ENGINEERS IN SOCIETY: ROLES‚ PROFESSIONALISM AND BEYOND Outline of a talk delivered to engineering students of Universiti Putra Malaysia on Friday‚ 20 February 2004 at Bilik Seminar‚ Faculty of Engineering‚ Universiti Putra Malaysia. BY Ir. Oon Chee Kheng BE(Civil)‚ LLB(Hons)‚ MBA‚ CLP‚ MIEM‚ PEng(M) Advocate and Solicitor 1.0 INTRODUCTION Contrary to the popular perception of life as an engineer‚ this talk will focus on different roles of‚ and played by‚ engineers. Not exactly life
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3 1 Tourism in Singapore: An Overview of Policies and Issues Brenda S.A. Yeoh‚ Tan Ern Ser‚ Jennifer Wang and Theresa Wong The management of tourism in Singapore has undergone various changes over the decades. The adoption of different policies and strategies aimed at promoting and championing tourism in Singapore has been subject to socio-economic changes on the local and global fronts. A deeper understanding of the issues pertaining to tourism development in Singapore necessitates
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8 ATPM1013 (L) MS. YEOH Y.L. 9 DK8 M O N D A Y M201 ATGB1313 (B) MS. MAZURA ATGB1313 (A) MS. MAZURA CC213 ATGB1414 (A) (T) MS. WONG YEE CHIN ATGB1414 (B) (T) MS. WONG YEE CHIN M202 ATGB1053 (B) MS. NG C.T. Q005 ATGB1053 (A) MS. NG C.T. M202 T U E S D A Y ATGB1303 (A) MR. SAW S.S. ATGB1303 (B) MR. SAW S.S. DKX ATGB1303 (L) MR. GOPAL DK8 ATGB1414 (L) MR. LAI H.C. M203 ATPM1013 (B) MS. YEOH Y.L ATPM1013 (A) MS. YEOH Y.L W E D N E S
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The advent of globalization has brought about the rise of a global care chain (Hochschild‚ 2000). From which‚ women from third world countries would migrate to first world countries to act as paid substitutes to first world mothers by becoming domestic helpers. Such a phenomenon is prevalent in Singapore. Since 2009‚ there has been a rising trend in the supply of domestic workers and as of end 2013; there has been 218300 domestic helpers in Singapore (Ministry of Manpower‚ 2014). This means that
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and abroad?” (Asis‚ Huang‚ Yeoh 199). * The idea of transnational family‚ having a bond while living in a host country‚ is interrelated with labour migrants. The authors defines transnational family as‚ “one where core members are distributed in two or more nation states but continue to share strong bonds of collective welfare and unity – is a strategic response to the changing social‚ economic and political conditions of a globalizing world” (Asis‚ Huang‚ Yeoh 199). * Female migrants
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THE IMPACT of GLOBALIZATION on RURAL POOR in TURKEY: THE CASE of SOCIAL RISK MITIGATION PROJECT Assoc.Prof.Dr. Bulent GULCUBUK Ankara University Faculty of Agriculture Dept. of Agricultural Economics Diskapi/ANKARA/TURKEY gulcubuk@agri.ankara.edu.tr 1. INTRODUCTION Globalization has multi-facet impacts on the live of people. Turkey has faced the reality of globalization for many years but its adverse effect has been severely felt especially after the 1980s. Turkey‚ as other developing
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a paradox; on the one hand‚ participation in the labor market has become liberalizing for female workers. Increased employment prospects (from unpaid work) became a source of personal development and empowerment (Asis‚ Hoang‚ and Yeoh 2004; Gamburd 2000; Hoang and Yeoh 2011; Kifleyesus 2012; Oishi 2005; Parrado and Flippen 2005; Pessar and Mahler 2003; Pingol 2001; Piper 2008). Parrado and Flippen (2005) note that migrant women have higher self-esteem‚ increased decision-making
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References: Nowak‚ B.‚ & Laird‚ P. (2010). Cultural anthropology. San Diego‚ Bridgepoint Education‚ Inc. Yeoh‚ Brenda . (2007). Migration and social diversity in Singapore. Singapore perspectives 2007 World Scientific Publishing
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at the launch of a joint committee consisting 11 NGOs in Petaling Jaya. The committee SH-out (Sexual Harassment out) is revisiting a campaign started 10 years go by the Joint Action Women’s Group (JAG) against violence. SH-out’s secretary‚ Betty Yeoh said the committee was urging the government‚ again‚ to enact a specific law against sexual harassment for gender equality as proposed by JAG in 2001. JAG had submitted a draft of the sexual harassment bill to the ministry of Women‚ Family and Community
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The high-speed rail (HSR) project connecting Singapore and Kuala Lumpur will have seven stops in Malaysia‚ namely Kuala Lumpur‚ Putrajaya‚ Seremban‚ Ayer Keroh‚ Muar‚ Batu Pahat and Nusajaya. While several of the proposed stations had been revealed earlier this year by Malaysia’s Land Public Transport Commission‚ they were confirmed yesterday by its chairman‚ Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar. Construction of the line could begin some time next year‚ although the actual date has yet to be fixed. Giving
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