Among plural societies, Malaysia and Singapore are two countries in Southeast Asia that face the challenges of ethnic diversity since their independence from British colonial rule. This paper offers a comparative study on Malaysia and Singapore in their governments’ attempts to foster national unity through education. While both the governments a

In this era of globalization, people of different faiths and cultures are living together side-by-side and interactively corresponding to each other by means of cultural, economic and diplomatic relations. In this globalized environment where “no man is an island” mutual understanding and peaceful co-existence are necessary and inevitable. Howe

The paper empirically examines the employees’ perception of human resource HR) practices in ISO and non-ISO certified companies in Malaysia. A sample of 238 employees drawn from eight companies, four of them ISO-certified, responded to a questionnaire, which measured the adequacy of several HRM systems. The ISO-certified companies received higher

The Qur’an, which is the founding Scripture of Islam, acknowledges the existence of various religious scriptures and holy texts (Îuhuf and kutub), faiths and beliefs (iman and aqa’id), rituals and social laws (ibadat and shara’i), way of life and cults (mansakan wa manhajan) and historical events and narratives (al-anba’ wa al-qasas). Euro

Introduction : In this age of globalisation, so much emphasis has been given on equipping students with the right skills and competencies in order for them to gain competitive edge. For students to be active global players in the knowledge-based economy, where information is a commodity and where information is power, higher learning institutions a

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is an invasive fungal sinusitis with a high mortality rate, especially in immunocompromised patients. A 70-year-old woman, with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus, presented with a one-month history of non-specific headaches associated with progressive swelling of her left eye. Computed tomography of the brain and orbi

Muslims and Muslim societies are more frequently challenged today by many internal and external threats. Externally they are threatened with globalization, modernity, non-Islamic cultures and values particularly from the West, post-modernity and liberalism and recently to all kinds of Islamophobia. Internally, they are suffering from a crisis of va

The term ‘human capital’ is being employed by economists, as labour (one of three factors of economic production), nonetheless, according to social psychologists, the term encompasses a wider scope of human capacity and ability of production and management of life. Besides this complementary divergence, both economists and social psychologists

Although medicines are beneficial in improving health status, they are associated with inescapable risks. Adverse drug reactions are one of the major limiting factors associated with medicine use. 1 A strategy used to minimise adverse drug reactions is educating health professionals on risk minimisation and early detection of adverse drug reaction

The primary attempt in this study was to explore the influencing factors of the Malaysian consumers toward the pirated products. To explore these factors, this study has conducted a survey among the Malaysian consumers. The results of the study showed that there is significant relationship between the consumers’ perception and the social influenc