http://www.thenutgraph.com/govt-repeal-isa-amend-act-597-suhakam Written by BernamaPublished by The Nut GraphDecember 15, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Dec 2008: The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) today reiterated that the Internal Security Act (ISA) should be repealed and Act 597 pertaining to the formation of the commission be amended so that it complied to the Paris Principles. It also took to … Read more
The article presents information on urbanization in Malaya. The peoples of Malaya are of different racial origins, have different religious practices, different social customs and to a large degree different occupations. The influx of immigrants began when the British became interested in large scale economic development of Malayan rubber and tin resources in the nineteenth … Read more
Of It Has No Religion http://maddruid.com/?p=1906 This was the Wall Street Journal Asia in the week of the attack on Mumbai. Not that I fully agree with it but I thought it sufficiently captures that there are oppositions among Muslims against the use of terror, contrary to accusation that terror happens because the moderates do … Read more
Highland Towers Case Recalled http://constructionrisk.blogspot.com/2006/02/highland-tower-tragedy.html Sunday, February 05, 2006 This landmark case arose out of the 1993 tragedy of the collapse of a tower block in the Highland Towers development in Ampang, just outside the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur leading to loss of life and the loss of use of the Blocks that remained … Read more
The Tamils form a distinct minority group in multiracial Malaysia enjoying political and economic participation in the country. However, nationalism and modernization have brought about an erosion, real and imagined, in the continuity of language, literature, and culture. Ethnic Tamil newspapers, which have always played a role in the cultural continuity of the community, are … Read more
A synthetic model of the variety of industrial relations experiences is used to evaluate the types of role the state can play in the industrial relations of a group of Third World countries such as ASEAN. Such an approach avoids the unilinear and reductionist approaches of the right and the left, which by assimilating the … Read more
Despite the rapid industrialization of the ASEAN states in the past few decades, primary commodities retain a crucial role in external trade and economic development. This paper presents a typology of coalition strategies for development through the process of economic integration. It is concluded that in light of an imperfect world, the most robust strategy … Read more
drrafick – Rights 2 Write“I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.??? written by drrafickDecember 13, 2008 1. It has been 8 days since tragedy strikes at Bukit Antarabangsa. Life is slowly returning and expected to get worse as the access road … Read more
Author 1 Hirschman, Charles Author 2 Aghajanian, Akbar Using 1957 and 1970 census data, four independent variables were used to explore determinants and constraints of Malaysian women’s participation in the modern sector: ethnic community, educational attainment, size of place of residence, and marital/family status. Women’s labor force participation increased as agricultural employment declined and … Read more
The history of Malay nationalism traces a path from secular issues before World War II to religious issues in the post-independence period. Before the war, Malay nationalists were concerned with the encroachment upon their freedom by British colonialists and non-Malay immigrants. The establishment of Malay political power after the war effected important economic changes, creating … Read more