by: Woo Tai Kwan (First prize winner in the STAR 25th anniversary essay competition (Category C - adults) Should a fairy godmother suddenly appear before me with a crystal ball‚ a magic wand and a world atlas‚ and give me the liberty to select the country I’d like to live in 25 years from now‚ without a second’s hesitation‚ I would point to that small nondescript‚ elongated peninsula straddling the equator called Malaysia. The reason is
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practice. This included the introduction of the new Malaysian code and rules for corporate governance. The debate of corporate governance in Malaysia are often limited to agencies involved directly in law enforcement such as the Ministry of Finance‚ Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE)‚1 Securities Commission (SC) and Registrar of Company. On
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Cybercrimes continue to rise KUALA LUMPUR: Cybercrime is increasing at an alarming rate worldwide with more than a million people becoming victims every single day‚ according to the Norton Cybercrime Report 2011. The victims of cybercrime also paid dearly with a total loss of US$388bil (RM1.21bil) to cybercriminals in 2010. Effendy Ibrahim‚ director of consumer business at Symantec Asia Pacific‚ said that cybercrimes don’t only cost victims financially but emotionally too. “On average‚ it takes
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Maybank IB Research PP16832/01/2012 (029059) Initial Public Offering 29 June 2011 OldTown Berhad Not Rated IPO price: Fair value: RM1.25 RM1.50 Another good thing since sliced bread Malaysian‟s kopitiam. OldTown is Malaysia’s home grown kopitiam operator with the largest branch network in Malaysia; it also distributes packaged coffee products across the region. Valuing the stock in line with its consumer peers at a prospective 2012 PER of 11.2x‚ our fair value is RM1.50‚ or a 20%
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My name is Nabihah Binti Ahmad Nizam. I am 19 years old. I was born on 9th August 1995 at Pusat Rawatan Islam‚ Jalan Ipoh‚ Kuala Lumpur. My father‚ Ahmad Nizam Bin Mohd Nasir work as a Project Manager and my mother‚ Rosayu Binti Robi is a fulltime housewife. I have five siblings and I am the third child. To see my older sister and brother success in their studies and currently working in the area that they like‚ inspire me to work hard and achieve my dreams. In primary school‚ I was chosen
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campus‚ and the travelling will take most of our time. After searching on the internet about places to visit in Kuala Lumpur‚ we decided on visiting Zoo Negara on Saturday‚ which is much closer compared to Malacca and almost none of us had visited the place yet. On Saturday morning‚ we met at the SA building and drove to the zoo. Having a driver who knows the routes in Kuala Lumpur‚ we reached Zoo Negara in about an hour. However‚ we had a hard time finding parking spots as it was the eve of
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Malaysia Airlines In Malaysia‚ there are actually 3 different Malaysia airlines companies which are providing airline services to its customers. These 3 airline companies are Malaysia Airline‚ Air-Asia and Berjaya-Air. In reality‚ these 3 different airline companies provide different kind of services for their customers with different needs. For now‚ let’s take a closer look at these 3 companies individually. First of all‚ Malaysia Airline System or better known as MAS‚ is Malaysia’s
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Country Notebook Economic Analysis Yazmin Solla M00239246 International Marketing Introduction – Malaysia‚ a middle-income country‚ has transformed itself since the 1970s from a producer of raw materials into an emerging multi-sector economy. Under current Prime Minister NAJIB‚ Malaysia is attempting to achieve high-income status by 2020 and to move farther up the value-added production chain by attracting investments in Islamic finance‚ high technology industries‚ biotechnology‚ and services
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years in its market capitalisation. The company is now classified as a PN-17 status company‚ given to companies that are under financial distress. The current board of directors has now filed a writ of summons and statement of claim in the Kuala Lumpur High Court against its former CEO. Next to the Transmile fiasco is the government funded regional industrial park called Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ). Initially‚ the project was to be modelled after the successful Dubai-based Jebel Ali Free Zone
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I was born in 1978‚ and started my life-education when I was at 5 years of age in a USM kindergarten‚ Penang. I grew up in Penang‚ had an ordinary secondary education in two schools (SMKA Almashoor and St. George’s Girls School)‚ which I find two different cultures in both schools. While in an Islamic school‚ we were thought all the essential Islamic values which (I think) made the most of who I am today. Meanwhile being in St’ George’s Girls School‚ a multi-cultural school‚ has developed me into
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