Farish Noor’s book under investigation

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http://www.thenutgraph.com/article-1077.html#comments   By Zedeck Siew zedecksiew@thenutgraph.com 27 Nov 08 : 5.35PM Book cover of From Majapahit to Putrajaya PETALING JAYA, 27 Nov 2008: A leading bookstore in Kuala Lumpur has stopped selling a book by Malaysian public intellectual Dr Farish Noor, pending an investigation by the Home Ministry.   The entire stock of the book, … Read more

UMNO has stubborn staying power

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The opposition coalition’s unprecedented electoral gains in Malaysia’s general elections in March, and its leader Anwar Ibrahim’s vow to bring down the government through parliamentary defections have led many to believe that the days of the ruling United Malays National Organization’s (UMNO) oppressive, race-based brand of politics are numbered.

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International Tourism and Cultural Change in Southeast Asia.

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The first part of this paper, accordingly, will analyze these problems and suggest an alternative framework for analyzing tourism and culture in Southeast Asia. In the second part of this paper, I pose three aspects of the relationship between tourism and culture which seem particularly important and worthy of further exploration. These involve the expanded … Read more

Incentive Schemes And Foreign Investment In The Industrialization Of Malaysia.

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The article focuses on the paper “Incentive Schemes and Foreign Investment in the Industrialization of Malaysia,” by N.D. Karunaratne, and M.B. Abdullah. The basic message of this article is that tax incentives have not significantly influenced foreign companies to invest in Malaysia and they represent an unproductive tax income loss.  [Download]

Education, Income, and Equity in Malaysia.

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This paper examines the returns to educational investment in Malaysia and their implications for public-sector resource allocation policies. These policies largely define the accessibility of educational facilities for most groups in Malaysian society, and since the resultant pattern of educational attainment impinges directly on personal incomes, attention will also be given to the distributional aspects … Read more

Aspects Of Poverty In Malaysia

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This paper is concerned with the definition and measurement of poverty in Malaysia. A poverty line is estimated after considering both the absolute and relative approaches to the definition. Various indices of poverty are discussed, ranging from the simple “incidence of poverty” measure to others which take account of the “poverty gap”. There is a … Read more

Sweat Labor’ and Wages in Malaysian Manufacturing.

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This article discusses the presence of sweat labor and the need to introduce minimum-wage legislation in Malaysia. Basic and gross hourly wage rates by legal status and industry group; Efficiency in the use of nonlabor inputs; Degree of capital intensity and foreign ownership among incorporated establishments; Increase in wage rates in the unincorporated establishments; Relationship … Read more

Aspects of labour relations in multinational companies: an overview of three Asian countries

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This article reviews some official measures introduced in the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore to attract or regulate foreign investment. Employer and trade union attitudes toward the legal framework of industrial relations where the subsidiaries operate; Personnel policies and practices of multinational companies (MNC); International solidarity action by the employees of MNC.  [Download]

Malay Peninsula in the 19th Century, with Special Reference to the East Coast States

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The article presents information on Malay population in the nineteenth century. So far as British Malaya as a whole is concerned, the first comprehensive census was taken in 1911 when the total population was enumerated to be about 2,650,000, of whom 46.8 percent were Malay, 6.4 percent Malaysian, 34.7 per cent Chinese, 10.1 percent Indian … Read more