This article aimed to highlight some important legal issues regarding enforcement of Islamic criminal law in Malaysia. It was made on the thesis that some improvements could possibly be made on the applicable laws for a more effective enforcement of Islamic criminal law in the country. The focus of the discussion is the legal position and the legal

Partnerships structure has long been accepted as one of the major business vehicles. It is generally opted by small and medium businesses and by the professionals. With the development of the economy, the general partnerships structure was found to be no longer suitable for some of the businesses, particularly the professionals. The rising cost in

This paper examines the relationship among exports, foreign direct investment(FDI), education spending and Malaysia’s economic development using the cointegration technique, VECM, and the Granger causality test. The results suggest that the variables: GDP, exports, foreign direct investment and education spending are cointegrated. The estimated l

Two 20 cm sediment cores were collected with a D-section corer in the Kemaman-Chukai mangrove forest and analyzed for 210Pbex (excess 210Pb) in order to understand the sedimentation pattern. The activities of 210Pb along with the 208Po tracer were measured by Alpha Spectrometry on a silicon surface barrier detector connected to a multi channel anal

A business entity is basically a business structure which is recognised by law as a valid medium of carrying on trade. The most common business entities are sole proprietorships, partnerships (firms) and companies. In Malaysia, these are the only three types of business structures available in the market place. However, the business entities in oth

Unlimited liability of partners is undoubtedly the hallmark of partnerships structure/laws. This principle emphasises on partners having collective responsibilities for debts and liabilities of the firm. The extent of unlimited liability of partners in partnership includes their personal assets. The principle of unlimited liability in partnership i

Wounds due to injuries for various reasons and for the diabetic patients havebeen a major public health concern. In search for a wound healing agent of herbal origin, earlier we have reported the efficiency of the green (unripe) Carica papaya extracts (GPE) for wound healing [1]. Here we report that addition of zinc and selenium with GPE results in

The protracted conflict in the oil rich Niger Delta area in Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea harbours complex implications for security in the region. At the centre of the conflict is the agitation by the mainly Ijaw and Ogoni ethnic nationalities for mineral resource control, national self-determination and/or more robust constitutional integration

Optimization of decolorization of methylene blue (MB) dye by lignin peroxidase (LiP) enzyme produced by white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium using sewage treatment plant (STP) sludge as a major substratewas carried out in the laboratory.Optimization by the one-factor-at-a-time (OFAT) and statistical approachwas carried out to determine the

Hypertension is a prevalent chronic disease, which is strongly related to the development of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases. The prevalence of hypertension in Malaysia in subjects aged 15 years and above was estimated to be 27.8%. Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) compares treatment options with different effectiveness and safety profi