This study examines stock market integration among the emerging stock market of Indonesia and its major trading partners (Japan, the US, Singapore and China). We employ the newly proposed autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach to cointegration and recent weekly stock market data spanning from July 1998 to December 2007. The results indicate

This study investigates the adoption and appropriation of mobile phone technologies by building on the technology adoption and appropriation theories on different age group and gender in the Malaysian society. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, a nationwide survey using computer assisted telephone interviews (CATI) was conducted on 17

The increasing concern for a sustainable development and the significance it should have on future waterfront, places urban design - with its key concern for contextual integration – in a uniquely important position. One of the main factors in contextual integration is the morphological evolution of the place. This paper focuses upon the case stu

Dalam suasana Malaysia yang terdiri daripada masyarakat majmuk berbilang bangsa dan agama, maka fiqah Islam perlu kepada suatu dimensi tafsiran yang baru agar ia selari dengan suasana dan zaman. Nas-nas Quran biasanya datang dalam bentuk gambaran umum. Ini dilanjutkan lagi oleh huraian dalam sunnah Nabi s.a.w. Namun kefahaman terhadap dua sumber in

A study was undertaken to observe the effect of D-glucose and L-glutamine and the combination of both nutrients at various concentrations towards the growth and insulin production by BRIN-BD11 cells. It was found that at a final concentration of 4 g/L D-glucose and 0.3 g/L L-glutamine in RPMI-1640 media gave maximum cell growth and insulin producti

Umat Islam sepatutnya menjadi satu masyarakat yang gagah dan berjaya dalam kehidupan di dunia dan akhirat jika mereka berpandu kepada ajaran Islam secara menyeluruh. Istiqamah dan amanah merupakan dua prinsip terpenting yang menjadi asas kekuatan umat Islam tetapi sering diabaikan oleh masyarakat Islam sehingga mereka menjadi umat yang lemah dan se

Laporan perselisihan faham di pekarangan lobi Parlimen sebenarnya menggambarkan bagaimana demokrasi Malaysia sudah berevolusi ke satu tahap luar biasa. Namun evolusi politik itu perlu dikawal agar tidak terbabas jauh daripada nilai Islam dan Timur yang sudah sekian lama menjadi teras budaya masyarakat Malaysia. Senario bertegang urat kerana mempert

Qiraat al-Quran and semantics

The propagation of religious doctrines and beliefs among Muslims is considered a controversial activity in Malaysia. It has far-reaching implications on the social and political environment of the country and is likely to cause conflicts between various religious/racial groups in the country. Furthermore, the propagation may open rooms for Muslims

Salam merdeka kepada semua masyarakat Malaysia sempena menyambut hari penuh bermakna hari ini iaitu hari kemerdekaan Tanah Melayu. Hari ini juga menjadi hari yang amat bermakna dan hari penuh bersejarah kerana secara rasmi penjajah yang sudah beratus ratus tahun berada di Tanah Melayu ini harus pulang ke negara mereka seiepas Union Jack yang sudah