Posted on 28 July 2010 By Gan Pei Ling.
BANGI, 28 July 2010: The idealised images of Malaysian unity portrayed in Petronas‘s Merdeka ads is constructed, rather than a reflection of reality, a media and communications researcher said. Andrew Loo, who completed his PhD at the University of Melbourne on nationalism and ethnicity in the Malaysian media, said these ads always portrayed characters of [...]
Tags: 15malaysia, Andrew Loo, Jegang, Letchumi and Rokiah, Masjaliza Hamzah, Merdeka, National Film Development Corporation Malaysia, Param's Bicycle, Petronas, Sepet, advertisements, yasmin ahmad
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Posted on 21 July 2010 By Ding Jo-Ann.
PETALING JAYA, 21 July 2010: A landmark study on polygamy in Malaysia has cast doubt on whether husbands in polygamous marriages are able to treat their wives and children equally as intoned by the Quran. The study, conducted by Sisters in Islam in collaboration with academics from several local universities, found that while almost 80% [...]
Tags: Masjaliza Hamzah, Muslim countries, Rashidah Shuib, Sisters in Islam, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, polygamy, quran
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Posted on 13 July 2010 By Deborah Loh.
The Securities Commission’s investigation of the Kenmark scandal exposes flaws in the Securities Commission Act 1993. More on this issue in Found in Quotation.
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