The Impacts Of Simplicity Factors On The Aesthetic Value Of Heritage Interior Space: The Case Of Shophouses In Georgetown – Penang

To create simple interior space within heritage building is a tricky challenge. Simple space dose not means scanty design, conversely, simple design in heritage area consists a profound meanings and reflects the original aesthetic value of that space. The design of shophouse as a formation is simple raw building, contained three to four main zones. While, shophouse interior space reflects the value of community and rich culture by using simplicity as a factor to present the complex feelings and meanings in one place. Georgetown is the capital city of Penang, Malaysia, which populated by harmonized mixture of communities, this mix-culture influent the architecture and interior style of the city. As a result, eclectic architecture style created and become a staples of Georgetown. Therefore, it listed as World Heritage City in 2008 by UNESCO. The current research is to clarify the relationship between simplicity and aesthetic in interior design of heritage building. Thus, the study is qualitative mode including semi-structured interview questions, the responders were the users, owners and staff of coffee shops in heritage shophouse. As well as, observation, behavioral mapping are used to collect the data for the shophouses and users reaction. Aesthetic value does not depend on the complex design, high quality material and form. Good places should be simply understood with high familiarity value. Additionally, shaped grate space should harmonized between users' needs and identity of the place

Interior Semantics Of The Lobby/Waiting Area In General Hospitals; A Preliminary Study

Semantics is the study of meaning in communication. The communication interprets in the study is between human and the artefacts in the immediate surrounding

Social entrepreneurship: An overview

Social entrepreneurship scholars are in the midst of a number of debates involving definitional and conceptual clarity, boundaries of the field, and a struggle to arrive at a set of relevant and meaningful research.The existence of social entrepreneurship-oriented social work practitioner can bring about new impetus to the approach in trying to find solutions to social problems faced by the community.The data for this study is derived from a research about social entrepreneurship conducted on social work practitioners in the Northern parts of Peninsular Malaysia.Though it is not written to either present the findings of the study, it could well-trigger ideas for researchers, however.The paper draws on the work of others and to this adds personal conclusions from the literatures and observations.It attempts to deal with complex issues and tensions in a straightforward style and thus draw attention to key debates.This conceptual discussion paper aims to contribute to the literature on social entrepreneurship.It draws on published work to flag key issues and discussion points that affect the clarity of the understanding.It aims to provide some greater insight and help both scholars and practitioners in their respective quests for understanding and improvement.This paper also discusses the meaning of social enterpreneurship and the differences between traditional or conventional entrepreneurship and the characteristics of social entrepreneurship.Social entrepreneurship has social responsibility, and its main concern is not economic profit.It is seen more as an agent of change than a profit-seeking enterprise.The goals of entrepreneurial are to ensure that issues of social and community problems can be resolved as well as to conduct activities to generate profits.The paper discusses the expected challenges faced by the entrepreneurs.Finally, the paper also provides some examples of successful social entrepreneur locally and internationally

Tekanan kerja dan komitmen organisasi: Satu kajian dalam kalangan kakitangan Jabatan Belia dan Sukan di negeri Kedah

Kajian ini dilakukan untuk menilai tahap tekanan kerja dan komitmen terhadap organisasi dalam kalangan kakitangan Jabatan Belia dan Sukan Negeri Kedah.Selain itu untuk menguji kewujudan pengaruh faktor latar belakang sosio-demografi terhadap tahap tekanan dan komitmen terhadap organisasi serta menguji perkaitan antara faktor tekanan kerja dengan komitmen terhadap organisasi.Persampelan yang digunakan ialah persampelan bertujuan iaitu kakitangan yang bersetuju dan hadir pada ketika kajian dilakukan sahaja dijadikan responden kajian.Soal selidik digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data dan dibahagikan kepada tiga bahagian iaitu sosio-demografi, tekanan kerja (diadaptasi dari alat kajian Occupational Stress Indicator dan telah diubah suai oleh Unit Penyelidik Psikologi dan Kesihatan Sosial, UMS), dan komitmen terhadap organisasi (diadaptasi dari kajian Aishah; 1999) Ujian statistik deskriptif dan inferensi digunakan untuk menganalisis data bagi menjawab objektif kajian. Secara umumnya kakitangan JBSNK mempunyai tahap tekanan kerja yang sederhana.Kakitangan perempuan menunjukkan tekanan kerja yang lebih tinggi secara signifikan berbanding kakitangan lelaki.Kajian mendapati responden yang belum mempunyai anak mempunyai tekanan kerja yang lebih tinggi berbanding responden yang mempunyai anak sekurang-kurangnya seorang.Lebih daripada 60% dripada responden menunjukkan komitmen terhadap organisasi pada tahap yang tinggi.Kakitangan yang belum berkahwin mempunyai komitmen terhadap organisasi yang lebih tinggi berbanding kakitangan yang berkahwin.Begitu juga dengan kakitangan yang mempunyai anak lebih daripada 4 orang lebih mempunyai komitmen terhadap organisasi.Kajian menunjukkan tidak terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara tekanan kerja secara keseluruhan dengan komitmen organisasi.Namun ada hubungan yang sifnifikan antara tekanan kerja interinsik dan tekanan kerja halangan kerja/rumah dengan komitmen organisasi secara songsang

What's hip, what's hop? disharmonized representations of gender in music videos

Media representations of gender have always been an avenue for contestations in feminist media studies. Feminists have been concerned with how preoccupied the media are with women’s appearances and bodies whilst at the same time giving focus to what men do with them. More often than not, the media emit a particular cultural message: men are players and master, while women are objects and subject. Such a message is abundant in popular music videos consumed by most young people today, including those in Malaysia. A content analysis study of three hip-hop music videos that had the highest ratings in the MTV chart during the fourth week of January 2007 – That’s That, Dangerous, and Tell Me - discovered various oppressed representations of the female, while men are represented as powerful and central to everything. The hip-hop music videos focus on the female bodies (‘hip’) and how men behave towards them (‘hop’). Such representations belittle the increasing effort of Malaysian policy makers to propagate gender harmony in the home, the workplace and society at large. What are the implications of such media consumption on the gender consciousness and sensitivity of young Malaysians? The article explores this issue based on a focus group discussion of male and female students in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Perkembangan undang-undang penapisan filem di Malaysia 1924-1952

Kertas ini membincangkan perkembangan undang-undang yang berkaitan kawalan dan penapisan filem di Malaya dari tahun 1924 hingga 1952. Undang-undang pertama yang memberi tumpuan khusus untuk kawalan dan penapisan kandungan filem digubal pada tahun 1924, iaitu melalui Ordinans Filem Sinematograf 1924. Selepas itu, beberapa pindaan dilakukan bagi memantapkan lagi dasar penapisan yang ada sehinggalah berlakunya Pendudukan Jepun pada 1942-1945. Selepas Jepun tewas dalam Perang Dunia Kedua, British kembali berkuasa. Bagaimanapun, selepas 28 tahun, akhirnya ordinans tersebut dimansuhkan dan digantikan dengan Akta Penapisan Filem 195

A Case Study on Moisture Problems and Building Defects

AbstractHospital buildings are one of the complicated buildings that normally associate with a moisture problem. Besides environment factor, the different operation hour, poor workmanship and improper waterproofing installation also contributes to the moisture problems. Controlling the moisture problems seem to be vital in ensuring the building functionality. This study identifies the moisture problems and it's causes for the Hospital buildings in Malaysia. Based on various records obtained, this study discusses the defects according to four major building elements that are ceiling, wall, floor and roof. This paper concludes that the identified defects have great potential to affect the hospital building function

Beberapa aspek penyertaan pengamal kerja perkhidmatan sosial NGO Islam di negeri Kedah dan Perlis dalam keusahawanan sosial

Akhir-akhir ini keusahawanan sosial dilihat sebagai satu komponen penting dalam pembangunan negara. Bagaimanapun tidak ramai penduduk yang berminat melibatkan diri dalam keusahawanan sosial ini.Makalah ini memaparkan sebahagian daripada hasil penyelidikan yang dilakukan ke atas penyertaan pengamal kerja perkhidmatan sosial pertubuhan sukarela Islam dalam keusahawanan sosial di negeri Kedah dan Perlis, Malaysia yang dilakukan pada akhir tahun 2011.Makalah ini secara khususnya, bertujuan untuk menganalisis beberapa aspek penyertaan pekerja perkhidmatan sosial pertubuhan sukarela Islam dalam keusahawanan sosial. Untuk mencapai tujuan ini seramai 76 orang pekerja pertubuhan sukarela Islam telah dipilih secara bertujuan daripada pelbagai pertubuhan sukarela Islam yang terdapat di negeri Kedah dan Perlis, sebagai responden kajian.Data dikumpulkan melalui temu bual bersemuka di pertubuhan sukarela Islam yang telah dikenalpasti. Hasil kajian menunjukkan pekerja pertubuhan sukarela Islam ini terlibat dalam 14 buah pertubuhan sukarela Islam yang terdapat di negeri Kedah dan Perlis, yang sebahagian besarnya secara sambilan. Kebanyakan responden yang ditemui menyertai pertubuhan sukarela ini di antara tahun 2001 - 2010, malah ada yang telah melibatkan diri sejak tahun 1980-an dahulu lagi