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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FEMALE INFANTICIDE Imagine a world with no women. There are no wives‚ no sisters‚ no daughters‚ and no mothers. Unfortunately‚ this world is on the brink of becoming a scary reality for Asian countries such as China and India. Due to attempts to control population and the low value associated with females in these societies historically and culturally‚ both China and India are now facing a serious gender imbalance. Female infanticide and sex-selective abortion are responsible for this gender imbalance
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What is a competent worker? “My personal definition of a competent worker is one able to do a job well and willing to put in the effort required to complete a high volume of good-quality work‚” Ruth W. Stidger says (Stidger 2). It is essential to hire good employees no matter what field of business you are in. Employees are a company ’s most valuable resource because they are the most basic element of a business. Without them‚ a business cannot run. Therefore‚ every business owner is eager to have
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the hardships of these undocumented workers for the following reason: undocumented workers are frequently hard working individuals who have no other means of supporting their families‚ these workers fill an important economic role‚ we can learn from these workers to not take our freedoms or privileges for granted. Undocumented workers are frequently hard working individuals who have no other means of supporting their families. For almost all of these workers leaving their homes and coming here
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AE3 Allen How males and females communicate Human is more advanced than other animals‚ it is that human can use tools and use their own languages. There are many kinds of different languages in the world. Human beings are made up of men and women‚ but they use the different languages to communicate. This essay will explain how males and females communicate. There are several ideas about communication for males. First of all‚ when males play game‚ they like to join in large groups. For example
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female foeticide/ infanticide The term female foeticide means killing the female foetus in the mother’s womb. How cruel? The practice has been followed in India for ages‚ a country that once described its women as godessess. For this reason‚ Indian women will soon get extinct. Surprised? The most active part is being played by the women themselves -- why? Just for the mere want of a boy‚ mothers don’t feel bad in strangulating their daughters in their wombs. Can anyone be more cruel? In India‚ sex
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Reader. Ed. Laurie Ouellette. New York: Routledge‚ 2013. 363-377. Print. Mulvey‚ Laura. "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema." Screen 16.3 Autumn 1975: 6-18. Brown U‚ 10 June. 2010. Web. 12 April 2013. . Schubart‚ Rikke. Bitches and Action Babes: the Female Hero in Popular Cinema‚ 1970-2006. Jefferson: McFarland & Company Inc. Publishers‚ 2007.
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The Miracle Worker(1962) Movie Review The Miracle Worker is the story of how one person can enter the lives of others and change them forever. It is a story with a combination of humor and seriousness‚ often with a touching emotional effect. Annie Sullivan(Anne Bancroft) enters the Keller’s family’s home and through her work manage to teach Helen(Patty Duke)‚ who is deaf‚ mute and blind about language. At the end‚ all of the characters’ perceptions of the world changed‚ as well as her own world-view
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The act of aborting or terminating a foetus while it’s still in the womb‚ because it is female‚ is known as female foeticide. This can be done after determining the sex of the child before it’s born‚ through ultrasound scans. Although‚ sex determination in India is illegal‚ the practice is rampant and has become a multi-million dollar industry. This process began in the early 1990s when ultrasound techniques gained widespread use in India. There was a tendency for families to continuously produce
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of our society‚ a gender inequality exists in receiving education which is enacted to the females. This unwanted practice is continuing still in our society and hinders the progress of our nation. In our country‚ because of some old superstitions and customs‚ girls are deprived from many facilities which are cashed in on by males. Education is one of those. The parents think not to invest money to their female children rather than to the males. And that’s why; women of our country still can’t lead
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