Decision resolves 28-year-old disputeBy The StarSaturday May 24, 2008 PETALING JAYA: The 28-year dispute over the ownership Pulau Batu Puteh is over with the International Court of Justice awarding it to Singapore. However, the court in The Hague awarded Malaysia the ownership of Middle Rocks, a group of rocks located 0.6 nautical miles (1.1km) south … Read more
The don with a large heartBy New Straits Times May 24, 2008 Datuk Dr Abdul Hamid Abu Sulayman at the convocation ceremony on May 20. KUALA LUMPUR: How many of us would sacrifice every cent of our hard-earned money for the needy? Datuk Dr Abdul Hamid Abu Sulayman is one of those who did. … Read more
Malaysia’s relations with Taiwan are firmly based on the principle that there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of it. In May 1974, when the Malaysian government began diplomatic exchanges with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the Republic of China (ROC) had to close its consulate in Kuala Lumpur. This … Read more
After thirteen years in existence, the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) is attracting a review by its founders. Fresh from its ASEAN Charter exercise, this is an opportune time for ASEAN to evaluate and where necessary overhaul the ARF process so that it can better serve the needs of contemporary and future security in the Asia … Read more
Great danger lies in wait if UMNO fails to summon enough ingenuity in remarketing itself. The recent use of dubious sedition charges against major critics like blogger Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin, journalist and author Syed Akbar Ali and DAP MP Karpal Singh does not bode well for the country. The less the party succeeds in … Read more
This paper examines the major factors leading to the recent revival of interest in agriculture in many Asian countries, Malaysia included, after a lull of almost two decades. It then underscores the increasing relevance and impact of the development and management of agri-food supply chains and international networks at the global, regional and Malaysian levels … Read more
Now, whether Malaysia benefits from these interplay depends on the net benefits to producers and consumers through better prices, time costs, and food safety as well as on access to markets and on employment generated, skills and wage effects in the whole agrifood supply chain. It will also depend on how well Malaysia develop and … Read more
Using bootstrap causality tests with leveraged adjustments, the link between exchange rates and stock prices in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand is investigated for the periods immediately before and during the 1997 Asian crisis. Two variables are found to be significantly linked in the non-crisis period but not at all during the crisis period. The … Read more
Many managers must be bewildered that, despite investing in the latest equipment and technology and paying very competitive wages, their organisations still fail to achieve the impressive results enjoyed by their more successful counterparts. Equally bewildering is the difficulty managers find in attracting and retaining the best talent for their organisations. This is the human … Read more
It is clear from the above that there are well founded reasons for Malaysia’s (re)emphasis on agriculture. The medium-term course charted in the 9MP holds great promise. Within this development, there is also a continuing interplay between agri-food supply chain management (SCM) and the rise of supermarkets. Whether countries benefit or lose from these developments … Read more