While the Chinese economy returned to a stabilizing trend in April after a stronger-than-expected first quarter, the traction behind its firm steps is somehow different from what it used to be. Belt & Road tourism increasingly popular among tourists A new report on tourism along the route of ...
Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad is a prominent Malaysian politician and statesman. Born on July 10, 1925, he is widely regarded as one of Malaysia's most influential figures in modern history. Mahathir served as the fourth and seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia, with his first term spanning from 198...
While the economy of Malaysia relies mainly on its neighbouring countries, it also ships goods to North America and Europe. It’s worth noting that the United States is the third-largest destination for Malaysian products, with US$34.3 billion in value, the same analysis indicated....
Like the roads and other aspects of the economy, entry to the park and accomodation is in the hands of private interests, which means that you pay premier prices to stay there, too. I paid 60 ringgit (about $US20) to stay in an eight person dormitory, compared to about 20 ringgit to...
The average salary in Malaysia is 6,610 MYR (Malaysian Ringgit) per month or 1,508 US Dollars (according to the August 2024 exchange rate.) This is significantly lower than the average salary of other developed countries like the United States, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and the Un...
Economic principles can be extended to biological organisms as they optimize the use of resources, but their use in biology has been limited. We applied concepts from traditional economics to the main production unit of plants, the leaf. We quantified the profitability (profit/cost of investment)...
Wong is a Malaysian academic of Chinese descent and a public health expert focussing on social determinants of health. She has researched, engaged in, and supervised interventions on gender-based violence and the health of rural-urban migrants. The core team was joined by policymakers and civil ...
Mahathir, obviously, has no intention plan to improve the livelihood of the common Malay and all Malaysians; he is stuck in old-school forced distribution which is injurious to the economy, maybe even fatal in the long term. Malaysians don’t want the creation of Malay (or any other ) ...
Brunei is a country in Southeast Asia. Brunei is located on the north coast of the island of Borneo; it is almost completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak; but it has a coast meeting the South China Sea. Its neighbors are Malaysia and Indonesia. Brunei has a land area of...
In the first 20 years of recovery, regrowth rates in Borneo were up to 45% and 58% higher than in Central Africa and the Amazon, respectively. This is due to variables such as temperature, water deficit and disturbance regimes. We find that regrowing degraded and secondary forests ...