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Briefs Malaysia's politics in 2006, focusing on the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) under the government of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmed Badawi and the confrontation with the former head of government Mahatir Mohamad, inter-ethnic relations and religious conversion, and price hikes for fuel. Presents the economic stability, related to the country's inflation, exchange rate, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), foreign direct investment (FDI), and Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Mentions the foreign affairs, focusing on Malaysian-Indonesian relations, Singapore-Malaysia relations through the scenic bridge issue relations with Thailand and the Philippines, and the Islamic world. Points out the promotion of the concept of Islam Hadhari or civilizational Islam, and an amendment of the Islamic Family Law.