This talk discussed the main features of China's One Belt and One Road Initiative. It also analyses and reasons for China to launch such a policy. The implications of such a policy on Southeast Asia is also discussed.PROGRAMME IDFR LECTURE SERIES 3/2015: CHINA’S ONE BELT, ON E ROAD INITIATIVE : STRATEGIC IMPLICATIO NS, REGIONAL RESPONS ES Tre

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The taxation of income from illegal activities is well established in several common law jurisdictions. In the broader sense income or profits from a trade, profession or vocation irrespective of the issue of legality will be taxable. The courts have drawn a distinction between cases where normal income producing activities become illegal due to no

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In hot-humid Malaysia, there are around five million units of housing and among these the medium-density terraced are the most built. However, little emphasis was given to designing for thermal comfort and energy efficiency. Consequently, air-conditioning is ubiquitous with ever-rising residential energy consumption. This paper studied passive desi

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