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The article focuses on the films of Malaysian Director Yasmin Ahmad and highlights her cosmopolitan sensibility in making Islamic film. Among her films that became the focus of a talk show debate on national television station were "Mukhsin," "Sepet and Gubra: Cultural Corruptors?," and "Muallaf." Most of her films have an Islamic representation, an Islam that is idealistic for being liberal, moderate and accommodating others. [Download]

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This paper addresses the subject of media control in Malaysia under the Barisan Nasional (BN--National Front) regime, the coalition of ethnically-based political parties that has ruled the country since independence. As Hughes notes in her introduction to this issue, the dominant liberal discourse on democratization often views the mass media in fairly functionalist terms as an agent of democratization, particularly at times of regime transition or crisis. Existing studies of the media industry in Malaysia, however, have long since concluded that any incipient democratizing tendency within the media has long since been subverted by extensive formal and informal control, thus contributing to the entrenchment of the regime.  Author: Brown, Graham.  Publication: Pacific Affairs, Mar 22, 2005.  [Download]
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Category: Health Care
By investigating the development process of Malaysia’s healthcare policy and various mode of healthcare privatization, this article aims to outline the behavior and triangular relationship of state, interest groups and civil society which form the basic network of healthcare policy.
 
Since the launching of its privatization policy in the early 1980s, Malaysian Government has gradually opened up the once public hospital dominated and non-profitable organization supplementing healthcare market for private investment. Related policies include: (1) encouragement for private hospital and private medical insurance business; (2) corporatization of government hospital, such as IJN and teaching hospitals; (3) introduction of full payment system in the public hospitals; (4) setting up of private wing or commercial accounting department in the government hospitals ;(5)contracting out non-medical services, such as medical store and health support services. [Download]
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Category: Social Welfare

Author 1 Chen, Roy K.

Author 2 Song-Jae Jo

Author 3 Lee Za Ong, et al

 

Booming economic prosperity, the restoration of sociopolitical stability, and the rise of disability rights have given Asian countries both impetus and resources to improve quality of life among their citizens with disabilities. This article provides an overview of rehabilitation services and training pertaining to (a) rehabilitation-related laws and policies and disability statistics, (b) current status of rehabilitation services, (c) training and education of rehabilitation counselors and professionals, and (d) implications for rehabilitation educators and practitioners in the United States. [Download]

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