the importance of multicultural unity in developing a Culture of Peace in the Mauritian nation. Mauritius is one of the polyethnic countries that has the most peaceful and stable democratic. Multiculturalism has been a characteristic feature of the island of Mauritius. Mauritian society includes people from many different ethnic and religious groups: Hindu‚ Muslim and Indo-Mauritians‚ Mauritian Creoles‚ Buddhist and Roman Catholic Sino-Mauritians and Franco-Mauritians. The importance of
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are unfamiliar with this terminology; therefore through research this dissertation will provide a detailed understanding of ‘Slow Food’ as well as provide an overview of the development of ‘Slow Food’ in Malaysia and how Malaysian perceives the importance of ‘Slow Food’ and good eating habits. Background According to Sanders (www.slowfoodpiedmont.org)‚ the old saying goes‚ ‘the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach’‚ food is always used as motivation tool for one thing or another; a promise
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ANALYSE THE HEALTH SYSTEM IN MAURITIUS Mauritius‚ being a welfare state‚ has to make sure that all the inhabitants are living in good conditions. The most important that has to be taken into consideration is the health of the people. Health is a greatest gift‚ contentment the greatest wealth‚ faithfulness the best relationship‚ said Buddha. The role of the Ministry of Health is to ensure that all the medical facilities are available to the population and improvements are being made as
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The large scale impacts of Tourism include environmental‚ socio-cultural and economic impacts. Impacts can be positive‚ as well as negative‚ but should never be underestimated. The concept of sustainability is factored into these tourism impacts‚ when the size of the impacts become large enough to drastically alter economic‚ socio-cultural and environmental areas of a tourist destination. The importance of these impacts will be analysed and evaluated in this essay‚ keeping in mind that this will
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MAURITIUS TRANSPORT CONSENSUS FORUMS – BRIEFING TO THE HON. MEMBERS OF THE CABINET GOVERNMENT OF MAURITIUS by Jonathan Richmond Transport Adviser to the Government of Mauritius 28 September 2006 INTRODUCTION This briefing document reports on a process to achieve consensus among twenty major stakeholders on transport policies and actions needed for Mauritius. Following forums held on 14 and 21 September‚ nineteen out of twenty participants reached agreement on a set of proposals and signed a
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BRICS also known as the Big five is a grouping acronym that refers to the countries of Brazil‚ Russia‚ India‚ China and South Africa that are deemed to all be at a similar stage of newly advanced economic development over the next few decades Brazil‚ Russia‚ India‚ China and South Africa will become large‚ powerful players in the world economy. Regardless of their social‚ political‚ or environmental challenges‚ the BRICS will play an ever-increasing role in the world economy‚ China and India will
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The Banking Sector in Mauritius The banking sector comprised 20 banks licensed to carry on banking business in Mauritius as at end-June 2011.Of these‚ eight were domestically-owned banks‚ seven were subsidiaries of foreign banks and five were branches of international banks. Reflecting efforts undertaken by the Bank to develop the range of services offered by banks in Mauritius‚ a new entrant joined the banking industry in March 2011 as the first bank licensed to conduct Islamic banking business
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The law and legal system of Mauritius are an unusual hybrid and a remarkable instance of comparative law in action. As a consequence of its history‚ as an overseas possession of France from 1715 to 1810 and as a British colony from 1814 until it achieved independence within the Commonwealth in 1968‚ its law and legal system reflect the legal traditions of both its former colonial rulers. In general terms‚ Mauritian private law is based on the French Code Civil while public law and commercial law
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…………………………………………………………………..Page 6 Why the need for Consumer Laws? ……………………………………………………..Page 6 Consumer Vulnerability…………………………………………………………………..Page 6 The Implications of Consumer Laws……………………………………………………Page 7 The Socio-economic evolution of Mauritius……………………………………………Page 8 A brief history of Mauritius’ economy…………………………………………...Page 8 Consumer Protection Act 1998 (some sections) …………………………………Page 9 Fair Trading Act 1988……………………………………………………………..Page 11 Breakthrough in the Consumer Protection Laws………………………………Page
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fulfilled. TOURISM IMPACTS Tourism impacts are the effects that tourists and tourists activities have on a destination. We will be looking at three main types of impacts that tourism can have on a destination. They are environmental‚ socio-cultural as well as economic impacts. The word impact gives a negative meaning however tourism impacts can be both positive and negative on a destination. Environmental Impacts (physical – what can be seen) – It is not possible to develop tourism without incurring
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