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Rausyanfikir : Analisis Terhadap Pemikiran Ali Syari'ati Tentang Peranan Intelektual Muslim, Saifullah Saifullah Jan 2002

Rausyanfikir : Analisis Terhadap Pemikiran Ali Syari'ati Tentang Peranan Intelektual Muslim, Saifullah Saifullah

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Different definitions are given for the term 'intellectual'. Philosophers, artists, lecturers and other are often categorized as intellectual. They work using their brain more than their physical strength. They manifest high standard of reasoning power and are found common among university graduates, ministers and high ranking government officers. However Ali Syari'ati al-Mazinani (deceased 1977 A.O.) stated that an intellectual has social obligation towards the society. According to him, an intelectual must become a catalyst to the society and could guide them towards betterment. He defined this type of intellectual as Rausyanfikr. According to the concept which he founded, a person …

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Ethical Values Of Islam And Confucianism : A Comparative Study, Omar Min Ke Qin Jan 2002

Ethical Values Of Islam And Confucianism : A Comparative Study, Omar Min Ke Qin

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Islam and Confucianism are two great traditions of mainly Asian people. which have encountered in China since very beginning of Islam's advent to this world, and are in direct confrontation to one another especially in the South East Asian and Pacific Region in the modern time. With the rapid development of the region in all aspects of sciences particularly economic enhancement, works in making the two traditions understand each other increasingly appear important and inevitable. Major common senses between Islam and Confucianism lie mainly in ethics, in which a considerable amount of values are almost having the 􀀝e implications, and …

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Design And Analysis Of Optical Layouts For Free Space Optical Switching, Kung-Meng Lo Jan 2002

Design And Analysis Of Optical Layouts For Free Space Optical Switching, Kung-Meng Lo

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The Intelligent Reconfigurable Optical Switch (IROS) is an N x N optical switch that uses two reflective Liquid Crystal (LC) Spatial Light Modulators (SLM} in a "Z" configuration to steer the incoming beams from the input ports to the designated output ports. Currently, the maximum steering capacity of practical SLM is limited to few degrees. For a dense optical switch, this makes the optical path between the input and output fiber ports relatively long. When a Gaussian beam is switched from an input fiber port to an output fiber port in a long free space interconnection topology, the beam's illumination …

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Emansipasi Wanita : Suatu Kajian Terhadap Pandangan Wanita Islam Di Universiti Teknologi Mara (Uitm), Kampus Seksyen 17, Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Bateriah Alias Jan 2002

Emansipasi Wanita : Suatu Kajian Terhadap Pandangan Wanita Islam Di Universiti Teknologi Mara (Uitm), Kampus Seksyen 17, Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Bateriah Alias

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Woman's emancipation refers to the western feminism and the movement of women's liberation with the objective of seeking an equal rights between women and men before law, in politic, education and social. History has witnessed the oppression against women by men either traditionally or under certain laws since the time of the ancient Greek. After centuries, women have evoked against this oppression and extremely criticized the patriarch system which has been said as the root of the problem. Nowadays, even though this movement has already succeeded in many of their demands, various new phenomenon aroused in western society out of …

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Doktrin Sadd Al-Dhara'i' Dan Pemakaiannya Dalam Membendung Ajaran Sesat : Suatu Kajian Di Jakim, Wan Zulkifli Wan Hassan Jan 2002

Doktrin Sadd Al-Dhara'i' Dan Pemakaiannya Dalam Membendung Ajaran Sesat : Suatu Kajian Di Jakim, Wan Zulkifli Wan Hassan

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This dissertation is entitled: 'The doctrine of Sadd al-Dhara'i, and its usage in preventing deviationist teachings: A study at JAKIM" The doctrine anses from a statement that sources of the Islamic Law are the basis to determining any legal matter and in solving human problems especially in the matter of deviation of belief. In order to arrive at an academic conclusion. this dissertation attempts to identify the said sources through al-Qur'an, al-Hadith or ijtihad of the Jurist. This study is conducted by elaborating the doctrine of Sadd al-Dhara'i,' in term of us definition, conditions, fundamentals, scope and its position as …

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The Impact Of The 1997 Economic Crisis On The Labour Market In Malaysia, Janitha Nadarajah Jan 2002

The Impact Of The 1997 Economic Crisis On The Labour Market In Malaysia, Janitha Nadarajah

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Malaysia's rapid economic growth since 1988 was sustained through 1995, between the year's real gross domestic product (GDP) growth was generally above 8% per annum. Malaysia's impressive decade - long growth came to an abrupt halt during the Asian economic crisis, which occurred in July 1997. The crisis had caused massive capital movements and all of Southeast Asia countries had been severely affected. This research paper analyzes the impact of the economic crisis on the labour market in Malaysia. The analysis focuses on employment growth, retrenchment and job opportunities. The full impact of the crisis was clear in 1998 when …

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Dato' Haji Ismail Yusoff : Sumbangannya Terhadap Perkembangan Islam Di Kelantan, Ahmad Faisal Abdul Hamid Jan 2002

Dato' Haji Ismail Yusoff : Sumbangannya Terhadap Perkembangan Islam Di Kelantan, Ahmad Faisal Abdul Hamid

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Disertasi ini merupakan sebuah penulisan biografi seorang tokoh ulama' Kelantan dalam era pasca merdeka. Anak kelahiran Kg. Gong Kemuning, Pasir Putih pada tahun 1915 dan telah pulang ke rahmatullah pada 9hb. Julai 1988. Beliau adalah Mufti Kerajaan Kelantan. Dalam usaha mengumpul data-data yang bersangkutan penulis telah menggunakan metode dokumentasi, interview dan observasi. Metode dokumentasi digunakan untuk mencari, mengumpul dan menilai keabsahan dokumen yang berkaitan dengan subjek kajian. Antara dokumen yang berkaitan ialah buku-buku, kertas kerja dan artikel tulisan Dato' Haji Ismail. Metode interview dan observesi digunakan bersama dengan bertolak dari informen pangkal yang menjadi sumber asas untuk mendapatkan data dan …

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Daman Al-Mithl In The Contract Of Al-Ijarah And Al-Rahn : A Comparative Jurisprudential Study, Hossam Eldin Ibrahiem Jan 2002

Daman Al-Mithl In The Contract Of Al-Ijarah And Al-Rahn : A Comparative Jurisprudential Study, Hossam Eldin Ibrahiem

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Al-daman (guarantee) is one of the legitimate means used to protect ownership and other financial rights. It is one of the means of security upon which people have been dependent for a long time. As people use it, it develops with the development of their economic and commercial dealings. Al-daman has, as such become an important means which plays a vital and basic role in the development of modem economies. Its role is so vital that it is not an exaggeration to say that al-daman  has become the basic pillar of the modem economies and all commercial dealings for banks, …

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Formation Of Copper Dots In Copper Decoration Technique, Swee Yong Pung Jan 2002

Formation Of Copper Dots In Copper Decoration Technique, Swee Yong Pung

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Copper ions are dissolved from highly pure copper plate into the methanol during copper decoration process. As a result, copper concentration in methanol is increased with time. The copper concentration in methanol measured by ICP-OES is correlated well with the calculated value based on the magnitude of current and time during the process. Consequently, higher magnitude of current can be applied to build up copper concentration in methanol in shorter period. When copper ions are ejected in methanol, they are positively charged. They experience force from electric field and migrate towards oxide surface. Eventually, these copper ions will be discharged …

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A Study On The Sustainable Development Of Cameron Highlands, Jin Hooi Chan Jan 2002

A Study On The Sustainable Development Of Cameron Highlands, Jin Hooi Chan

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Cameron Highlands, located in the mountain area of tropical forest of Peninsular Malaysia, is a popular tourist destination and is also suitable for tea and vegetable farming. It has also been developed for hydroelectric power generation. Development activities have recently been intensified creating enormous stress to the environment. This thesis investigates the sustainability of the development in Cameron Highlands. It adopts a holistic approach based on the Pressure-State-Response framework. The methodology adopted is mainly library research, with supplementary environmental data processing and calculation. The pressure of the development of agriculture, tourism and hydropower generation on the environment is analyzed. Then, …

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A Conceptual Model Relating The Quasi-Biennial Oscillation And The Troposheric Biennial Oscillation, Kok Foo Kwan Jan 2002

A Conceptual Model Relating The Quasi-Biennial Oscillation And The Troposheric Biennial Oscillation, Kok Foo Kwan

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A survey of the zonal wind throughout the troposphere and the lower stratosphere near the equator is made for the 41-year period of 1958-98. A similar survey of the 500- hPa geopotential height, sea surface temperature (SST) and tropopause height is also made, except that the survey period for the tropopause height is shorter than 41 years due to unavailability of data. Other than the well-known Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO) feature in the lower stratosphere and the Tropospheric Biennial Oscillation (TBO) feature exhibited by the SST, similar oscillation features are found throughout the whole troposphere by both surveys. Autocorrelation functions, Pearson …

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Analisis Pemikiran Islam Dalam Karya Joesoef Sou'yb, Tirmizi Jan 2002

Analisis Pemikiran Islam Dalam Karya Joesoef Sou'yb, Tirmizi

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Islamic thought in the works of Joesoef Sou'yb is a continuation of Islamic thought which have ever developed since the Mu'tazilite, Syeikh Muhammad bin 'Abdul Wahhab and Syeih Jamaluddin al- Afghan,, Syeikh Muhammad 'Abduh with his disciple Muhammad Rasyld Rida. His thought is a combination of Mu'tazilite rationalism, Syeikh 'Abdul Wahaib's spirit of reformism one of the signal thought salaif Muhammad 'Abduh's Islamic reformism-modernism. All ideas have taken place in Joesoefs thought completely. The main reason for such difficult identification is mainly due to the fact that Joesoef has inadequate relevant knowledge to the issues discussed by him. His interest …

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Analisis Keuntungan Perbankan Islam Di Malaysia Dengan Tumpuan Kepada Pengurusan Aset Dan Liabiliti, Hadenan Towpek Jan 2002

Analisis Keuntungan Perbankan Islam Di Malaysia Dengan Tumpuan Kepada Pengurusan Aset Dan Liabiliti, Hadenan Towpek

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Kajian disertasi ini menyentuh tentang konseptualiti dan signifikasi konsep keuntungan dalam pelbagai perspektif termasuklah perspektif ekonomi tulen, ekonomi Islam, perbankan konvensional dan perbankan Islam. Fungsi dan pengaruhi konsep ini amat signifikan sehinggakan ia ditanggapi sebagai kayu pengukur bagi pencapaian matlamat dalam perti.mbangan berekonomi. Kajian disertasi ini meneliti terperinci kadar keuntungan dalam perbankan dwi-sistem di Malaysia dalarn suasana perubahan kadar faedah pasaran. Pendekatan yang dibuat dengan mengenalpasti fonnulasi strategik segmen-segmen dalam pengurusan aset dan liabiliti dalam perbankan dwi-sistem yang mampu menjanakan margin-margin keuntungan yang optimum dalam apa jua suasana kadar faedah sekalipun. Bagi perbankan konvensional yang mengaplikasikan kadar faedah terapung boleh …

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Organisational Diagnostics And Planned Organisational Change : A Case On Pharmaceutical Firm, Chee Meng Kok Jan 2002

Organisational Diagnostics And Planned Organisational Change : A Case On Pharmaceutical Firm, Chee Meng Kok

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A case study has been conducted on a pharmaceutical firm based in Malaysia. The framework of this study was constructed based on the adapted version of Checkland's Soft System Methodology (SSM). The organisation that under­studied was being tested on its viability towards a planned change. A set of diagnostics tools was applied to calibrate the organisation's operating system. In the inquiry stage for the real world, the six level organisational diagnostics, self-actuation diagnostic, organisation dissipativeness diagnostic and the actor system diagnostic (Yusef Omar, 2001) was used. The ISO 9001 :2000 standard criteria are used for the system thinking inquiry. Observation …

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Qualities And Competencies Needed For Successful Overseas Posting : The Views Of Malaysian Expatriates, Mohd Radzuan Rahid Jan 2002

Qualities And Competencies Needed For Successful Overseas Posting : The Views Of Malaysian Expatriates, Mohd Radzuan Rahid

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In the era of globalization where of multinationals and transnational companies have their international operations spread all over the world, the area of international human resource management (IHRM) has becoming more and more important. Human factor is now considered as an important aspect in determining the success of international operations. Scholars, like Adler and Bartholomew (1992) agreed that in order to ensure the success implementation of global strategies, it would largely depend on getting the people with right skills, at the right time, which typically requires the movement of people across border. This study will focus on one of the …

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Personality Of Successful Entrepreneurs And Entrepreneurial Performance : The Extent To Which Indian Entrepreneurs` Personality Relations To Entrepreneurial Performance, Sanger Perumal Jan 2002

Personality Of Successful Entrepreneurs And Entrepreneurial Performance : The Extent To Which Indian Entrepreneurs` Personality Relations To Entrepreneurial Performance, Sanger Perumal

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Indians in Malaysia must contribute significantly in the country's economic growth. Being entrepreneurs is one of the ways to contribute effectively. The Minister in the Prime Minister 's Department, Datuk Abdul Hamid Zainal Abidin, confirmed in the NSTP of 6"' June 2001 that the government should provide opportunities for Indian entrepreneurs. This study examines the extent to which Indian entrepreneurs' showing internal locus of control and its relations to the Indian entrepreneurial performance. The questionnaire survey method was used to collect the data and the respondents were confined within Klang Valley area. The study shows that the Indian entrepreneurs personality …

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The Implications Of China's Entry To World Trade Organization (Wto) : Perceptions Of Malaysia Managers In Electronic Industry, Hong Nian Gan Jan 2002

The Implications Of China's Entry To World Trade Organization (Wto) : Perceptions Of Malaysia Managers In Electronic Industry, Hong Nian Gan

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"Would Bond Market Be A More Viable Investment Alternative To The Stock Market?", Hock Poon Chew Jan 2002

"Would Bond Market Be A More Viable Investment Alternative To The Stock Market?", Hock Poon Chew

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"Traditionally, investors have viewed bonds as boring investments that do not give good returns and that burdens portfolios," says Dale Bryant, a portfolio manager. "They couldn't be more misled. Sometimes bonds can do better than equities. Adding bonds can reduce portfolio volatility." Bryant's statement forms the crux of this research project. This paper investigates the co-movement of stocks and bonds on a monthly basis from April 1996 to May 2001. Average returns and standard deviations for the bond and stock market are computed and a comparison is performed to establish which market provides a better return and is less volatile. …

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Effects Of Fish Cage Aquaculture On The Zooplankton In A Malaysian Mangrove Estuary, Ai Lin Ooi Jan 2002

Effects Of Fish Cage Aquaculture On The Zooplankton In A Malaysian Mangrove Estuary, Ai Lin Ooi

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A study on the effects of fish cage aquaculture on the zooplankton was carried out in the Matang mangrove estuary, Perak, Malaysia. Investigations consisting of 4-month study and 12-hour study were conducted. Zooplankton were sampled inside and away from floating fish cage culture areas in Sangga Besar (SSB) river and in an adjacent nonaquaculture river, Sangga Kecil (SSK), in order to examine the effect of fish cage culture on zooplankton abundance. Zooplankton populations varied both spatially (being more abundant towards the river mouth) and temporally (being more abundant at certain months, e.g. in December). In SSB, fish cage culture had …

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Surgical Gloves Contract Packaging Business : A Feasibility Study, Phok Wee Heng Jan 2002

Surgical Gloves Contract Packaging Business : A Feasibility Study, Phok Wee Heng

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Founded in 1991, Doyen Medipharm is the world's only manufacturer of automated packaging machinery whose products are designed and engineered specifically to package medical devices. Doyen intends to capitalise on its market position by adding at least one further revenue stream. With its strength and market position, a major opportunity for the Doyen is the incorporation of Contract Packing facilities. The Contract packing market is dominated by poorly equipped low margin Companies, and now Doyen intend to challenge this market by equipping facilities with state of the art Doyen machines. Doyen Malaysia office was set up in 1996 serving as …

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Success Factors Of Information Technology Project Implementation : A Case Study Of A Manufacturing Company, Poh Chee Fong Jan 2002

Success Factors Of Information Technology Project Implementation : A Case Study Of A Manufacturing Company, Poh Chee Fong

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project implementation. System and facilities test shall be carried out in actual user environment and be innovative when developing a new IT project i.e. shall not just copy the functions of previous system to new system. Everybody shall be innovative to fully utilize the advantages of information technology

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Dato' Haji Muhammad Bin Nasir : Sumbangannya Kepada Pendidikan Islam, Mohd Zahiruddin Ahmad @ Mohd Zain Jan 2002

Dato' Haji Muhammad Bin Nasir : Sumbangannya Kepada Pendidikan Islam, Mohd Zahiruddin Ahmad @ Mohd Zain

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This research made by the writer is on one of the politician and educator of Islamic teachings, Dato' Haji Muhammad bin Nasir. Born on 1916 and passed away on 1997. Dato' Haji Muhammad bin Nasir was in the same era as many other known politicians and educators such as Tun Abdul Razak, Tun Hussein Onn, Dato' Asri and many more. He was an expert in politic and education but he had a simple life during which he was the founder of many educational institutions. These institutions were attended by many locals as well as those from Thailand, Singapore. Indonesia and …

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Amanah Saham Kedah (Ask) : Satu Penilaian Dari Perspektif Hukum Muamalat, Azizi Abu Bakar Jan 2002

Amanah Saham Kedah (Ask) : Satu Penilaian Dari Perspektif Hukum Muamalat, Azizi Abu Bakar

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Economic harmony is among the main factors that contribute towards peaceful life, worldly and in the hereafter. Even though conventional financing system has dominated and thus inspired the Muslim community for centuries, the emergence of the Islamic economic system, especially Islamic Unit Trust in Islamic equity market has captured public attention. In this regard, the writer will confer more highlight on the Islamic Unit Trust Industry and Amanah Saham Kedah {ASK), which is one of the major funding management institution in the country. The research on the ASK was concluded with intention to have a clear in-sight on the portfolio …

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Supply Chain Management In Manufacturing Industry : A Study Of The Implementation Strategy Of Xyz Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd., Tiong Fock Poh Jan 2002

Supply Chain Management In Manufacturing Industry : A Study Of The Implementation Strategy Of Xyz Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd., Tiong Fock Poh

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Advancement of technology and globalization pressure cause a lot of companies seek for a better manufacturing technology and operation management. One of the latest management tools that become hot topics to overcome this issue is Supply Chain Management. About 50 years ago, Forrester (1958) introduced a new theory of cross function management, but it was not been given much attention until last 10 years. Supply chain is not something new to the operation management. The differences of Forrester theory is the synergy of all operation management to get a dynamics and better result that is why the word of "management" …

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The Implications Of The Malaysia Bank Merger Exercise, Mersy L. John, Meo Sing Teo Jan 2002

The Implications Of The Malaysia Bank Merger Exercise, Mersy L. John, Meo Sing Teo

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The impetus to undertake this research project began about 2 years ago when we commenced our MBA programme. We became aware of the challenges facing the domestic banks in their quest to strengthen the banking sector to be better equipped to respond lo the new and challenging requirements of the local and global economy. The bank merger exercise was inevitable in the face of globalisation and borderless trade. The first step towards enhancing efficiency and alleviating the level of competitiveness was the consolidation of the 54 domestic banking institutions into 10 banking groups. There was significant rationalisation of the wide …

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Total Factor Productivity And Performance Of Resource-Based Industry In Malaysia, Rozilee Asid Jan 2002

Total Factor Productivity And Performance Of Resource-Based Industry In Malaysia, Rozilee Asid

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The development of Resource Based Industries (RBIs) in Malaysia since it was first launched in 1984 has seen as turning point of the industry to gain momentum in line with the corresponding industrial policy. By using the two inputs Cobb-Douglass model specifically growth accounting model, this study tries to estimate the total factor productivity (TFP) growth for the periods of 1981-1997 in collaboration to review its development and resilient performance. Using the 3-digit-level industrial classification, it was found that six (out of 14) of the RBIs show a positive gain of TFP growth. In broad categories (5-digit-level classification), 30 industries …

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Sistem Pendidikan Tradisional Dalam Peradaban Melayu : Satu Analisis, Suhanim Abdullah Jan 2002

Sistem Pendidikan Tradisional Dalam Peradaban Melayu : Satu Analisis, Suhanim Abdullah

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This dissertation deals with civilizational aspects focusing on the traditional educational system in the Malay Civilization. Malay Civilization stands and flourishes since 12113th century. Educational system is one of the main characteristics of civilization. It is a socialisational process of transmitting skills and knowledge from the former to the newer generation and thus creates a link between them. The newer generation will preserve the skills and knowledge in order to strengthen, modify and create new things for the development of a civilization. They wjl] naturally adapt the old elements and try to apply them in their lives. This study tries …

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Perlantikan Ketua Negara : Satu Kajian Perbandingan Antara Sistem Syura Dan Demokrasi Pancasila, Dedianto Usman Jan 2002

Perlantikan Ketua Negara : Satu Kajian Perbandingan Antara Sistem Syura Dan Demokrasi Pancasila, Dedianto Usman

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This study is a new scientific study on the appointments of state heads in a Syura system in comparison with those of a Pancasila democracy system in Indonesia. The main objective of this study is to search for a conceptual foundation of state head appointments, which is more sound and impressive in giving birth to qualified and trusted state heads. To investigate more critically all the problems emerging in this study, and to come to accurate conclusions on the problems in question, this study focuses on the following areas or activities of investigation. First: To study and fom1Ulate principles of …

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A Study On Technology Region Success Factors With Comparative Analysis On The Multimedia Super Corridor, Anand Solomon Mark Jan 2002

A Study On Technology Region Success Factors With Comparative Analysis On The Multimedia Super Corridor, Anand Solomon Mark

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Technology regions refer to regions which have densely packed technology companies and their associated supporting industries with some of those companies having achieved immense success so that they can be considered world class. This paper firstly looks at Malaysia's economic evolution and underscores the case for Malaysia's need to transform itself from a low wage manufacturing economy to a knowledge economy. Competition from other low wage countries such as Thailand, Indonesia and China is diverting investment in the manufacturing sector and eroding Malaysia's competitiveness causing growth to slow. To counter the anticipated manufacturing slowdown, the country needs to move up …

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A Study On Effectiveness Of Training And Maintenance Of Competency Towards Trade Efficiency And Quality In The Army, Abdullah Osman Jan 2002

A Study On Effectiveness Of Training And Maintenance Of Competency Towards Trade Efficiency And Quality In The Army, Abdullah Osman

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Training is part of organization function which aim of ensuring the contribution of individual is maximized through the development of appropriate knowledge, skills and attitude. Training in Malaysia Army started since in his existence in 1933. The focus of training is to prepare the soldiers with relevant knowledge and skills to fight and win the war. The individual training in unit is a preparation for the collective training and it is a process to develop the military professional skills. Whereas, individual training in the training institution is to prepare them to acquire knowledge and skills to perform their job function …

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