1.0 Histoy Of MERCY Malaysia MERCY Malaysia was founded by Dr Jemilah Mahmood in 1999 in response to the conflict in Kosova. Finding no pre-existing organization that could sponsor her to volunteer her medical services there‚ she and a group of friends registered MERCY Malaysia with the Registrar of Societies with the objective of providing medical relief. Working with Helping Hands USA‚ MERCY Malaysia then sent a total of five missions to Kosova to provide mobile medical care. That same year
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TOURISM “…tourism should be defined conceptually as those aspects of leisure-time behaviour and their consequences which occur as a result of temporary trips away from the home environment and which are motivated exclusively by a concern for recreation matters.” (Heeley‚ 1980) 2. “…tourist as someone travelling for any purpose except commuting to and from work…” [ (Hunt & Layne‚ 1991) ] 3. “…Tourism appears to be becoming an acceptable term to singularly describe the activity of people
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Tourism has become one of the most appreciated sources of income for many countries of the world. Tourism is the fastest growing industry in the world because it is one of the best ways of earning foreign currency. Despite the many advantages of tourism‚ there a few disadvantages too as there are always two sides to everything. The few drawbacks highlighted are environmental pollution‚ cultural and social degradation and economic downturns. However‚ tourists cause environmental damage through forest
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1 MALAYSIA CONTENTS Introduction Definition The Difference between 1 Malaysia concept and Malaysian Malaysia Concept 1 Malaysia concept 3 Basic Principles of 1Malaysia PRINCIPLE OF ACCEPTANCE PRINCIPLE OF NATIONAL SPIRIT PRINCIPLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE 1Malaysia Values Conclusion References INTRODUCTION One people‚ One nation and One Malaysia. 1 Malaysia is designed to re-orient Malaysia towards a new direction‚ geared towards greater unity and success. Malaysian people
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Last summer‚ my parents took me to Thailand on holiday. It’s a beautiful country. Thailand is a country located at the center of the Indochina in Southeast Asia. Thailand enjoy a tropical wet and dry or savannah climate. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos‚ to the east by Laos and Cambodia‚ to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia‚ and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Burma. Thailand is 513‚000 km2 large with around 64 million people. The capital and
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Parameswara was a prince of Palembang. In 1930 he married a daughter of the Majapahit Emperor and became a vassal of the his father-in-law. Not long after he threw off his allegiance to the Majapahit Emperor‚ who at once sent warriors to drive him out of Sumatra. Parameswara fled to Tumasek‚ which was actually old Singapore with his family and followers. During this time Singapore was ruled by a Malay chief from Patani‚ who was appointed by the ruler of Siam. The Malay Governor treated Parameswara
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reshape their bodies or go under the knife to seek physical perfection? Or to stretch human bones like the Kayan women in Nai Soi Thailand. Tattoos‚ piercings‚ implants‚ hair color: As a species were either trying to stand out or fit in. The changes we make to our bodies do not just define us; they define the very culture we live in. On the remote border of the Thailand in Nai Soi sit a tribe. These tribes hold Kayan women‚ or to outsiders‚ the long necks. The Kayan women were heavy brass rings around
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Comparison between Crito and Apology For these two articles that we read in Crito and Apology by Plato‚ we could know Socrates is an enduring person with imagination‚ because he presents us with a mass of contradictions: Most eloquent men‚ yet he never wrote a word; ugliest yet most profoundly attractive; ignorant yet wise; wrongfully convicted‚ yet unwilling to avoid his unjust execution. Behind these conundrums is a contradiction less often explored: Socrates is at once the most Athenian‚ most
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71-80 ISSN 2229 -600X IMPACT OF RECESSION ON TOURISM INDUSTRY Sherwood College of Professional Management‚Lucknow ABSTRACT Tourism industry has contributed enormously in the flourishing graph of India ’s economy by attracting a huge number of both foreign and domestic tourists travelling for professional as well as holiday purpose. Terror threat‚ swine flu scare and hike in air fares and above all the great economic depression hit the tourism sector hard in 2009 with number of foreigners visiting
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interruption of the World War II‚ left greater impact upon the law of the country. The legal history of Malaysian begins with the acquisition of Penang in 1786 and with the introduction of the Charters of Justice in 1807‚ 1826 and 1855. The legal system of Malaysia was modeled after the English legal system which practices parliamentary democracy and is ruled by a Constitutional Monarchy‚ with His Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (the King) ceremonially as the Head of the country. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong
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