...INTRODUCTION: Globally, there is increasing demand for higher education, especially from the youth population of developing countries, as it is viewed as an important pathway for greater social mobility (Devesh, 2008). According to the World Trade Organization (WTO 2010), private returns from higher education are high for both developed and developing countries. In developing countries, the wage differential between a secondary school leaver and a university graduate is estimated to be as high as 200%. Besides the wage premium, rapidly changing technology in a globalized world is also demanding new and changing competencies that require life-long learning skills, for which mature students often have to go back to college for re-training and re-skilling. Malaysia is one of the most subsidized nations in the world. Its total subsidy of RM74 billion in 2009 is equivalent to RM12,900 per household or 4.6 per cent of GDP even higher than Indonesia (2.7 per cent) & Philippines (0.2 per cent). Out of the numbers, RM 30.8 billion goes to Primary, secondary, higher education and scholarships. Higher education in Malaysia is divided into 2 sectors; public and non-public sector, there are about 20 universities and 6 university colleges (the term “university college” is used to for those tertiary level education institutions that are able to confer their own degrees but have not achieved university status). In the non-public sector there are 559 institutions of varying types including:...
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...Cultural Organization [UNESCO] Conference on the Development of Higher Education in Africa held in 1962 at Tananarive referred to higher education as: all types of education of an institutional nature (academic, professional, technological, teacher education) such as universities, university colleges, liberal arts colleges, technological institutes and teacher training colleges, for which the basic entrance requirement is completion of a full secondary education, of which the usual entrance age is about 18 years, and in which the courses lead to the giving of a named award (degree, diploma, or certificate of higher studies). In the current knowledge-based economy and the globalization phenomenon, tertiary education plays a vital role in the socio-economic development of the nation. It has a key role to play in the creation, dissemination and application of knowledge, production of human capital as well as the development of skills and adaptation of knowledge to meet developmental needs. It also has a role to play in the strengthening of the entire education system and fostering synergies in the entire economy. (Report on the President’s Committee on Review of Education Reforms in Ghana (2002). Obiageli Ezekwesili, World Bank’s Vice-President for Africa, asserted to this fact in her speech citing Ghana specifically. She said: “Universities need to pay more attention to the quality and relevance of higher education to economic growth and competitiveness.” She added that Ghana was...
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...Brain Drain: Intentions to Migrate by Future Malaysian Professionals Abstract Globalisation has led to the fierce competition for skilled labor between firms and thus leading to intense labor mobility worldwide. Shortfall in professionals in host countries has led organizations aggressively search for foreign professionals needed to fill up the gap in their own country. Most commonly observed is the outflow of professionals from developing countries to the developed nations more often than not at the expense of the developing countries. Malaysia is one developing country which is not spared from this phenomenon that is threat to the economy. Malaysian professionals are heavily sought after because they are able to adapt themselves anywhere in the world, multi-lingual and inexpensive. Malaysian professionals are steadfastly flowing out to fill the soaring demands abroad. If this situation were to continue, Malaysia would have to endure a shortage of professionals within the country and will create the issue whether our talent pool can maintain equilibrium to support our robust industry growth. Approaches to offset this phenomenon have to be carried out immediately. Thus, this paper will examined the relationship between the push-pull factors and intentions to migrate which eventually may lead to Brain Drain. Seeing that brain drain of our Malaysian professionals will continue to go on which definitely will have an impact on our transformation, researcher believe that an intention...
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...2.0 CULTURE OF MALAYSIA The culture of Malaysia draws on the varied cultures of the different people of Malaysia. The first people to live in the area were indigenous tribes that still remain; they were followed by the Malays, who moved there from mainland Asia in ancient times. Chinese and Indian cultural influences made their mark when trade began with those countries, and increased with immigration to Malaysia. Other cultures that heavily influenced that of Malaysia include Persian, Arabic, and British. The many different ethnicities that currently exist in Malaysia have their own unique and distinctive cultural identities, with some crossover. Arts and music have a long tradition in Malaysia, with Malay art dating back to the Malay sultanates. Traditional art was centred around fields such as carving, silversmithing, and weaving. Islamic taboos restricted artwork depicting humans until the mid-20th century. Performing arts and shadow puppet shows are popular, and often show Indian influences. Various influences can be seen in architecture, from individual cultures in Malaysia and from other countries. Large modern structures have been built, including the tallest twin buildings in the world, the Petronas Twin Towers. Malaysian music has a variety of origins, and is largely based around percussion instruments. Much early Malaysian literature was based on Indian epics, which remained unchanged even as Malays converted to Islam; this has expanded in recent decades. English...
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...Causes of “Foreign Labour Access” High demanding from employer Non- limitation supply of foreign labour in Malaysia labour market no matter is legally or illegally borne no doubt giving employer free in bringing foreign labour. It is upon employers’ choice to employ either local or foreign labours. However, some employers highly demanding on foreign workers in times of labour shortage, rather than raising wages and improving working conditions to attract local labours. In such way doing so, employers are strike in good position by minimum wage for construction labourers as this would lead to reduce in total marginal cost for the whole project financing, thereby increase the positivism to the financial health of the particular project). The newly arrived labour are mostly willing to accept lower wages and lower conditions so their paid is less than local labours even though they perform the same jobs (Michael, 2001 cited in Foreign Workers In Malaysia Construction Industry Economics Essay, 2014). This will unintentionally create a strong threat to local labours which having such high requirement for working in construction industry site with poor image in mind. However, according to (Tey, 1997 cited in Foreign Workers In Malaysia Construction Industry Economics Essay, 2014), there is no actual shortage of manpower on locals, it was because most employer prefer foreign labours especially them who came in illegally who easily exploited as they have no recourse to law and justice...
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...important is the concept of “race” for understanding contemporary Malaysia? Introduction The concept of race as defined by Rex and Mason is “an essentially biological concept based on distinctive sets of hereditary phenotypical features that distinguish varieties of mankind” (1986, p. 189). In Malaysia however, race is oftentimes used to mean ‘ethnicity’, which is incorrect as ethnic groups are sub-divisions of a particular racial stock differentiated by history and cultural practices (Rex and Mason, 1986, p. 189). Nevertheless, the concept of race is an important one in understanding how it has shaped the politics and society of Malaysia. In this essay I will explain how Malaysia’s colonial past and affirmative action policies has contributed to the formation of a society divided along racial lines and how that has created racial tensions among the ethnic groups of Malaysia. Malaysia which touts itself as a ‘plural society’ is a country constituted by different race/ethnic groups, the three largest being the Malay, Chinese and Indian groups. As of 2010, the Malaysian population consists of 28.3 million people, with 91.8% Malaysian citizens. The Malaysian citizens are made up of 67.4% bumiputera (translated as ‘son of the soil’, a group composed of predominantly ethnic Malays along with various other indigenous tribes and native groups), 24.6% Chinese, 7.3% Indians and 0.7% Others (Department of Statistics Malaysia, 2010). With so many different ethnic groups within a country...
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...FACULTY OF ACCOUNTANCY, FINANCE AND BUSINESS 2015/2016 ABBE 3173 CONSUMER ECONOMICS GROUP WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT Topic: SKYROCKETING HEALTH CARE COSTS |Name |Student ID |Signature | |Gan Shid Ney |14WBD03548 | | |Goh Zi Yuan | | | |Yeng Kah Yi | | | | | | | Program : Diploma In Business Economic Tutorial Group : 1 Assignment Group : 2 | |Assessment |Marks Allocation |Comments | | | | | | | | | | | |1. |Introduction |5 marks | | |2. |Content...
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...population growth, health and education were emphasized almost a hundred years ago, for decades some developing countries are still not doing good at their economic development in terms of population growth, health and education. In 2013, the world has a population of about 7.2 billion, and at the same time, it was expected that population would rise by 0.9 billion in 2025 and reach 9.6 billion approximately by the year 2050. Will a developing country become a developed country because of rapid and positive population growth? No in general, rapid population growths in China and India tell us how problems like hunger and health issues are made and such problems lead to economic growth is slower than population growth....
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...YEARS OF CONSECUTIVE GROWTH. A SMART, SKILLED WORKFORCE. A CULTURE OF INNOVATION. INTEGRATED WITH ASIA, EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA. READY FOR BUSINESS. GROWTH INNOVATION TALENT LOCATION BUSINESS Australia offers a powerful combination of solid economic credentials, a highly educated labour force, legal and political stability, and proximity to the fast-growing markets of Asia. With a resilient economy, a AAA sovereign risk profile and diverse, globally competitive industries, Australia remains well placed to build on an impressive record of prosperity. Australia has strong business and cultural ties with Asia, and longstanding trade, investment and research links in Europe and North America. Recently completed free trade agreements will make Australia even more competitive and further increase prospects for greater two-way investment. There are significant commercial opportunities in sectors where Australia has specific strengths and expertise, such as agribusiness, resources and energy, and financial services. Australia’s north in particular offers untapped possibilities. Australia’s world-class scientific and academic institutions, and commitment to research and development encourage innovation and the commercialisation of new technologies. There is no better partner for trade, investment and collaboration than Australia. 01 SECTION GROWTH // // Economic Resilience – Real GDP Growth // Real GDP Growth by...
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...being one of the most highly educated developing countries. Its enrollment rates at all levels of education were higher than those of other countries with comparable, or even higher, income levels. But no longer. Any edge that the Philippines might have had in its human capital has eroded as more developing countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, as cases in point – have achieved higher enrollment rates even at the secondary level (figure 1). In addition, a large number of children who enter school do not reach the last grade in the cycle—about 30 percent of those who enter grade 1 and about 25 percent of those who enter first year high school. And since transition rates from elementary to high school are still low, the rate of high school completion for children who enter grade 1 is less than 50 percent. But much more troubling than lagging enrollment rates and completion levels is that students do not learn what they are supposed to in schools. One, Filipino eighth-graders performed dismally on international tests given in 1999, ranking 36th of 38 countries in math and science tests (Table 1). Table 1. Nearly last in student performance on mathematics and science tests: Ranking among 38 countries Mathematics score & Science score & rank rank Singapore 604 (1) 568 (2) Korea 587 (2) 549 (5) Taiwan 585 (3) 569 (1) Hong Kong 582 (4) 530 (15) Japan 579 (5) 550 (4) Malaysia 519 (16) 492 (22) Thailand 467 (27) 482 (24) Indonesia 403 (34) 435 (32) Philippines 348 (36)...
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...502 Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease (2012)502-504 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease journal homepage:www.elsevier.com/locate/apjtd Document heading Ethical issues in the prevention of H1N1: the Malaysian experience Sreenivasan Sasidharan1*, S Gopal Parthiban2, Subramanion L Jothy1, Lachimanan Yoga Latha1 Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia 1 2 ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history: Received 22 August 2012 Received in revised form 27 August 2012 Accepted 3 September 2012 Available online 28 December 2012 The novel H1N1 influenza virus that emerged in humans in Mexico in early 2009 and transmitted Keywords: Ethical issues H1N1 Malaysia Mitigation efforts efficiently in the human population with global spread has been declared a pandemic strain by WHO. Here we reviewed the role of ethical issue in the prevention of H1N1. Studies with original data related to the ethical issues in the prevention of diseases (published 1996-2012) were identified via searching electronic databases to extract related information. The role of ethical issues in the prevention of diseases must be understood. This comprises work on how the society understands about a disease and what are their individuals’ tasks to conquer the outbreak...
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...ASIA SOUTH INDIA J Ayurveda Integr Med. 2011 Oct;2(4):174-8. doi: 10.4103/0975-9476.90766. Puttur kattu (bandage) - A traditional bone setting practice in south India. Panda AK1, Rout S. Abstract Traditional bone setting practices are quite popular in India and nearly 6000 traditional bone setting Vaidyas (Practisioners) are practicing the same in our country. Puttur kattu is a traditional way of bone setting practice, invented accidentally by K. Kesava Raju in 1881. Now, the fourth generation of his family is practicing this bone setting practice in hospitals at Puttur, Andhra Pradesh, with 200-300 patients per day. A prospective study was undertaken to analyze the techniques in diagnosis, way of management, medicine preparation, plants used and way of applications by traditional bone setter (TBS) Vaidyas, with special reference to Puttur. We also tried to understand the reasons which make lots of people go to Puttur for getting treatment, means of contact for treatment, pathology of fracture and outcome of some treated cases through this study. 54% of the studied patients came to Puttur TBS on the advice of old patients. It is observed that more educated people are patronizing this therapy and 23% patients of the observed cases took discharge from modern hospital voluntarily to receive Puttur kattu treatment. 80% patients believed that this therapy with home remedy would fasten the healing process. 44% patients opted for this therapy due to fear of pain, heavy plaster...
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...BIMB-EAGA region to compete and excel in an open market. Talent management is a fundamental factor in responding towards globalization. Retaining and training good employees is important, especially organization within BIMP-EAGA due to brain drain in pursuit to better opportunities. The industry trend of competitiveness enhances the importance of talent management in developing human capital with good leadership and Human Resource Management (HRM) practice for organisations to survive in current globalized economy. The establishment of BIMB-EAGA is indeed a progressive effort to enhance cooperation and to accelerate the socioeconomic development of less developed, marginalized and geographically in the four countries, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. However, globalization and inefficient HRM practices pose threat to the achievement of BIMB-EAGA objective. As a results, organization within this region lack competitive advantages. A comparative study on telecommunication companies within BIMP-EAGA highlights the importance of talent management by incorporating good HRM practice. Strategy and approach embarked by the organisations within the same industry gives a clearer picture. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the HRM practices and leadership issues by focusing on talent management approach amongst telecommunication companies within BIMB-EAGA region to face the threat of globalization. Introduction BIMP-EAGA which was formally launched on March 24, 1994,...
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...Abstract Academic achievement of a student is always a main concern for the parents that hoping for the success of their children. In fact, there are factors influencing academic achievement of a student in Malaysia. First of all, social life became a main factor to influence a student in especially from the family, friends and tutors where there might have both positive and negative impact upon the children. Apart from that, the advanced technology in this current era, co-curricular, physical evidence and personality of a student will also play their role in influencing their academic achievement. This article will discuss all the factors in depth for better understanding. Introduction: Technology There has always been a hot topic in news discussing students’ academic achievements every year, and this has become the main concern for the parents hoping for a bright future awaits for their children. Despite the odd, we often see students often panic before the major examination, burning midnight oil to strive their best to achieve flying colours. How do we determine the success of a student? In fact, there are numbers of factors influencing academic achievement of a student in Malaysia. This article will be discussing on every factors thoroughly to discover the factors that are able to cause serious impact upon academic achievements for a student. Personality Social What factors...
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...Mohamad Salleh Abstracts Upon ascending to Malaysia’s highest public office on April 2009, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, YAB Dato’ Sri Najib Tun Razak has made waves to all corners of the nation with the introduction of 1Malaysia concept. The concept evolves around culture of excellence, perseverance, acceptance, education, integrity, meritocracy, humility and loyalty. It also encompases NKRAs on six major issues. Since independent, national unity has been made top priority – unity in education, culture, socio-economy, political, regional, etc. 1Malaysia seeks to improve the relations of all Malaysians, regardless of racial, religious or cultural backgrounds. There are certain major concerns that need to be addressed in order to seriously engage in 1Malaysia concept. Without correcting them, all efforts will be in vain. 1Malaysia concept caters the needs of all sector of the plural society and to ensure equal distribution of wealth between racial groups, between states and federal. Integrity on the part of the government and the public sector is one matter. The introduction of NKRAs and KPIs is a laudable move. The managing of all spectrums of unity (not just racial) is to be given proper thinking. In order to move Malaysia towards a better society, identity and future hence unity and integration should promote co-operation between race, beliefs and region as one Malaysia, not as Sarawakian or Sabahan. The trust and aspiration of the people that 1Malaysia will bring about a greater...
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