GST – Boon or bane for the Malaysian economy? Amirul Ruslan Finance Feb. 17‚ 2014‚ 9:00 AM It’s been a whirlwind year of Malaysian price and tax increases. Right at the centre is the controversial Goods and Services Tax at a flat 6%‚ revealed in the 2014 Budget announcement by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. We look at the facts of the GST and how it will impact the economy. PRO: A replacement tax‚ not an additional tax In all the arguing and debating about the GST‚ it’s worth noting
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Social Media: A boon or a bane Malcolm X‚ the famous civil rights activist‚ once notably said‚ “The media is the most powerful entity on Earth.” To a large extent‚ his words hold true even today‚ as mass media virtually puts all the world’s information at the general populations’ fingertips. However‚ even in an age where life revolves around technology‚ some people hold the view that media (especially Social Media) is harmful to society. Accordingly‚ these people believe that traditional
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Has the education made me a better person? Or made more of a robot out of me? This is a primary question that everyone should be asking themselves at the beginning‚ end and even amidst the process of receiving the education. Is the education system in India really all that it is made out to be? Now I know that this topic has been beaten to death especially since the last two years what with Aamir Khan on an education reform movement and Kapil Sibal asininely tinkering with the education system
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Nowadays social media plays an important role in teenagers life. The vast majority of teenagers in the United States are daily social media users. There are countless of social networking sites that have created broad connections among teens. For example‚ Facebook‚ Instagram‚ Twitter‚ Skype‚ YouTube‚ and the like are used quite frequently. According to Shea Bennett‚ one out of every seven minutes spent online is on Facebook. But does social media have positive impact on teens? To me the answer is
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Multinational companies (MNCs) are believed to play a major role in the economies of developing countries. Ideally MNCs have contributed substantially towards the growth of developing countries. MNC is most simply defined as a corporation or enterprise that conducts and controls productive activities in more than one country with the head office being established in a developed country. Big companies mostly from America‚ Europe and Japan but also increasingly from newly industrializing countries
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We all know mobile phones and their extensive usage.Initially when the cell phones were launched in the market it was available to all but affordable only for a set of people who could avail it. Phone is the symbol of emergency however‚ today’s cell phone technology has become a status symbol. When compared with the scenario has now changed. It is found everywhere and in everybody’s hand right from a school kid to an old man begging on the street. Phones in previous days were considered to be used
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What do you think of the use and abuse of private tuition? Private tuition as against what is being done in regular school is resorted to‚ in certain cases where the pupil is not able to follow his lessons well and wants to improve his performance. In some cases the parents want to make their child sit at his studies and in others it is a matter of prestige. Whatever the reasons may be for private tuition‚ it can certainly complement and supplement the class work provided the teacher and his
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Read the following text and proceed to develop a linear outline (you may refer to Week 1 Lecture Slides) based on the criteria required in the outline sheet. Social networking – good or bad? A social networking site is a web-based platform that is geared towards building and strengthening social networks or relationships between people. These sites allow individuals to create an online representation of themselves‚ known as profiles‚ and to engage in various forms of online communication such as
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In the today’s modern life‚ cell phones undoubtedly regarded as one of the most common means of communication that have given a great impact to the mankind ‘s life in first hand. Young generation nowadays have used cell phones like an indispensible commodity that goes along with them in any pace of life ‚ even at schools or in classrooms. Although cell phones bring everyone many benefits and conveniences‚ a student using cell phones in secondary and high school is unacceptable for some following
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Replication fork Scheme of the replication fork. a: template‚ b: leading strand‚ c: lagging strand‚ d: replication fork‚ e: primer‚ f: Okazaki fragments Many enzymes are involved in the DNA replication fork. The replication fork is a structure that forms within the nucleus during DNA replication. It is created by helicases‚ which break the hydrogen bonds holding the two DNA strands together. The resulting structure has two branching "prongs"‚ each one made up of a single strand of DNA. These two
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