Background and Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand the push and pull factors that influence Thai immigrant entrepreneurs (TIEs) to conduct a business in Malaysia. As a neighbouring country, Malaysia is one of the favourite migration destinations for TIEs, with an influx of them involved in restaurant businesses across the country. This phenomenon offers this study with an unconventional background for immigrant entrepreneurship as it occurs within the context of developing, non-Western countries. Methodology: Outlined by previous studies on push and pull factors of immigration and immigrant entrepreneurship, this research employed a qualitative approach focusing on the experiences of six TIEs operating Thai/Siamese restaurants in Bandar Baru Bangi, a town located approximately 30km south of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Data were collected mainly through face-to-face interviews among owners of restaurants in their premises, which ensures richness in the data. Findings: The findings indicated several categories of business-based emigration factors for TIEs to Malaysia, spanning from economic, political, and social factors. Contributions: Overall, the present research extends the knowledge of immigrant entrepreneurship especially within the non-Western context. Practice-wise, this study provides implications for policymakers in relation to business activities conducted by migrants in neighbouring countries, which are useful for both Malaysia and Thailand as the host and the origin country respectively. Keywords: Thai immigrant entrepreneurs, Thailand, Malaysia, restaurant business, push and pull factors. Cite as: Yanai, L., Che Senik, Z., Muhamad, N. S., Abd Hamid, H., & Jamaludin, N. A. (2020). Push and pull factors influencing Thai immigrant entrepreneurs conducting business in Malaysia. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 5(2), 19-47. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol5iss2pp19-47
Innerparteiliche Krisen und Auseinandersetzungen haben dem Ansehen der Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) in weiten Teilen der chinesischen Gemeinschaft in Malaysia geschadet. In den Parlamentswahlen von 1986 erzielte die Partei das schlechteste Ergebnis seit ihrer Gründung. Der Beitrag untersucht die MCA im politischen Prozeß Malaysias, ihre informellen Informations- und Entscheidungsstrukturen, strategische Gruppen in der MCA, Krisen und Konflikte in der Partei u.a. Die Rolle der MCA Anfang der 90er Jahre. (DÜI-Sen)
This research paper focused on the provision of students' accommodation in the Nigerian universities through public-private partnership, drawing lessons from the Universiti Utara Malaysia. Hostel accommodation is a form of providing the students with an enabling environment where they can stay as a place of residence, will feel secured and comfortable to learn in a peaceful environment. The objective of this paper is to learn from the Malaysian environment, with a focus on the Universiti Utara Malaysia. The research work made use of the qualitative method through the conduct of interviews and other sources such as journals and online publications. Findings from the research reveal that the Universiti Utara Malaysia provides hostel accommodation which is more than enough to serve the university's capacity of 30,000 students' population on campus through the public-private partnership scheme. The research also found that multinational companies like PETRONAS Oil Company, Proton automobile company, Malaysia Airline, and Maybank among other companies built hostel accommodation for the students. The Malaysian Government on the other hand through a public-private partnership provided infrastructural facilities such as constant electricity and water supply for the purpose of a conducive environment for learning. The work, therefore, recommends that the Nigerian Government can partner with the Malaysian Government through resolving the big problem of electricity supply in the country and on the Universities as well. The paper also recommends that the Nigerian Government should regulate the private companies in order to engage them in partnership development through the provision of adequate hostel accommodations for the students. This would enable peace and security sustainability on the campuses of the Nigerian universities with lessons from the Universiti Utara Malaysia.
Many writers have shown that Peninsular Malaysia is undergoing rapid urbanization. The proportion of the total population living in urban areas, for instance, increased from 15·9 per cent in 1947 to 28·7 per cent in 1970. This growth is more readily appreciated if it is noted that the per annum urban population increase after independence (that is, between 1957 and 1970) is nearly twice the per annum increase in the previous inter-censal period (1947–1957). This rapid urbanization ushers in many political, social and economic problems among which is the unbalanced ethnic constituents of the urban population.
Existing studies on transnational migration in Southeast Asia tend to view it primarily from labor, human rights, or gender perspectives. Few of these studies have viewed labor migration as a security problem between the countries involved. This article attempts to close this gap in the literature by looking at the case study of labor migration from Indonesia and Malaysia from a security perspective and how it affects the relationship between migrants, citizens, and governments of these two countries. The article utilizes securitization theory introduced by the Copenhagen School to explain why, within the last two decades, Malaysian politicians have shifted their treatment of Indonesian migrants from a policy of toleration to one that considers them a security threat against Malaysian society. Adapted from the source document.
Abstract With more than thirty ethnic groups, Malaysia is renowned for its multiculturalism and ethnic diversity. Unlike in Indonesia and the Philippines, where ethnic Chinese are rarely given the opportunity to serve in the central government. Therefore, political parties focus on ethnic needs and issues. Therefore, it is important to gain a greater understanding of the degree to which ethnic Malaysian Chinese are participating in these elections and what sort of political powers their political parties maintain. Aside from the introduction and conclusion, the paper is divided into three sections. The first part investigates the geographic areas that represent different ethnicities across Malaysia and the regions. The second section examines how much political influence the ethnic Chinese Malaysians maintain. The last section analyzes how ethnic Chinese Malaysian's political participation has evolved over the years.
Education will lead to the economic growth, stability of social and political system, able to reduce crime rates and at the same time will improve social services. Education is very important for rural folks especially among young people in improving their standard of living. Poor and lack of education will spoil all other effort towards rural development. When rural people schooling, it will open a lot of opportunities for them in exploring the wider world. Education contribute in developing appropriate skills among the communities and individuals in facing the challenges in their life. Both formal and non-formal education are important in giving an opportunity to the people to excel in their life. Formal education is said to be a foundation in developing some skills while non-formal education more advantageous in some situation. The purpose of this study is to identify the improvement and the pitfall of education development in rural area in Northern Malaysia especially in Kedah, Malaysia. Mix methods were applied where 240 households from selected rural village answered a questionnaire distributed to them and another thirteen (13) headman and six (6) development managers were interviewed for the data collection. Mean value was used in explaining the finding for the quantitative method while Hermeneutic Analysis was used for the qualitative method. The findings discussed on the improvement as well as pitfalls of education development in rural area.
Mutakhir ini, banyak isu-isu berkaitan Islam mendominasi kehidupan masyarakat Malaysia. Masyarakat Muslim khasnya, sering berhadapan dengan pelbagai polemik dan persoalan-persoalan terutamanya perkara-perkara yang bersangkut-paut dengan isu ekonomi, politik dan sosial. Antara isu hangat ialah isu sensitiviti agama yang berkaitan penyalahgunaan ayat al-Quran sebagai medium untuk melariskan jualan perkhidmatan dan produk. Oleh itu, artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji penggunaan ayat-ayat al-Quran yang telah salah digunakan bagi kepentingan peribadi dalam kalangan pengamal pengubatan Islam di Malaysia. Melalui metode temu bual dan observasi, kajian ini dijalankan di zon utara dan zon timur Malaysia untuk mewakili sampel rawak kajian bagi Pusat Pengubatan Islam. Sebanyak 36 orang pengamal dan 45 orang pesakit dari Perlis, Kedah, Pulau Pinang, Perak, Kelantan, Terengganu dan Pahang telah ditemu bual dan dijalankan observasi untuk mendapatkan data. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa penyalahgunaan ayat-ayat al-Quran dalam kalangan pengamal pengubatan Islam di Malaysia berlaku dalam empat aspek. Pertama, ayat al-Quran yang digabungkan dengan jampi serapah yang tidak difahami sehingga bercampur aduk dan mengelirukan. Kedua, ayat al-Quran yang dibacakan secara terbalik (iaitu bacaan bermula dari belakang ke pangkal ayat) yang juga dijadikan sebagai bacaan ruqyah atau jampi kepada pesakit. Ketiga, al-Quran atau ayatnya dijadikan sebagai azimat yang digunakan sebagai tangkal untuk menolak bala; dan keempat naskhah al-Quran atau sebahagian helaiannya dijadikan sebagai bahan untuk berdamping dengan makhluk halus. Tegasnya, dapatan membuktikan wujudnya sebahagian para pengamal menyalahgunakan ayat al-Quran dalam amalan pengubatan mereka. Justeru dengan menjelaskan fungsi al-Quran secara tepat kepada masyarakat dan pemantauan terhadap pusat perubatan Islam oleh pihak berkuasa, diharapkan penyalahgunaan ayat Quran tidak akan berlaku lagi. Keywords: Al-Quran, Malaysia, penyalahgunaan, penyelewengan, pusat pengubatan Islam ABSTRACT Recently, many issues related to Islam have dominated the Malaysian's societies. Muslim societies, are often faced various polemics and concerns, especially those relating to economic, political, and social issues. One of provocative issues is the concern of religious sensitivity related to the misuse of Quranic verses as a medium in the pursuit of service and product sales. This article aims to study the Quranic verses which have been misused for personal purpose among medical Islamic practitioners in Malaysia. Through the methods of interview and observation, the study was conducted in the northern and eastern zones of Malaysia to representa random samplingfrom the Islamic Medical Center. A total of 36 practitioners and 45 patients from Perlis, Kedah, Penang, Perak, Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang were interviewed and observed for data collecting purposes. This present study found that the misuse of Quranic verses among medical Islamic practitioners in Malaysia occurred in four aspects. First, Quranic verses are combined with an unintelligible spell which create confusion. Second, the Quranic verses are read in reverse in which the reading begins from the end to the beginning of the verse which is also used as a ruqyah or spell to treat the patient. Third, Quranic verses are used as a charm to resist calamity; and forth, Quranic recitation or parts of its page is used as a material to accompany the supernatural. In fact, the findings prove that some practitioners have misused Quranic verses in their practice of Islamic medicine. Thus by explaining the function of the Quran accurately to the community and monitoring the Islamic medical center by the authorities, it is hoped that the misuse of Quranic verses will not be repeated. Keywords: Al-Quran, deviation, Islamic medical center, Malaysia, misuse Cite as: Abd Razzak, M. M., Ahmad, K., & Ab Rahim, N. M. Z. (2019). Penyalahgunaan ayat al-Quran dan penyelewengan dalam pusat pengubatan Islam di Malaysia [The misuse of Quranic verses and deviant of Islamic medical centre in Malaysia]. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 4(2), 429-448. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol4iss2pp429-448
The aviation industry is one of the most vulnerable industrial sectors to the crisis. Failure to manage the crisis they face can threaten their lives. Therefore, managers of airline companies are required to have the ability to manage crisis and communicate in crisis situations. Crisis communication strategy becomes an important part in crisis management. This study uses content analysis of the crisis communication strategies used by AirAsia and Malaysia Airlines in their respective aircraft accidents on December 28, 2014 and March 8, 2014. This research found that both companies were fast enough to respond to crises despite differences in strategy they use in responding the crisis. AirAsia emphasizes the use of apology without ignoring compensating, while Malaysia Airlines emphasizes compensation without ignoring apology.
Das Islambild in Deutschland wird durch Medienberichte und kontrovers geführte Menschenrechtsdiskurse mitbestimmt. Der vorliegende Artikel thematisiert exemplarisch die Menschenrechtsberichterstattung "westlicher" Medien über eine muslimisch geprägte Region. Im Mittelpunkt des Interesses steht dabei die Frage, wie die Menschenrechtslage im muslimisch geprägten Malaysia in den Medien Spiegel und Focus dargestellt und ob bzw. wie in der Berichterstattung ein Zusammenhang zwischen der Menschenrechtslage und der Religion Islam hergestellt wird. Ziel der Untersuchung ist es, auf Basis der Diskurstheorie exemplarische Erkenntnisse darüber zu gewinnen, welche gesamtgesellschaftlichen Bilder – insbesondere auf das Islambild in Deutschland – die Berichterstattung hat. Zu diesem Zweck diskutiert der Artikel, wie bei der Berichterstattung Wirklichkeit konstruiert und welcher menschenrechtliche Bezugsrahmen verwendet wird. ; The image of Islam in Germany is influenced by media reporting and controversial human rights discourses. This article deals with an example of "Western" media human rights reports about a predominantly Muslim region. The focus of interest is the question of how the human rights situation in predominantly Muslim Malaysia is represented in the media Spiegel and Focus and whether the reporting establishes a link between human rights and Islam. This study gains exemplary knowledge about the report's social impact - especially on the image of Islam in Germany. Therefore, the article discusses on the basis of discourse theory, how the reporting constructs reality and which human rights framework is used.
