We do not have to wait for Visit Malaysia Year 2020 to promote local batik, nor wait for Thursdays, or for some formal occasions. Or wait for our wakil rakyat to adorn it in Parliament, perhaps make a drab debate more colourful. We have lost that distinct expression of a national identity (in the batik) which all can consume, regardless of economic

There is a renewed interest among aficionados and connoisseurs of Malay writings in recent times. Books narrating Malay society, history and culture, as well as classical Malay texts, especially written and published before World War Two are much sought-after. And second-hand bookstores and some of the newer independent booksellers know this too we

Social science has many purposes. An overriding objective is to improve human lives and humanity as a whole. Like the hard sciences, such forms of knowledge also enable us to predict the future — possible, probable, preferable, or imagined. Governments, corporations, various industries and militaries apply and consume research on the social scien

Asian studies has constantly been framed by a changing geopolitical context. It is illustrative of how knowledge depends upon, is defined and produced by human interests. Asian Studies has its colonial roots, in Oriental or Asiatic studies.

The rapid development of Massively Multiple Online Games (MMOGs) over the years has enabled players from different geographical, cultural and linguistic backgrounds to meet, play and communicate with each other online in the context of gaming. Such setting forms a breeding ground for new language to emerge, particularly the language of gaming. Howe

Cancer is by far one of the most worrying health issues that continues to be the major killing diseases worldwide, accounting for more than 6 million deaths. In the confrontation of advances in modern medicine such as surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hormone therapy, cancer disease persists a worldwide problem. Thus the search for new potent

The purpose of this study was to explore the weight management and weight maintenance challenges experienced by obese female university students through a support group that acted as an intervention programme. The study is a phenomenological research involving four female students of a public university in Malaysia who were having problems with wei

The trend of cloud computing adoption is on the rise globally as it offers an attractive option of IT acquisition to organizations. Although similar benefits of cloud services can be gained by SMEs as the larger counterparts, it was reported that cloud computing adoption is still low among SMEs. A similar situation is observed for SMEs in Malaysia

Mosques generally consume far lesser energy than other types of buildings owing to their functional and operational characteristics. Since an effective energy management with a proper handling of the air-conditioning system can offer benefits such as the reduction of energy consumption as well as contributing to a sustainable development of the mos

Previous studies have shown that mastery of Malay students of Arabic Language is at a low and unsatisfactory level.Malay Students will not be able to get away from doing mistakes, especially during translation and understanding Arabic adjectives that have many differences and similarities. For example during translation, students will be confused a