马来西亚华人公会：从联盟到国阵（1949-1974）

Authors: Hou Kok Chung, Yap Hon Lun, H'ng Gaik Hong  何国忠、叶汉伦、方奕鸿

Publisher: ISER, TAR UC 拉曼大学学院社会经济研究中心

Year: 2022

This book traces the transformative journey of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) from its founding through national independence to the formation of Malaysia, revealing how ethnic rights contention has not emerged suddenly but evolved as a longstanding and intensifying struggle. It highlights how MCA leaders, amidst national development opportunities, adhered to consociational democratic principles rooted in ethnic power-sharing. Guided by a governance philosophy of peace, rationality, and moderation, they seized pivotal historical moments to secure stronger footholds for the Chinese community. Drawing extensively from archival materials at MCA Headquarters—including historical press clippings, organizational reports, and meeting minutes—while incorporating other scholarly research, the work documents MCA's trajectory from forging the Alliance coalition for independence to its transition into the Barisan Nasional era (1949–1974). Through meticulous historical analysis, it chronicles the party's role in shaping Malaysia's political landscape during this critical nation-building period.

本书从马华公会自成立到国家独立，再到马来西亚的成立所铺展的一页页变迁，清楚说明族群权益的倾轧并不是自今日始，而是由来已久且愈演愈烈。马华公会的领导人已经在国家发展的机遇中，坚守族群分权的协商民主原则，秉持和平、理性、中庸的治国理念，掌握住每一个历史关键，为华人争取更佳的立足点。本书大量征引马华公会总部资料中心所藏之历年剪报、会务报告书、会议记录等，旁征其他研究成果，见证1949年至1974年的马华公会，整理马华公会从走向联盟开创独立到马来西亚立国转向国阵执政这一期间的历史。