Malaysian Studies – Revision Notes The Japanese Occupation The Japanese occupied Malaya for only 3 ½ years (from 15 Feb 1942 to 15 August 1945) Had a great impact on the country – the conquest of the whole of Malaya was fast and effective The attack started from two directions, from the East and the West After landing in Kota Bharu, the Japanese soldiers rushed to Kuantan and then to Mersing. On 12 Dec 1941, Jitra was captured, followed by Penang Island and Slim River. In Jan 1942, the Japanese
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Ned’s Hermann’s Brains Quadrants Theory of G. Gnanalingam. Known as one of the influential marketing whiz of Malaysia, Tan Sri Datuk G. Gnanalingam started from a humble beginning. A decedent of Sri Lankan Tamil ancestry, he was born in Singapore and grew up in Port Dickson . Getting his early education from Royal Military College, he continued to further his studies in University Malaya and Harvard Business School, Boston. With a strong education background, he started his career in British American
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Macro environment Competitive force: In the F&B industry, we will never know when and what will our competitor do to fight for their business. The competitors are not only the ones that we can see now, it could be our future competitors as well. These are the unforeseen competitive in the hospitality industry. For an example, K3K, OldTown, and paparich are competiting to each other, but suddenly there comes a new company NewTown, and it gives better service, all the others will lose their business
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some jokes in every question we ask. He is pretty easygoing and seemed to be the kind of person with lots of experience in life. We started by asking his name and he made us guess by hinting that his name coincides with the first Prime Minister of Malaysia. He also made us guess his age, which we almost got right by saying that he’s probably in his late 30’s or early 40’s. Our interviewee is Mr. Abdul Rahman, a 41-year old retiree in the automobile mechanics service for Proton (a Malaysian automobile
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Malaysian. Some people argue that foreign workers should be granted for citizenship because they are underpaid for job that Malaysians not preferred. However, they intend to improve economy in their hometown by bringing back money they earned in Malaysia. Thus, outflow of Malaysian Ringgit will happen. Consequently, money devaluation and inflation will occur. In conclusion, it is obvious that foreign workers should not be granted for citizenship in this country because unemployment rate of local
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AD ANALYSIS Tata Motors launched in 2012, a poster in Malaysia which aimed to promote their new car, Tata Nano and also to promote the safety of the civilians by offering a safer and cheaper option of transportation. The advertisement text – ‘change the burden’ tries to convince the Malaysian families which are poor and are in large numbers the dangers of travelling by bikes or second-hand cars. This is depicted by the big picture in the advertisement that shows 5 people sitting on a bike and they
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Thailand occupies the western half of the Indochinese peninsula and the northern two-thirds of the Malay Peninsula in southeast Asia. Its neighbors are Burma (Myanmar) on the north and west, Laos on the north and northeast, Cambodia on the east, and Malaysia on the south. The official language of Thailand is the Thai language, but the languages spoken in Thailand include Thai, English, and various minority tongues. The population of Thailand is estimated at 67,400,746 in 2015. Life expectancy
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transformation of the subject in assuming that image.” (Bhabha) When the British colonized Malaysia, local Malaysians were known as the ‘Others’ while the British were identified as the “Self”. This is seen during the colonial era within Malaysia. However as time passed, during the post-colonial era, the identity of Malaysia seemed to be the issue that readers and writers tried to identify. In the postmodern era of Malaysia, creating or reinventing individual identity in a nation or in a cultural group becomes
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[pic] INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT (OSM752) [pic] COMPANY : MYDIN HOLDINGS BHD Prepared by: Nordalila Binti Mohamed (2015543879) Group: OMM11B Prepared for: MADAM MELISSA SHAHROM Table of Contents A. Preliminary Materials Page i. Cover page 1 ii. Table of Contents 2 iii. Acknowledgements 3 iv. Summary 4 B. Body of Report i. Introduction of the Company
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convenient stores, and marts in Malaysia. It offers soft line products, including cosmetics, textile, leather, and ladies/gents/baby/children/sportswear; hard-line products, such as hardware, electrical, stationery, porcelain, and toys; and food line products, including confectionery, drinks and beverages, delicatessen, toiletries, and daily and dairy products, as well as stocks daily supplies of Muslim goods. The company was founded in 1940 and is based in Subang Jaya, Malaysia. It has store locations in
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