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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SET – 1 Instructions for candidates TIME ALLOTTED – 2 HRS. 1. Total No. of Questions–100. Each Question is of three marks. 2. One mark will be deducted for every wrong answer. 3. Do not write or mark on the Question Paper. 4. Question Paper to be returned before leaving the Exam Hall. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. We stand poised precariously and challengingly on the razor’s edge of destiny. We are now at the mercy of atom bombs and the like which would
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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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The benefits of social media as a learning tool. 1.) It is a familiar tool. Most of students are on social networking platforms‚ and these services are already tools that students are generally comfortable with and they can probably show you a thing or two in return. 2.) Improve your own knowledge and skills as an educator. By learning how to use these platforms as a teacher‚ you are making yourself more aware of issues surrounding students today. If a student tells you a classmate is harassing
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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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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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Baba Gyani Triviani said: "Good were the days when people played Duke Nukem‚ Now people just say Dude Nuke ’em" Nuclear energy has been a controversial topic and a topic of debate from ages ago. In this post‚ I would like to analyse this from a layman’s perspective. Countries are growing rapidly‚ both economically and by population. And a commodity that seems to be needed more than ever‚ and the need for which will continue to grow unabated is energy. Energy is needed to do anything - Whether
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