The Porterian Concept on the case of London and its lessons for Singapore

This paper applies the Diamond to a major service cluster and finds that it is an effective tool for analysis that can be used as a framework for other service sectors should nations seek to gain competitive advantage. The London case points to the successful conditions of financial clustering, with reported benefits from incumbents. This revelatory case suggests to policy makers whether Singapore should focus on a few industries to merely gain cost competitiveness, or should she focus on increasing her critical mass and financial service provision to increase her international competitiveness

Graphic Propaganda And National Identity In Malaya (1948-1960) : A Social Semiotic Approach

this research is essentially a study of graphic design history in Malaysia with the aim to generate more interest and future scholarship in this relatively unexplored area. Kajian ini pada dasarnya merupakan satu kajian sejarah seni grafik di Malaysia dengan matlamat untuk melahirkan minat dan kajian baru dalam bidang yang belum diceburi in

Transnational politics and poetics in the revival of Chinese death rituals

Religions and religious rituals are being increasingly proclaimed as Intangible Cultural Heritages by UNESCO. Chinese death rituals can thus been conceptualised as significant intangible cultural heritages within the Chinese societies, both within Mainland China and the Chinese Diaspora. Since the Open Door Policy in 1978, there has been a revival of death rituals within the villages of South China. This revival has led to the emergence of the death rituals that have not seen practiced in Mainland China since pre-Cultural Revolution days. This paper argues that the preservation and the practice of death rituals in modern China and the Chinese Diaspora are significant intangible cultural heritages because of their role in informing a group of its identity and in helping with identity construction within these societies. Here, these rituals have re-cemented lost kinship ties among the Chinese villagers within the village setting, between the Chinese villagers and their urban kin in China, and between these two groups and their kin residing in the Diaspora. By coming together and recreating an environment where different groups of individuals participate in the death rituals and pay respects to common ancestors, we are witnessing a rediscovery and reconfiguration of kinship ties and social relationships on the one hand, and, at the same time, a surfacing of tensions and conflicts on the other. In this sense, death rituals, as a complex system of intangible cultural heritages, enables us to understand the dynamics of modern kinship ties and social relationships in contemporary Chinese societies.postprintInternational Symposium on the Politics and Poetics of Asian Intangible Cultural Heritage, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 16-17 October 2009

Cloning And Ontogenic Expression Of Sepiapterin Reductase Mrna In Zebrafish Embryo : Possible Role In Pteridine Biosynthesis [QL767. K95 2008 f rb].

Sepiapterin reductase (SR, EC1.1.1.153) memangkinkan langkah terakhir di dalam laluan biosintesis de novo bagi tetrahidrobiopterin (BH4), yang mana merupakan kofaktor sangat penting untuk penghasilan pteridin di dalam kromatofor teleost. Sepiapterin reductase (SR, EC 1.1.1.153) catalyses the final step in the de novo biosynthesis pathway of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), which is the essential cofactor for the pteridine production in teleost chromatophores

Factors affecting people investing in Mutual Fund in Malaysia: An application of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Dana Bersama (Mutual Fund) di Malaysia mengalami perkembangan pesat dalam beberapa tahun yang lepas. Mutual Funds in Malaysia have experienced phenomenal growth in the past few years

Aspiring to Citizenship: African Immigrant Youth and Civic Engagement in Cape Town, South Africa

Based on ethnographic fieldwork carried out in the city of Cape Town over four months, this dissertation addresses the question how do African immigrant youth experience life and live as ‘citizens 'in Cape Town? African immigrant youth straddle multiple positions, localities and identities: insider, outsider, victim, perpetrator, dependent, independent, child, adult. This dissertation examines the various ways in which African immigrant youth in Cape Town activate citizenship and belonging through civic participation or engagement, often in the absence of formal citizenship. Contrary to claims of immigrant youth as inherently problematic, youth are actively deciding to be the change they want to see in the world surrounding them, looking backwards and forwards to determine their decision to participate in civic engagement in the present. This thesis posits that young people's notions of themselves and their aspirations (both individual and collective) impact not only their future life-goals and dreams, but can manifest and drive their current actions to embed themselves in their communities and contribute towards the betterment or improvement of these communities. Drawing from youth studies that highlight the individual agency of youth within the larger constraints in which they find themselves in, the dissertation looks at the everyday, informal and localised acts of civic participation, as well as the ways that African immigrant youth leverage institutions (higher education, community organisations) as bridges and platforms for social change. The research demonstrates that civic participation through community engagement allows African immigrant youth to dream and access citizenship and social adulthood, and become a part of society where they are recognised as contributing members