TERRITORIAL CLAIMS BY THE PHILIPPINES 1. Sabah / North Borneo A majority of Filipinos everywhere are wondering what this Sabah claim is all about. The Philippine history books‚ Malaysian’s probably too‚ have not mentioned about the Philippines’ stake on the northern part of the island of Borneo. On the other hand‚ the Malaysians maybe furious that there are a lot of attention now being focused to that part of the Malaysian federation to which they believe was theirs since
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OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS PROJECT The Business and Financial Analysis of Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company Limited From 1st January 2006 to 31st December 2008 Prepared by: Word count: 6486 words TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5 PART 1 PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND 6 OVERALL RESEARCH APPROACH 6 1.1Intoduction 6 1.2 Selecting the Topic 6 1.3 Reason for Choosing “Mifco” 6 1.4 Principal Activities (Mifco) 7 1.5 Project Aims
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Resource 8: (The History of South African Rugby) In fact Rugby dominated the non-white sports scene in places like the Cape colony and the Eastern Cape in particular through to the late 1960s but rugby organisation (Western province coloured rugby union was founded in 1886 and the South African Coloured Rugby Board (SACRB) was founded in 1896) and teams were kept segregated with discrimination against black and coloured players and little government funding. In 1919 New Zealand toured South
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Maldives rising sea levels Population: 309‚000 Birth rate: 22.5 per 1000 Death rate: 3.5 per 1000 Republic of Maldives lies in the Indian Ocean as one of the flattest countries in the world‚ it is extremely vulnerable to rising sea level and the possibility of the country underwater in this century. The maldives consists of 1‚190 islands‚ Given mid–level scenarios for global warming emissions‚ 17 the Maldives is projected to experience sea level rise on the order of 1.5 feet (half
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Scarborough Reef‚ also known as Huangyan Island or Panatag Shoal is located between the Macclesfield Bank and Luzon Island of the Philippines in the South China Sea or West Philippine Sea. It is a group of rocks or very small islands plus reefs in an atoll shape. The was named after the East India Company tea-trade ship Scarborough which was wrecked on one of its rocks on 12 September 1784 with all lives lost. Scarborough Shoal/Panatag forms a triangle-shaped chain of reefs and rocks or very small islands
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Bibliography: Brown‚ B.E.‚ Odgen‚ J.C. 1993. "Coral Bleaching." Scientific American‚ 269:64-70 Cohen‚ Anne L.; Lobel‚ Phillip S. Oct. 1997. "Coral Bleaching on the Johnston Atoll." The Biological Bulletin. V193: n2. P276(4). Cousteau‚ J. Y. 1985. The Ocean World. Harry N. Abrams‚ Inc.‚ New York‚ NY‚ pp. 174-175. Luoma‚ Jon R. Nov. 1996. "Reef Madness" Audubon. V98: n6. P24(3).
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Geography3 | MAJOR ESSAY ANDFIELD RESEARCHWater | Discuss four major causes of environmental degradation experienced in your community. Also discuss four major reasons why It’s very important for us to protect and conserve our environments.Use relevant examples and pictures in your essay write up. | | Fig. 1: A bar graph depicting the distribution of the world’s water. Source http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/graphics/earthwheredistribution.gif Water is a very precious earthly resource that must be
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claims only parts of the group of islands along with‚ Brunei and Malaysia while the entire Spratly Islands is being claimed by China (PRC)‚ Taiwan (ROC)‚ and Vietnam. Spratly/Kalayaan Group of Islands is a group of more or less 800 reefs‚ islets‚ atolls‚ cays and islands. It contains less than four square kilometers of land area spread over more than 64‚976 square kilometers of sea. Palawan is about 220 miles east and 450 nautical miles of Manila. Philippines claim the islands in west part of the
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Persian Gulf Pearl History Since the past‚ persian Gulf was one of the greatest source for fine and perfect pearls. Persian Gulf oysters (Pinctada margaritifera‚ Pinctada radiata) were collected for their mother-of-pearl‚ which was used as an inlay material in ancient Egypt as early as the sixth dynasty (c 3200 BC). The pearls of the Persian Gulf were natural created and collected by breath-hold divers. The secret to the special luster of Gulf pearls probably derived from the unique mixture of
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Chapter 1 * Abstract * Orange ‚ Pineapple juices and other types of beverages are the usual drinks we find as typical now a days. But one if accidentally eats at a foreign restaurant and actually gets to taste an extraordinary drink known to be made out of flowers. Well‚ coincidentally‚ one of the researchers did experience such a thing. This was when the group got the idea of making an investigation on such a matter. The researchers‚ being very curious themselves‚ tried to fill their
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