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The Malaysian Peninsula, 2004.
An analysis of the ethnic relations in the Malaysian peninsula.
4,900 words (approx. 19.6 pages), 21 sources, MLA, £ 86.95
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This paper discusses the fundamental and historical conflicts between the majority Malays and the minority Chinese communities in the Malaysian peninsula. The paper presents a history of the region, with a focus on political issues. The paper examines the discrimination of the minority communities in Malaysia. The paper explores ethnic relations in Malaysia with regard to economics, religion, and education.
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"Some Chinese traders had settled in the country of Malaysia for centuries before other Chinese ethnic groups joined them in the 19th and 20th centuries. Although there has been an intermixture among the Chinese and other political minorities and the Malays as the political majority population, the Chinese have managed to preserve their cultural distinctions from the Malays, basically through religion and language. The Chinese use the Chinese language as distinguished from the Malay language and practice Buddhism, as differentiated from the Malays who are Muslim. The Chinese are grouped into the rural poor sector and the urban commercial sector, the latter being more economically capable and productive than the majority Malays. There have been these fundamental and historical conflicts between the majority Malays and the minority Chinese communities. The British ruled the peninsula and Singapore through the Chartered Company in Sabah and the Brooke family in Sarawak The Japanese Occupation made these conflicts worse during the last World War, during which the Malays sided with the Japanese against the British colonial rule and the Japanese mistreated the Chinese, who rebelled against them and formed the Malayan People?s Anti-Japanese Army or MPAJA. When Japan lost the War, the MPAJA took violent actions in establishing control over the peninsula. The Chinese rural poor sector supported it and its succeeding organization, the Malayan Communist Party or MCP, founded in 1948."
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Malaysian Construction Industry, 2002.
An analysis of the Malaysian construction industry before and after the economic downturn of 1997.
1,184 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 27.95
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This paper examines how the Malaysian economy was doing very well with industrial growth graphs that were on the higher end of the trend and how the GDP was increasing positively, but then the sudden economic downturn caused a sudden plunge in the growth of the industries. It looks at how the construction industry, however, survived the down trend and has now started showing trends of growth and amazing future prospects, giving a lot of hope to investors and reviving consumer confidence. It shows how the construction industry is very important in the economic growth of the country due to the amount of industry linked to it.
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"Due to the economic crisis, the industry suffered tremendously. This is because as the economy had a set back the blooming construction industry had a sudden fall and a major drop in the ever-highflying growth graph. Suddenly everything was stagnated in the construction industry and no new work was done. There were a lot of projects that were delayed due to this economic downfall. The industry had excess capacity, but not enough work for production, which caused a gap bringing the growth of the industry down. The government made several efforts to evoke the construction industry. However, the industry responded positively to the economic revival in the year 1999 as there was a GDP growth of 5.8 % and the output of the construction industry had fallen only by 5.6%."
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Nuclear Weapons in the Korean Peninsula, 2005.
A review of the issue of the divided Korean peninsula, focusing on the nuclear power capabilities of North Korea.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, £ 36.95
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A backwater of the Cold War since hostilities of the Korean War ended, has been the divided Korean peninsula. Since the 1990s, this issue has repeatedly captured the attention of the world, with the generally assumed rise of North Korea to the status of a nuclear power.
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"Since the 1990s the divided Korean peninsula, which had been a backwater of the Cold War since the end of hostilities in the Korean War in the 1950s, has repeatedly captured the world's attention with the widely-assumed rise of North Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of Korea or DPRK) to the status of a nuclear power. Given the status of the current dictatorial regime of North Korea as a virtual international "pariah" state - a state in which a massive military exists side-by-side with a primitive, faltering economy and even widespread famine - its nuclear capability has dominated all discussions of its foreign relations and strategies to engage it."
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The Korean Peninsula Crisis, 2002.
This paper discusses the Korean peninsula crisis crisis of 1993/4.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 8 sources, £ 30.95
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This paper considers the way this crisiswas dealt with by both the United Nations Security Council and the United States. The author discusses why this was seen as a diplomatic success at the time and how the solution was achieved. The paper analyzes what lessons may be extrapolated when dealing with Iraq.
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The Malaysian Economy, 2006.
An assessment of the Malaysian economy, focusing on its stability.
850 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 20.95
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This paper assesses the recent economic growth in Malaysia. The paper asserts that no other nation in the Southeast Asia area has shown greater economic stability than Malaysia over the past two decades. The country has achieved this stability through a variety of mechanisms; however the strongest is currency control.
Thesis Statement
A Brief Background
The Economic Structure and its Solidity
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"The Malay established the Ringitt as their national currency and through the strict control of it throughout several crisis situations has assured the nation a place in history no other nation in the region can claim. That position is one of national and international economic stability and as claimed and whether right or wrong, the strict control of the currency has been the mainstay of the economic stability. Two decades ago Malaysia began shedding the last shackles of their previous British Colonialism. The nation began to emerge from a plantation, natural resource producing economy into a competitive world of industrial modernization. This has continued at an ever-increasing pace to the point where the Malay is now a regional leader in the Knowledge Economy Age."
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Malaysian Economics, 2001.
This paper examines the economic development of the nation of Malaysia in the years after independence in 1957 until the present.
2,500 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 7 sources, £ 52.95
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This very comprehensive paper gives an account of the economic history of Malaysia. It begins with the pre-independence era and then goes discusses all of the major political events and policies involved in bringing the country to its current position as the third largest economy in east Asia. Mentioned are the disputes between ethnic Malays and Chinese immigrants, the successful rural development programs, the 1997 Asian economic crisis and the communist movement. The paper includes a number of clear economic tables and is well researched.
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?It is never possible entirely to distinguish a nation?s economy from its political situation, however this may be especially true in the case of colonies and recently freed colonies because more than other governmental bodies colonial governments are founded to make the extraction of raw materials from the colony as economically efficient as possible.
This paper examines the economic development of the nation of Malaysia in the years after independence in 1957 until the present. This economic history is bound up with the country?s political development as a modern nation as well, and so to the extent that the two are integrated they will be both considered in this paper while the emphasis remains on the economic sector.?
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Malaysian Education, 2002.
A paper which examines the educational system in Malaysia today.
1,700 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 38.95
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This paper looks at the education system, from primary to university level within the South East Asian country of Malaysia. The paper discusses how the system works and how the Ministry of Education regulates the educational system in the form of assessments and academic streaming.
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"Students within the vocational streaming will be studying those subjects that are more useful for a vocation rather than simple employment in a store, these subjects will be running parallel and in harmony with other academic subjects that are in similar study of other school syllabi. Students at this level will be expected to take an examination at the end of their second year known as the Peperiksaan Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia Vokasional (SPMV). Of those student who pass the examination with high grades they are permitted to continue their studies at local establishments of higher education or if they wish they can seek employment, the optional added programme of skills training is a bonus (SEAMO 1998)."
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Malaysian Market Potential, 2004.
Examines the cultural and economic aspects of Malaysia as a prospective market for foreign goods.
950 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 23.95
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Malaysia, one of the most flourishing economies in Asia, is considered to be a potential market by many manufactures and countries. The paper, in two parts, presents SWOT analyses of the cultural and economic aspects that would enable an informed decision when assessing the nation for international business potentiality.
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"An established trading partner with the neighboring countries, the country has well established channels of distribution, warehousing and internal transportation facilities. Malaysia?s main trading partner is the U.S. --12th largest for the United States. The campaign ?Malaysia?My Second Home? is increasingly attracting foreign investors. The modern communication systems, first class highways and advanced real estate facilities, offer good working conditions."
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Malaysian Economy, 2002.
Review of economic performance in Malaysia: 1996-2000.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 8 sources, £ 54.95
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Review of economic performance in Malaysia: 1996-2000. Malaysia as a newly industrializaing country (NIC) that suffered severe economic consequences because of the Southeast Asian economic crisis in 1997. Economic output of Malaysia's performance; real & nominal GDP. GDP. Investment & consumption. The country's international economic position. Monetary measures. Statistics. 12 Exhibits.
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"This research presents a review of the recent performance and status of the Malaysian economy. Malaysia is a newly industrializing country (NIC) that suffered severe economic consequences because of the economic crisis that hit East Asia and Southeast Asia in 1997. NICs are not the same as transitional economies. Transitional economies are those economies that are in a state of transition from command economy (socialist) status to market economy status. Neither are NICs developing economies because their levels of economic development allowed them to move up to NIC status (Sercovich, 1999).
The economic problems that confronted Southeast Asian..."
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North Korea and Nuclear Proliferation, 2008.
An analysis of the impact of nuclear proliferation in the Korean Peninsula.
7,681 words (approx. 30.7 pages), 10 sources, APA, £ 115.95
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This paper serves as a Lockwood Analytical Method for Prediction (LAMP) analysis of the question of nuclear proliferation in the Korean Peninsula. It describes the history and development of North Korea andr then discusses how North Korea's emergence as a nuclear power will affect nuclear proliferation in the Korean Peninsula and surrounding nations or national interests.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Issue Identification
National Actors
Possible Courses of Action
Major Scenarios
Scenario 1
Scenario 2
Scenario 3
Total Number of Permutations
Pair-wise Comparison Results, Ranking and Analysis
Conclusion and Focal Events
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"To many, North Korea is emerging as a noticeable player in the world, owing almost entirely to its bid to create and manufacture a nuclear arsenal. In the summer of 2006, in fact on July 4th, not coincidentally the US national independence day holiday, North Korea tested at least seven nuclear missiles. ("The Real WMDs; by," 2006, p. 14) This event was a slap in the face to the current international players in the arms race, and especially the US who chose, for ease of conviction, post 9/11 to strike Iraq, rather than N. Korea, as its first step in the "war on terror." This event also marks the beginning of a show of power on the part of N. Korea, to not only deploy weapons for testing, a kind of shooting into the air, but to continue to develop and employ them as part of their own security strategy, despite international pressure to cease and desist. There is no real question that current event could begin the process of one of the eventual scenarios, outline by the LAMP method analysis above. Each primary and secondary player will likely have a political, economic and popular response to the events. Increased fear in each nation, both primary and secondary as well as furtherance of reports of total economic and humanitarian breakdown in N. Korea will also likely continue to feed the potential for conflict and hopefully eventual resolution, of some kind. Ideally such a resolution would involve peaceful aspects rather than militaristic ones but given the show of force this is extremely improbable at this time."
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North Korea and Nuclear Proliferation, 2008.
A Lockwood analytical method for prediction (LAMP) analysis of the issue of nuclear proliferation in the Korean Peninsula.
4,519 words (approx. 18.1 pages), 8 sources, APA, £ 81.95
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The paper discusses the implications of modern nuclear proliferation in a regional and international arena and highlights the importance of North Korea's nuclear proliferation in the Korean Peninsula. The paper utilizes the Lockwood analytical method for prediction (LAMP) method of analysis to appropriately predict the outcomes of North Korea's nuclear plans and their effects on the Korean peninsula.
Outline:
Introduction
Issue Identification
National Actors
In-depth Perceptual Study of Issue
Possible Courses of Action
Major Scenarios
Total Number of Permutations
Pairwise Comparison Results, Ranking and Analysis
Potential for Transposing
Conclusion and Focal Events
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"This work will serve as a Lockwood Analytical Method for Prediction (LAMP) analysis of the question of nuclear proliferation in the Korean Peninsula. As an emerging nuclear power North Korea may significantly change the manner in which the political world interacts with it, though you would think that it would not be likely to alter the manner in which individual North and South Koreans live their lives. Though this is clearly a simplistic and westernized view, as the understanding of the strength of a nation is intrinsic we, especially as Americans live in a state of almost constant denial of the manner in which the nation has developed "security," perceptually or otherwise. This is including a relatively low level of knowledge among common folk about the nature of armament."
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Violence in the Balkans, 2004.
An overview of the troubling history of the Balkan Peninsula.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 16.95
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This paper examines the troubling trend of historic imperialism that is endemic to the Balkan Peninsula. The paper looks at current ethnic strife and terrorist activity, exploring them within the context of this imperialism.
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"The Balkan Peninsula remains a hotbed of ethnic strife and terrorist activity. This is nothing new for the Balkans as centuries of imperialist aggression have rendered the region in a seemingly perpetual state of bloody disarray. Flanking the Adriatic Sea..."
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Nurse Management, 2004.
An analysis of the management of a nursing budget of Community Hospital of the Monterrey Peninsula.
1,080 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 25.95
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This paper examines budgetary experiences particular to Community Hospital of the Monterrey Peninsula and includes an insight from an interview with the director of the intensive care unit. The paper presents historical and analytical information about hospital budgeting. The paper concludes the analysis with the contention that cost containment measures should not be restrictive, but instead should ensure that quality and service are provided within the scope of the hospital's ability to finance and pay for them.
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"The experiences of a budgeting manager are varied particular in a health care environment. Community Hospital of the Monterrey Peninsula has expanded and grown since its inception, and along the ways changed their budgetary practices to accommodate the growing staff and needs of the citizens it serves. Within the scope of a hospital setting such as that of CHOMPA, nurse managers have many responsibilities with regard to budgetary affairs, including ensuring that quality service is maintained within the scope of the budgetary allocations for the year. Nursing managers work in tandem with executives to ensure that the budget is maintained in a sensible and practical manner."
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