A perusal of historical records of Penang, before the island was colonised by the East India Company, shows that the island was inhabited by some Malays and was already the playing ground of the Kedah royalties.6 Therefore, to argue that English law in Penang was ‘settled law’ would be inaccurate and contrary to the above established facts. Int

There is a close relationship between the Islamic conceptualization of curriculum and the nature of the Islamic faith. An Islamic curriculum can be defined as an integrated system of constant divine facts, criteria and values, as well as changing human experiences and items of learning and skills which an Islamic academic offers to learners therein

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In their continuing search for competitive differentiation, the Food and Beverages (F&B entrepreneurs) are now turning mobile vendor including food truck as new and promising business proposition. While the growth of food truck in the current trend, the vendor's creativity and consumer’s demands influencing the evolving of food truck busi

The exotic phrase “Vision 2020” has been coined to signify a lofty and long term objective pertaining to some issue in many countries across the world. In Malaysia, the architect of this vision is the former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, who unveiled it in 1991, 30 years in advance of the time line of demarcation. The gist of the

Introduction: Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) program improves access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among people who inject drugs (PWID) with HIV-positive status. However, the time to treatment initiation (TTI) and outcomes of ART intervention in this population has scarcely been analysed. Objectives: This study aimed to analyse the TTI and o

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HSBL University College is one of the privately run institutions of higher learning in Malaysia which offers, among others, various programs in Economics, Accounting and Business Administration. A recent survey conducted by the Faculty of Business (FB) of HSBL found that the students were not fully satisfied with the teaching and learning system of

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