The Malaysian ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional (BN), seemed to have a hard time facing the four... more The Malaysian ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional (BN), seemed to have a hard time facing the fourteenth General Election (GE) in 2018 that its Chairman cum Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, was widely reported as early as 2015 to be deeply embroiled in a major financial scandal involving Malaysian Government’s investment arm, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), with allegations that billions were diverted from that company for personal usage of Najib, his family members and his cronies. The allegation that Najib received a mysterious RM2.6 billion payment into his personal bank account, which was initially revealed by the the Sarawak Report, followed by the more reputable Wall Street Journal, was particularly very damaging. It led to the removal of the Attorney General (AG), who headed a special task force to investigate it, besides the removal of three senior UMNO leaders, who were highly critical of it, from their government and party posts. During this time, the opposition coalition, Pakatan Rakyat (PR), was having trouble due to the uneasiness of PAS over the attempt by PKR to replace its Menteri Besar of Selangor with its de facto leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, via a forced Kajang by-election, without consulting PAS first. The trouble became greater after Najib’s own Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office assured PAS that the Federal Government would give way for Kelantan to implement hudud, prompting PAS to submit a Private Member’s Bill to amend the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 to the Parliament, which resulted in the eventual dissolution of PR. The easy wins of BN over a new opposition coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH), due to the inclusion of PAS as third candidates, in Kuala Kangsar and Sungai Besar by-elections convinced UMNO that it would win the fourteenth GE in three-cornered fights, hence the efforts by UMNO to make the appearance that it was supportive of PAS’s struggle. PAS, meanwhile, believed that BN would not do that well in the fourteenth GE and needed its help to form the government, hence the cries by PAS that it would be a king-maker. However, in the end, three-cornered fights was not enough for UMNO and PAS when BN and PAS just managed to get 79 and 18 seats respectively out of 222 offered seats. This paper studies the main factor that made BN lost despite the seemingly feasible plan of three-cornered fights.
South Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2021
The purpose of the study was to identify the mediating role of perceived strategic value between ... more The purpose of the study was to identify the mediating role of perceived strategic value between technological factors and e-commerce adoption intentions among Small and medium enterprises operating in United Arab Emirates. For the said purpose critical review of the literature was conducted to develop the framework for empirical testing. The data was collected from the middle top and lower-level employees and the owners. A questionnaire was used as an instrument to collect the data, the instrument was adopted based on previous studies. The results of structural equation modeling confirmed the framework of the study and ensured that perceived strategic value significantly and positively mediates the relationship between technological factors and e-commerce adoption intentions. The future researchers are guided to conduct longitudinal studies to find the long-term effect.
International Journal of Membrane Science and Technology
The paper deploys and develops the organized hypocrisy theory to account for the effect of organi... more The paper deploys and develops the organized hypocrisy theory to account for the effect of organized hypocrisy strategy on the establishment of the political relation between Rama I and Emperor Qianlong from 1782 to 1787. Using the case study of Rama, I and Emperor Qianlong and a historical analysis, the paper shows that the logic of consequences of Rama I seek China’s economic and military leads to Sino-Thai conflicting logics of appropriateness. Thailand uses the organized hypocrisy strategy to respond to this situation with two mutually negative versions of royal letters and transliterated terms. The key decoupling mechanism of the strategy is that the Thailand monarch conducts diplomatic interactions that maintain his status, while the Chinese in Thailand act as intermediaries to handle interactions that damage Thailand Monarch’s prestige. Organized hypocrisy strategy allows Thailand to maintain Rama I’s claim of universal kingship and meet the demand of Emperor Qianlong investi...
This research is an analysis of the underlying factors that influenced Malaysia-Singapore relatio... more This research is an analysis of the underlying factors that influenced Malaysia-Singapore relations during the watershed period of Mahathir Mohamad as the Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981-2003). The study proposes that the bilateral tensions between Malaysia and Singapore were, to a large extent, affected by such things as the burden of historical baggage from their acrimonious parting in 1965, after a short period of unification; the differences between them in their perceptions and approaches in handling bilateral relations; and their political cultures and the leadership styles of their prime ministers, but for the purposes of the present study, specifically those of Mahathir and Lee Kuan Yew. Despite the strong underlying differences, the study argues, the two states have existed in a condition of interdependency in the post-1965 period. They have had to find ways in which to suppress the culturally- and historically-conditioned tensions in order to ensure their respective state...
The private sector is assisting in sustainable development because of the enormous development an... more The private sector is assisting in sustainable development because of the enormous development and rise in commercial and industrial revolutions. However, corporate social responsibility is declining despite this development for several reasons. Among others, they include a lack of belief on the part of owners or boards of directors in the sustainability idea and the prohibitively expensive nature of some technologies. This study aims to examine how community members’ awareness relates to the amount of commitment of businesses in Dubai. In order to investigate the association between two variables, this study used a mixed methods approach that included both interviews and a general questionnaire with several questions. A sample of 314 members of the Dubai community was selected via an electronic platform to collect the data. Descriptive analysis, regression analysis, and pertinent correlations were used to process the data. The findings of this study were encouraging regarding the s...
Purpose Halal frozen meat product returns are major challenges in the halal frozen meat supply ch... more Purpose Halal frozen meat product returns are major challenges in the halal frozen meat supply chain because of the sheer volume and processing costs of returns. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of integrated halal supply chain (IHSC) strategies on effective product returns with halal logistics (HL) as an interceding variable. Design/methodology/approach This paper used the cross-sectional technique to select samples from a population that revolved around the halal food industry in Malaysia. Data collected from halal service providers who handle halal frozen meat product returns provided insightful findings. Findings The findings of this paper indicate that the IHSC dimensions, such as interactive fairness, procedural fairness and service coverage, are positively associated with effective product returns. It also shows that HL plays a mediating role between the IHSC and effective product returns. Practical implications From a practical viewpoint, this paper sug...
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Cross-Border Trade and Business, 2022
The maritime sector and shipping industry have been argued to be effective drivers of internation... more The maritime sector and shipping industry have been argued to be effective drivers of international trade. Internationalization has become a strategic business plan by entrepreneurs and industry players to expand the business, especially when their business was already established in the domestic market. However, current international laws began to be tightened by requiring each exporting and shipping firms to implement green sea transport practices and documentations. A limited number of empirical-based evidence has forced the maritime practitioners to conduct business without clear green concepts knowledge and availability of best business practices to be benchmarked. With this in mind, the aim of this chapter is to examine current issues, differences, and dilemmas confronting practitioners, governments, stakeholders, and scholars. This chapter has developed a green maritime supply chain concept based on practitioners' reflections and provides future direction to scholars inte...
Sudah sampai masa untuk UMNO Kelantan mengambil alih pemerintahan kerajaan negeri daripada PAS se... more Sudah sampai masa untuk UMNO Kelantan mengambil alih pemerintahan kerajaan negeri daripada PAS sekiranya UMNO betul-betul berkeinginan ke arah mencapai matlamat itu. \Pada saat kritikal ini, sudah semestinya untuk UMNO memanfaatkan masa yang ada sekarang dan hari-hari mendatang untuk mempersiapkan, memperkemas dan memperkasakan jentera pilihan raya di semua 534 Pusat Daerah Mengundi (PDM) di seluruh Kelantan.
One of the biggest social and political challenges of the states in west Africa south of the Saha... more One of the biggest social and political challenges of the states in west Africa south of the Sahara, is that of good governance. Lack of good governance had its debilitating consequences in post-colonial states of west Africa. Most states in this sub-region had a “taste” of military dictatorship at one point in time or the other. illiteracy, unaccountability, and corruption by the public servants in most states with the sub-region. Majority of the post-cold war conflicts and crises in this sub-region are attributed to the absence of good governance.This compels the ECOWAS to revise its treaty and adopt an additional protocol on Democracy and good governance, so that the potential source of conflicts in the sub-region tied to mis-governance can be handled by ECOWAS at the sub-regional level and for the ECOWAS to manage conflicts, crises and insecurity to forestall it from distracting economic integration processes of the regional economic group.Of all the reasons adjudge to the cause...
On August 20, 2001, The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia better known as Suhakam, issued an of... more On August 20, 2001, The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia better known as Suhakam, issued an official report on the handling by the police of a public assembly organised by opposition parties at Kesas Highway and Kebun Road on Novembers 5, 2000. The report pointed to the fact that there have been some human rights violation committed by the police in their handling of the assembly. The former Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad on the following day criticised the organisation and accused the report as "biased and influenced by western thought", and thus is against the national interest. In this context, the concept of freedom of speech during the assembly may be presumed as a "western idea" and thus may not be an appropriate concept to be practised in Malaysia. The aim of this article is to highlight the concept of freedom of speech in Malaysia, particularly in the state of Kedah, seen from various perspectives such as law, political culture,medi...
The Malaysian ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional (BN), seemed to have a hard time facing the four... more The Malaysian ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional (BN), seemed to have a hard time facing the fourteenth General Election (GE) in 2018 that its Chairman cum Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, was widely reported as early as 2015 to be deeply embroiled in a major financial scandal involving Malaysian Government’s investment arm, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), with allegations that billions were diverted from that company for personal usage of Najib, his family members and his cronies. The allegation that Najib received a mysterious RM2.6 billion payment into his personal bank account, which was initially revealed by the the Sarawak Report, followed by the more reputable Wall Street Journal, was particularly very damaging. It led to the removal of the Attorney General (AG), who headed a special task force to investigate it, besides the removal of three senior UMNO leaders, who were highly critical of it, from their government and party posts. During this time, the opposition coalition, Pakatan Rakyat (PR), was having trouble due to the uneasiness of PAS over the attempt by PKR to replace its Menteri Besar of Selangor with its de facto leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, via a forced Kajang by-election, without consulting PAS first. The trouble became greater after Najib’s own Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office assured PAS that the Federal Government would give way for Kelantan to implement hudud, prompting PAS to submit a Private Member’s Bill to amend the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965 to the Parliament, which resulted in the eventual dissolution of PR. The easy wins of BN over a new opposition coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH), due to the inclusion of PAS as third candidates, in Kuala Kangsar and Sungai Besar by-elections convinced UMNO that it would win the fourteenth GE in three-cornered fights, hence the efforts by UMNO to make the appearance that it was supportive of PAS’s struggle. PAS, meanwhile, believed that BN would not do that well in the fourteenth GE and needed its help to form the government, hence the cries by PAS that it would be a king-maker. However, in the end, three-cornered fights was not enough for UMNO and PAS when BN and PAS just managed to get 79 and 18 seats respectively out of 222 offered seats. This paper studies the main factor that made BN lost despite the seemingly feasible plan of three-cornered fights.
South Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2021
The purpose of the study was to identify the mediating role of perceived strategic value between ... more The purpose of the study was to identify the mediating role of perceived strategic value between technological factors and e-commerce adoption intentions among Small and medium enterprises operating in United Arab Emirates. For the said purpose critical review of the literature was conducted to develop the framework for empirical testing. The data was collected from the middle top and lower-level employees and the owners. A questionnaire was used as an instrument to collect the data, the instrument was adopted based on previous studies. The results of structural equation modeling confirmed the framework of the study and ensured that perceived strategic value significantly and positively mediates the relationship between technological factors and e-commerce adoption intentions. The future researchers are guided to conduct longitudinal studies to find the long-term effect.
International Journal of Membrane Science and Technology
The paper deploys and develops the organized hypocrisy theory to account for the effect of organi... more The paper deploys and develops the organized hypocrisy theory to account for the effect of organized hypocrisy strategy on the establishment of the political relation between Rama I and Emperor Qianlong from 1782 to 1787. Using the case study of Rama, I and Emperor Qianlong and a historical analysis, the paper shows that the logic of consequences of Rama I seek China’s economic and military leads to Sino-Thai conflicting logics of appropriateness. Thailand uses the organized hypocrisy strategy to respond to this situation with two mutually negative versions of royal letters and transliterated terms. The key decoupling mechanism of the strategy is that the Thailand monarch conducts diplomatic interactions that maintain his status, while the Chinese in Thailand act as intermediaries to handle interactions that damage Thailand Monarch’s prestige. Organized hypocrisy strategy allows Thailand to maintain Rama I’s claim of universal kingship and meet the demand of Emperor Qianlong investi...
This research is an analysis of the underlying factors that influenced Malaysia-Singapore relatio... more This research is an analysis of the underlying factors that influenced Malaysia-Singapore relations during the watershed period of Mahathir Mohamad as the Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981-2003). The study proposes that the bilateral tensions between Malaysia and Singapore were, to a large extent, affected by such things as the burden of historical baggage from their acrimonious parting in 1965, after a short period of unification; the differences between them in their perceptions and approaches in handling bilateral relations; and their political cultures and the leadership styles of their prime ministers, but for the purposes of the present study, specifically those of Mahathir and Lee Kuan Yew. Despite the strong underlying differences, the study argues, the two states have existed in a condition of interdependency in the post-1965 period. They have had to find ways in which to suppress the culturally- and historically-conditioned tensions in order to ensure their respective state...
The private sector is assisting in sustainable development because of the enormous development an... more The private sector is assisting in sustainable development because of the enormous development and rise in commercial and industrial revolutions. However, corporate social responsibility is declining despite this development for several reasons. Among others, they include a lack of belief on the part of owners or boards of directors in the sustainability idea and the prohibitively expensive nature of some technologies. This study aims to examine how community members’ awareness relates to the amount of commitment of businesses in Dubai. In order to investigate the association between two variables, this study used a mixed methods approach that included both interviews and a general questionnaire with several questions. A sample of 314 members of the Dubai community was selected via an electronic platform to collect the data. Descriptive analysis, regression analysis, and pertinent correlations were used to process the data. The findings of this study were encouraging regarding the s...
Purpose Halal frozen meat product returns are major challenges in the halal frozen meat supply ch... more Purpose Halal frozen meat product returns are major challenges in the halal frozen meat supply chain because of the sheer volume and processing costs of returns. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of integrated halal supply chain (IHSC) strategies on effective product returns with halal logistics (HL) as an interceding variable. Design/methodology/approach This paper used the cross-sectional technique to select samples from a population that revolved around the halal food industry in Malaysia. Data collected from halal service providers who handle halal frozen meat product returns provided insightful findings. Findings The findings of this paper indicate that the IHSC dimensions, such as interactive fairness, procedural fairness and service coverage, are positively associated with effective product returns. It also shows that HL plays a mediating role between the IHSC and effective product returns. Practical implications From a practical viewpoint, this paper sug...
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Cross-Border Trade and Business, 2022
The maritime sector and shipping industry have been argued to be effective drivers of internation... more The maritime sector and shipping industry have been argued to be effective drivers of international trade. Internationalization has become a strategic business plan by entrepreneurs and industry players to expand the business, especially when their business was already established in the domestic market. However, current international laws began to be tightened by requiring each exporting and shipping firms to implement green sea transport practices and documentations. A limited number of empirical-based evidence has forced the maritime practitioners to conduct business without clear green concepts knowledge and availability of best business practices to be benchmarked. With this in mind, the aim of this chapter is to examine current issues, differences, and dilemmas confronting practitioners, governments, stakeholders, and scholars. This chapter has developed a green maritime supply chain concept based on practitioners' reflections and provides future direction to scholars inte...
Sudah sampai masa untuk UMNO Kelantan mengambil alih pemerintahan kerajaan negeri daripada PAS se... more Sudah sampai masa untuk UMNO Kelantan mengambil alih pemerintahan kerajaan negeri daripada PAS sekiranya UMNO betul-betul berkeinginan ke arah mencapai matlamat itu. \Pada saat kritikal ini, sudah semestinya untuk UMNO memanfaatkan masa yang ada sekarang dan hari-hari mendatang untuk mempersiapkan, memperkemas dan memperkasakan jentera pilihan raya di semua 534 Pusat Daerah Mengundi (PDM) di seluruh Kelantan.
One of the biggest social and political challenges of the states in west Africa south of the Saha... more One of the biggest social and political challenges of the states in west Africa south of the Sahara, is that of good governance. Lack of good governance had its debilitating consequences in post-colonial states of west Africa. Most states in this sub-region had a “taste” of military dictatorship at one point in time or the other. illiteracy, unaccountability, and corruption by the public servants in most states with the sub-region. Majority of the post-cold war conflicts and crises in this sub-region are attributed to the absence of good governance.This compels the ECOWAS to revise its treaty and adopt an additional protocol on Democracy and good governance, so that the potential source of conflicts in the sub-region tied to mis-governance can be handled by ECOWAS at the sub-regional level and for the ECOWAS to manage conflicts, crises and insecurity to forestall it from distracting economic integration processes of the regional economic group.Of all the reasons adjudge to the cause...
On August 20, 2001, The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia better known as Suhakam, issued an of... more On August 20, 2001, The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia better known as Suhakam, issued an official report on the handling by the police of a public assembly organised by opposition parties at Kesas Highway and Kebun Road on Novembers 5, 2000. The report pointed to the fact that there have been some human rights violation committed by the police in their handling of the assembly. The former Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad on the following day criticised the organisation and accused the report as "biased and influenced by western thought", and thus is against the national interest. In this context, the concept of freedom of speech during the assembly may be presumed as a "western idea" and thus may not be an appropriate concept to be practised in Malaysia. The aim of this article is to highlight the concept of freedom of speech in Malaysia, particularly in the state of Kedah, seen from various perspectives such as law, political culture,medi...
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