Asian Business Environments - Week 2 The Asian Miracle Dr. Markus Taussig NUS Business School Friday‚ January 23‚ 2015 Housekeeping ❖ Discussion Forum is open! ❖ Pre-class assessment: ❖ ❖ 361 out of 369 registered students submitted (some Incompletes as well) ❖ Do press “End Assessment” — or be penalised a question (future weeks only) ❖ I will drop lowest grade at the end of the semester Weekly Tutorials begin next week! ✓ Did everyone sign up for one? ✓ Next week: laying out presentation
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collective as a whole. Should the territorial disputes and racial tensions between SEA nations escalate to armed conflict between SEA nations‚ it could greatly affect SEA nation building. There were a few key events which highlighted this fear. Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation during 1962–1966 expressed Indonesia’s political and armed opposition to the creation of Malaysia. In 1963‚ President Sukarno ordered Indonesian paratroopers to instigate a military attack on Malaysia and to initiate acts of
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sharp qualitative distinction between ourselves and the people we study. There is a problem when we seeing ethnic groups as cultural groups because there will be a different in their practice. For an example‚ ethnic Java Banyumasan or Banyumas at Indonesia with Orang Jawa of Malaysia. Basically‚ they are an specific ethnic. But due to geographical differences for example‚ they have different practice‚ language‚ religion and others. In the field of demography‚ we can see Jawa Banyumasan usually live
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In Malaysia‚ the standard language is called Bahasa Malaysia "Malaysian language". In Singapore‚ Brunei‚ southern Thailand‚ and the southern Philippines it is called Bahasa Melayu "Malay language"‚ and in Indonesia it is generally called Bahasa Indonesia‚ "Indonesian language"‚ though Bahasa Nasional "National Language" and Bahasa Persatuan/Pemersatu "Unifying Language" are also heard. However‚ in areas of Sumatra and Riau where the language is indigenous‚ Indonesians refer to it as Bahasa Melayu
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Curtain by Richard Wright was published in 1956‚ and records the events that took place during the Afro-Asian Conference‚ known as the Bandung Conference of April 18-25‚ 1955. This conference was a gathering of Asian and African countries in Bandung‚ Indonesia. Assembled were twenty nine leaders of the recently independent African and Asian nations whose aim was to support economic and cultural collaboration and to combat colonialism for their large and destitute populations. Race‚ religion‚ colonialism
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Executive Summary CIP is Community Involvement Project which widens the students’ knowledge and experience inside the organization. In this project‚ IPMI give us the opportunity to work together with PT. Persadaraya. PERSADARAYA is an organization that brings together practitioners of autonomous‚ non-profit‚ is not affiliated with any political organization‚ promoting professional development of practitioners in particular with plant material‚ animals‚ preparations sarian (galenic)‚ mineral or
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Coastal Pollution The coast is particularly subject to pollution. Semiarid Lands and Human Habitation Desertification is the conversion of semiarid land to desertlike conditions. Tropical Rain Forests and Human Habitation Deforestation‚ the removal of trees‚ has long allowed humans to live in areas where forests once covered the land. Tropical rain forests are subject to desertification because soil in the tropics is thin and nutrient-poor. Loss of Biodiversity
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working in Indonesia and Canada. BODY 1 Topic Sentence: Managing money well is an important key for living in Indonesia and Canada. Supporting sentences: 1) Foreigners can’t purchase freehold land (a land in which the ownership is pass onto generations as an inheritance) in Indonesia‚ while in Canada‚ foreigners are offered to buy its residents to live in. * Original text: “Real estate in Indonesia is a little tricky. Foreigners can not outright purchase freehold land in Indonesia; however
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purpose of government-owned lands? 6. Why is the forest an important ecosystem? 7. What is your definition of forest management? What is its purpose? Describe the concept of sustainable forestry. 8. What effect does the harvesting of trees and deforestation have on forests and the environment? Is there a preferred method for harvesting trees? Explain. 9. What is a rangeland? Describe rangeland degradation and desertification. What effect does degradation and desertification have on the environment
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for timber and paper pulp and cleared to grow mono-crops like palm oil and soy while they are deteriorating from the impacts of global warming. Deforestation is a major driver of global warming‚ responsible for up to 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions–more than all the cars‚ trucks‚ planes‚ boats and trains in the world combined. Deforestation doesn’t just threaten our climate‚ it threatens the livelihoods of 1.6 billion people that rely on forests for food and economic activity. Forests
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