1.9 million foreign workers in Malaysia Foreign worker levy hike in 2011 By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani May 20‚ 2010 Malaysia has nearly two million foreign workers. — Reuters pic PUTRAJAYA‚ May 20 — Malaysia will raise the levy on foreign workers in 2011‚ after having deferred the implementation last year‚ Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced today. He said the quantum of increase would vary based on the specific sectors which employ the foreign workers. “We determine
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A foreign language is a language indigenous to another country. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to‚ i.e. an English speaker living in Japan can say that Japanese is a foreign language to him or her. These two characterisations do not exhaust the possible definitions‚ however‚ and the label is occasionally applied in ways that are variously misleading or factually inaccurate. Some children learn more than one language from birth or from a very young
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Foreign capital: The capital available to any country other than the domestic capital in order to finance any domestic purpose is called foreign capital. Need for Foreign Capital 1.Capital investment requirements – Since underdeveloped countries want to industrialize themselves within a short period of time‚ it becomes necessary to increase capital investment substantially. This requires a high level of savings. However‚ because of general poverty‚ the savings are very low. This creates a
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Foreign cultures The problem of the students who have to learn foreign cultures or not had concerned a number of people. Some individuals advocate that the students are just need to know their own country culture.However‚ their are a large group of opponents have an opposite perspective. As far as I concerned‚The students in college are necessary to know the foreign cultures. Most of the student will go to other countries in the future for their jobs or visit their
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Dillon Bentley 6/18/13 Case Report: Foreign Factories When investing in foreign factories it may be tempting to invest just because of factors that seem obvious such as the potential low wages or low taxes. However good managers realize that investing in foreign factories to obtain knowledge is a very successful strategy. In order to tap global R&D potential‚ a manager must have the mindset that the knowledge could be anywhere‚ and sometime is worth the risk of setting up a factories
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A Malaysian Fantasy: Less dependence on foreign workers Written by Dr. Lim Teck GheeTuesday‚ 04 August 2009 12:14 CPI Writings Commentary by Dr Lim Teck Ghee There is hardly a day that passes when we do not read something about foreign labour in the newspapers. The story could be about a heartless employer pouring boiling water on an Indonesian maid or labour contractors exploiting a Bangladeshi worker. Or it could be a Minister stating that he received an appeal from the MNCs for the
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Foreign Aid as a tool for Foreign Policy Foreign aid is defined as voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another country‚ at times as leverage to cohorts the receiving country do what the donor country wants. But it may be given as a signal of diplomatic approval‚ or to strengthen a military ally‚ to reward a government for behavior desired by the country giving the aid‚ to extend the donor ’s cultural influence‚ or to gain political strength here at home as abroad.
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Foreign Policy Nathan Jaramillo 1/15/14 Foreign policy refers to relations carried on with other countries. There are various factors that influence foreign policy‚ such as economics. There are also various options a country can choose to deal with other countries such as war‚ as well as approaches to dealing with other countries such as isolationism. The current administration for the United States deals with all of these complex elements‚ plus it also deals with many issues in foreign affairs
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Foreign aid is the transfer of goods‚ capital or services from one country to another directly or indirectly through international organizations such as the World Bank‚ the United Nations Children’s Fund‚ and many others. It is meant to offer some benefits or help to the recipient country and it comes in several forms for example; military‚ emergency humanitarian or economic aid. It is aimed at providing help in terms of crisis or disaster. This essay will discuss the concept of foreign aid.
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2011 Copyright © IIUM Press ISSN 0128-4878 Book Reviews Malaysia’s foreign policy‚ the first fifty years: Alignment‚ neutralism‚ Islamism. By Johan Saravanamuttu. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies‚ ISEAS‚ 2010‚ pp. 388. ISBN: 978-9814279-78-9 Reviewer: Abdul Rashid Moten‚ Department of Political Science‚ International Islamic University Malaysia. E-mail: rashidm@iium.edu.my Malaysia’s foreign policy is very much under-studied. Nevertheless‚ there exist several scholarly
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