Month: July 2008

Multimedia Business Ethics And Popular Cultural Spread Responsibility; A Comparative Approach between Indonesia and Malaysia

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The paper has goals to explain:a. Business ethics approach in multimedia businessb. Popular Culture Spread through multimediac. Disadvantages of popular cultural spreads through multimedia: Indonesia and Malaysian Casesd. Prevention of dreadful impacts of popular cultural spread through multimedia business ethics implementationse. Government role in prevent dreadful impacts of popular culture. Publication: 4th International Malaysian Studies … Read more

Malaysia: Middle-Class Affectations of a Democratizing Multicultural Society

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The underlying theme of the paper is that Malaysian society, albeit with its embedded ‘multiculturalism’, has reached a new stage. It is now clearly a beneficiary of capitalist development with the concomitant rise of a new and large middle class exhibiting various middle-class affectations cutting across ethnicity. This has led to the growth of a … Read more

Malaysian Views of the World: A Comparative Analysis of Malay and Chinese Students

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The paper presents findings from a free listing exercise completed by Malay and Chinese students at the University of Malaya in 2003. The exercise aimed at determining the semantic domain of countries among UM students. Results of the survey indicate that regardless of ethnicity, Malaysian students have a largely similar “view of the world??? with … Read more

Legal Position In Relation To Competition In Malaysia

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Malaysia does not have specific legislation regulating competition as yet. Except for provisions on general competition practices fo the communications and multimedia industry, there is no comprehensive regime governing competition. There are a number of related trading and consumer statutes which impact on competition and there are statutes which attempt to introduce the concept of … Read more

Malaysia Dilemma, Malaysian Despair Engaging in a Discourse on a United Malaysia Nation: Content Analysis of Letters to the Editor column of Malaysiakini.com website 2001-2004

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The paper argues that in Malaysia, the “principle of social allocation??? is the fundamental barrier to national unity, national integration and the making of a Malaysian nation. Through this principle of social allocation, Malaysians are categorised into Malays or Non- Malays, and accorded Bumiputera-Indigenous Status, or Non-Bumiputera-Immigrant status. The ideology of Bumiputeraism and Non-Bumiputeraism assigns … Read more

Lifelong learning in Malaysia

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Since a unique feature of Malaysia is its cultural heterogeneity, the primary goal of educational and training policy has been to foster national unity and personal/moral development, therefore the mainstream schooling sector has received the most emphasis compared to the other sectors. Nevertheless, there has been an increasing awareness, perhaps some consensus in Malaysia today … Read more

Komuniti Pulau, Kemiskinan Dan Impak Pelancongan: Kajian Kes Di Pulau Redang, Terengganu

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The study was aimed at understanding the phenomena of poverty among the communities of Redang Island whereby most of them have an average income between RM251 to RM500 per month. The study was found that the tourism sector does give a considerable impact on this community by contributing to 44% of their households income. Article … Read more

Ideological-Structural Analysis Micro and Macro Theory of Intercivilizational Dialogue

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The intent of the present article is to provide a theoretical tool to be used in a university textbook titled An Introduction to the World’s Faith Traditions and Intercivilizational Dialogue. The theory, Ideological-Structural Analysis, allows for the systematic observation of what occurs within and among interlocutors in the process of intercivilizational dialogue.  Publication: 4th International … Read more