Malaysia is a mult-ethnic society with Malays, Chinese, Indians and others. Each group has its own separate language, culture, and religion based on animism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam. Professor Noraini M. Noor works at the International Islamic University of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. Most of her Malay students find it difficult to grasp the con

علم اللغة التطبيقي، في مجالاته، هو أحد الموضوعات المهمة المتعلقة باللغة. يهدف البحث بشكل عام إلى تحديد مجالات علم اللغة الاجتماعي والمواضيع التي يتعامل معها في المجتمع. وتطرق إلى الفكر الاجتم

By employing the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) method, this paper attempts to examine the impact of Off-Balance Sheet (OBS) items on Chinese banks’ total factor productivity. The results suggest that state-owned, joint stock and city commercial banks have exhibited lower Total Factor Productivity Change (TFPCH) levels with the inclusion of o

Being one of the developing countries in Asia, squatters and housing are among the main subject of government focus in each development programmme in Malaysia. This article focuses on the issue of squatters and housing and seeks to present on how the Malaysian government has work towards providing a quality life and affordable housing to its citize

This paper examines the relationship between the efficiency of China banks and its share price performance. Our analysis consists of three parts. First, we calculate the annual share price returns of the banks for each year between 1997 and 2006. Then we employ the data envelopment analysis (DEA) window analysis method to estimate the efficiency of

It has been stated in the Ninth Malaysia Plan that continuous efforts shall be undertaken to ensure all Malaysians of all income levels shall have access to adequate, affordable and quality housing with greater emphasis on the lower income group with better urban services and healthy living. The Ninth Malaysia Plan also emphasised that the private

This paper examines, for the first time, the productivity of the Malaysian banking sector around the Asian financial crisis 1997. The non-parametric Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) is used to compute individual banks’ productivity levels. We find that the Malaysian banking sector has exhibited productivity regress due to the decline in efficie

This paper attempts to empirically analyse productivity changes of the Malaysian Islamic banking sector during the period of 2001–2004 by applying the nonparametric Malmquist productivity index method. During the period of study, the empirical findings suggest that the Malaysian Islamic banking sector has exhibited productivity progress during th

By applying the non-parametric Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) method, this paper attempts to investigate the sources of productivity changes of China’s State Owned Commercial Banks (SOCBs) and Joint Stock Commercial Banks (JSCBs) during the period 2000–2005. The empirical findings suggest that the China banking sector has exhibited producti

For years Malaysia has been practicing "sell-then-build" in the housing development and for years also the concept has contributed to various types of problems, mainly to house purchasers. The urge from several quarters especially the National Housebuyers Association, has be part of the cause for the government to initiate few steps in impl