Archive for the ‘General Economic Issues’ Category
Malaysian Insider published an article by Sheridan Mahavera on the subject of “ Penang’s future in Putra Jaya’s hands . Mahavera wrote that during the GFC Penang did not do too badly. Some people were expecting the many manufacturing facilities would close down and there would be a mass unemployment. Fortunately things turned up well […]
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Bajaj scooter will cease production soon because of falling demand . What do we learn from this ?
When I went to school , we still had many teachers ( mainly Maths and Sciences ) from India . Some of my contemporary went to further their studies in India , as it was then the cheapest country to seek an western type education . India of the 1970’s through to 1980’s was poor […]
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Tengku Razeligh claimed that he was told Petronas has made a “very big discovery of an oil field, probably the biggest in the world ”. Is this true ? Update : March 22 . Meanwhile DAP Parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang wants the government to disclose full details of an alleged new oilfield discovered by […]
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Royal Dutch Shell will retrench 1000 of their staff in each of 2010 and 2011 . Shell employs 100 000 . What does this means to Shell Sarawak and Sabah ? Details of Shell plans is here :
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According to anilnetto.com, “By October 2009, we were looking at 81,046 active graduate registrants on the Labour Exchange – and another 70,747 active registrants who are diploma holders. “ Yes we are talking of a total 150 000 -200 000 (by now) who are unemployed graudates . Unless employment opportunities picked up in tandem with […]
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I met a sales representative of a Singapore based company dealing in herbal medicine recently and was surprised to learn from him the many uses of the humble “ lemon grass “ ( Cymbopm Citragus ) or serai to use its local name . I am exposed to the “ serai “ which is used […]
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There have been a concern with the number of skilled and graduates leaving Malaysia in search for work . Many said Malaysia needs them and our economy have suffered and will suffer for lack of skilled manpower. Why are they leaving ? It is now Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah turn to say even Malays are leaving […]
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The Star today reported that a Political Secretary Hasbie Satar to the Federal Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop, has resigned. He has to resign because he has been detained by the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission the day before . Hasbie , a Sarawakian , was found with RM $ […]
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I am talking of Malaysia . We have the Yellow pages which serves as a Business Directory . This is available on-line . The residential equivalent is the White Pages . It is not on-line and the reason given is this : “The Residential Directory Services is currently not available as Telekom Malaysia is reviewing […]
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If you are sick, go and seek a medical advice ie go and see your Doctors . Do not seek an opinion from a person who knows next to nothing about medicine. I have observed that some direct selling marketing company have sold and made claims on all sorts of drugs , through sales people […]
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