Zainal abidin musa biography sample
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Contents>> Vol. 3, No. 2
Technocracy in Economic Policy-Making in Malaysia
Khadijah Md Khalid* and Mahani Zainal Abidin**
* International Institute of Public Policy and Management (INPUMA), University of Malaya, Academic and International Building, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Corresponding author’s e-mail: dijut[at]email.com
** Mahani Zainal Abidin was the ledare executive of Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia from 2010 until her untimely död eller bortgång on June 22, 2013.
DOI: doi.org/10.20495/seas.3.2_383
This article looks at the role of the technocracy in economic policy-making in Malaysia. The analysis was conducted across two phases, namely the period before and after the 1997/98 economic and financial crises, and during the premiership of four prime ministers namely Tun Razak, Dr Mahathir, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and Najib Razak. It fryst vatten claimed that the technocrats played an important role in helping the political leadership achieve their objec
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Introduction: writing traditions of South Sulawesi
1Writing is a marker of societal development, which also serves to express the identity of a community. While not all language or ethnic groups are associated with writing, in Indonesia one area with a strong tradition of writing is the Bugis and Makasar region of South Sulawesi (Ilyas 2022: 4-5). This area is home to three historic scripts: the Indic-derived jangang-jangang and lontara’ scripts, and the Arabic-based sérang (Ilyas: 2011: 14-15), in addition to the Latin script widely used today. Writing is believed to have been present in South Sulawesi from about the 14th century (Macknight 2023: 1). The form of the Indic-derived scripts and the way they were written originally on palm leaf strips, and then on paper, is distinctive, but the exact derivation of this tradition of writing is not yet established. The use of lontara’, in particular, continues in some contexts to the present day.
2The sérang script is the ada
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Past Tense and Future Stance
An exposition which is centered upon the issue of the greatness of art is often if not always highly dependent upon notions of art historicity.
The element of time, a very crucial factor in legitimizing greatness. While some of us seem to be dwelling too much into the past, some may be too preoccupied with the present, while others just strive for the future.
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