Malaysia’s population of over 19 million inhabitants presents the external business traveller with a minefield of cultural dilemmas. The country is strongly divided along ethnic lines with the three largest ethnic groups being (in order of size) Malays‚ Chinese and Indians. In addition‚ there are a number of smaller indigenous peoples in the territories of Sarawak and Sabah. That this amalgam of races and ethnic diversity has been moulded together and has (post the awful riots of 1969) worked reasonably
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Bintangor. According to an old story‚ the Malays called this little town Kampung Binatang. This is because during the engkabang season‚ a lot of animals came out to eat the fruits that dropped from the engkabang trees along the bank of the Rajang. There was probably a Malay kampung situated nearby. In 1984‚ the Sarawak government instructed that the name Binatang District be changed to avoid sensitivity pertaining to the name of the place. Such as‚ it was said VIPs and leading government officers
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Oligarchy in Indonesia INTRODUCTION The word oligarchy originated from the Greek word oligarkhia‚ oligoi ‘few’ and arkhein ‘to rule’ which as a system refers to the politics of wealth defense by materially endowed actors. While oligarchs are actors who command and control massive concentrations of material resources that can be deployed to defend or enhance their personal wealth or exclusive social position. Oligarchs pose a problem as they are composed by extremely wealthy individuals‚ only
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Visit Malaysia Malaysia is a country that is located in Southeast Asia. Malaysia observes tropical weather but the best part is it is never too hot. On some days it is quite warm and nights are pretty cool in Malaysia. Needless to say‚ there are a lot of attractions in our country. Malaysia is made up of three main races. There are Malays‚ Chinese and Indians. In Sabah and Sarawak‚ there are a variety of ethnic groups with their own unique culture and heritage. All these
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Leading cinema operator‚ Golden Screen Cinemas (GSC) extends its reach to East Malaysia with the opening of its first cinema in Sarawak with the opening of GSC Bintang Megamall‚ Miri under the “GSC Lite” branding today. “The 8-screen GSC Bintang Megamall‚ Miri is the first GSC cinema to open with all- digital halls in the GSC chain‚ the first all-digital hall cinema in East Malaysia and will also offer the first digital 3D hall in Miri”‚ said Ms Koh Mei Lee‚ GSC Chief Executive Officer. “GSC
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If I Could Go Back In Time Well‚ this is my true story and my true experience. If I could go back in time‚ I really want to go back when I was a little girl and 10 years old‚ 8 years ago. With a happiness in my life at that time‚ when I still have my complete parents‚ my beloved mother and my beloved father. I was born in Balikpapan‚ Kalimantan Timur and grow up in Balikpapan. In march 2008‚ suddenly my father got sick‚ he said that his neck was painful. My mother asked him to go to the hospital
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Hongkong‚ Rizal planned the founding of the Liga Filipina‚ a civil organization and the establishment of a Filipino colony in Borneo. The colony was to be under the protectorate of the North Borneo Company‚ he was granted permission by the British Governor to establish a settlement on a 190‚000 acre property in North Borneo. The colony was to be under the protectorate of the North Borneo Company‚ with the "same privileges and conditions at those given in the treaty with local Bornean rulers". Governor
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What are the Consequences of Rainforest Destruction in Borneo? By: Jessica – 9B Introduction The forests of Borneo are one of the most biologically diverse habitats on Earth and home to various rainforest species such as orangutans‚ clouded leopards and pygmy elephants. Nevertheless‚ many tropical areas around the world‚ similar to these treasured rainforests‚ are being cut and degraded for timber‚ palm oil‚ pulp‚ rubber‚ minerals‚ and other materials. The action of deforestation is prompt to endanger
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animals are forced to share their land with uncompassionate humans. One example is the Borneo Pygmy Elephant found in Southeast Asia. Their thriving population has diminished to less than 1‚500 in the past years. An analysis of the endangered Borneo Pygmy Elephant shows their characteristics and habitat‚ what is threatening them‚ and how they can be saved. Walt Disney’s Dumbo could not have portrayed a Borneo Pygmy Elephant better.
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self-governing since 1959; and two territories in northwestern Borneo‚ Sarawak and Sabah (then known as North Borneo)‚ which by 1960 were well advanced on the road to independence. The newly elected government of Singapore was in favour of merging with Malaya‚ and in 1961 Tunku Abdul Rahman‚ prime minister of Malaya‚ took the initiative and suggested that a plan should be devised whereby Singapore‚ North Borneo‚ Brunei (another British territory in Borneo that had achieved autonomy)‚ and Sarawak would be brought
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