carried out. The main aims of the rural new town
developments are on the regional urbanisations policy and
concept as to upgrade the socio economic well beings of the
rural populations in making transitions to the urban way of
life.