Malaysia is a country located in Southeast Asia that has the South China Sea separating the two regions of the Malaysia Peninsula. Malaysia is surrounded by Thailand, one-third of the northern part of Borneo, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore and the southern part of Vietnam. Its total area size is 329 847 sq km, which makes up three percent of Canada’s total land mass (Figure 1.1).Peninsular Malaysia is monopolized by a mountainous core where it consists of a number of parallel mountain ranges that are aligned north-south. The most well known mountain range is the Main Range. The Main Range is approximately 480 km in length and has peaks exceeding 2100 metres (Figure 1.2). In East Malaysia, an elongated piece of land that is 1125 km long and about …show more content…
The top 4 major cities in Malaysia includes: Kuala Lumpur, George Town of Penang, Ipoh, and Johor Bahru. Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia and it is their largest city. With a metro population of 7 200 000 people, Kuala Lumpur is one of the fastest growing city in Malaysia with its cultural, economic, and financial strengths. George Town of Penang is located in the state of Penang and serves as the state’s capital. It is the country’s second largest city with a population of 2 412 616 people. The third major city in Malaysia is Ipoh, which is the capital of the state of Perak and has a population of 737 861 people. The fourth major city of Malaysia is Johor Bahru, having a population of 497 067 people, it is the capital of the state of Johor. Along with Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru is another fast growing city in Malaysia since it is a major economic root for Malaysia, its neighbours, and the globe (Figure …show more content…
The top 3 ports in Malaysia are Port Klang, Penang Port, and Johor Port. Port Klang is the largest and leading port of Malaysia, it is located in Klang Valley, the most developed and industrialized area of the country. Port Klang handles almost half of Malaysia’s container trade and it is also an important regional distribution and transshipment hub. Penang Port is the gateway port in northern Malaysia. Handling twenty-five tons of cargo annually and having connectivity to over two hundred ports worldwide, Penang Port serves as one of the busiest trade routes in the region. The third major port in Malaysia is the Johor Port, established in 1977, it is situated in southeastern part of the Peninsular Malaysia. Being a busy transport hub in the area, it is home to a variety of cargo, storage, and logistic facilities (Figure
With the total area being about 10.2 km with 10.1 km in land, and 0.1 km of water. Mililani is also translated as “exalted” or “lifted Heavenward”, and “ to look skyward from the Hawaiians, because it in one of the highest land areas by the mountains Wolfram
Chapter 2: 1.Malaysia is the huge island between southeast Asia and Australia. In addition to the island of Java, animals and plants are unknown. Many islands are volcanic. Islands covered in tropical forest, a similar, but had different treasures. 2.All the birds of the family is very common in Sumatra, Java, Borneo absent from Aru, New Guinea and Australia, and vice versa.
Not only does Papua New Guinea contain the greatest area and mass, but also consists of the greatest population well above all other nations in the Pacific. Extending far throughout the vast ocean, Papua New Guinea belongs to Melanesia, a territory that encompasses various diverse islands. Even though the island nation may seem great in size by itself, it is only the eastern portion of New Guinea, and is also expressly known for tropical climate conditions (Author Page Number). According William Standish and Richard T. Jackson, most of the population contains Melanesians and a small quantity of immigrants, with communities sharing common cultures and identical customs (2). As a way of life, residents of Papua New Guinea manage to maintain a
Malay is a language spoken in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, and Thailand. Malay comes from Austronesian languages which are divided into four groups. They are Indonesian, Malanesian, Autronesian, and Polynesian. Malay or Bahasa Melayu is a national language in Malaysia and it is used as a language instruction in education, in formal or informal settings or events. Malay and English language even differ in their origin and history.
Porter’s five forces interact to shape the competitive landscape facing port authorities and port service providers. The 5 forces are stated below; 1. The rivalry among existing competitors 2. The threat of new competitors 3. The potential for global substitutes 4.
The cargo is delivered to regional centres such as Hong Kong or Jamaica (the largest transhipment port in the Caribbean) by deep sea bulk and liner vessels and provides a port to port service to neighbouring ports. Short sea shipping is much different to deep sea or inter-regional shipping. Smaller vessels are used in this market because some port cannot support very large ships such as a VLCC and because trips are so short, trading in this market requires great organizational
In view of this, the capability to sustain the development today has become a great challenge to mankind. The birth rate (fertility), death rate (mortality), and the migration (immigration and emigration) of people in the country are primary influences that cause the fluctuations of people in an area. Population data is provided from the national level to smaller area that is country (Malaysia), state, strata, administrative district, district, Local Authority Area (LAA), Parliament and State Legislative Assembly (DUN). Malaysia is ranked 44th most populated countries in the world. According to the World Population Review (2017), the current population in Malaysia is 31,364,177 which is a total increase of 833,170 as compared to the population in 2015 (30,331,007).
An efficiency of the transport that will improve the liberalization of the economy, the prospects for further growth of the industry remain strong. Seaport is plays a major role within the integrated of transport chains. The place of port is an interchange between land and sea which to transferring cargos and accepting ships. They are usually located in the ocean, sea, river, lake edge. The ports usually have a cargo handling facility such as cranes and forklifts for use in loading or discharge of vessels which may be provided by private interests.
Our country, Malaysia is a small, tropical country that lies within South-East Asia. Although it is small, it has a number of things to boast about. And the most prominent among these things is its multiracial community. This is due to people of different races living together in harmony within the borders of this little country. This has shaped Malaysia into a melting pot of vastly different cultures and religions, creating diversity.
Introduction Malay families and households in Singapore experience various socio-economic changes due to industralization. As familes and households are not fixed nor isolated from the wider society, these socio-economic changes are seen to tamper with the “ideal Malay family”. Djamour (1959) states that the “ideal Malay family” is predominantly made up of a nuclear family comprising of a married couple and children. The head of the household is the chief wage earner and is mostly the man, while women see to housework and caring of small children. This natural patriarchal notion result in a very clear divisions of male-female domains of daily responsibilities in a household (Nirmala, 1993).
First of all, I would like to brief to you about the sources of law in Malaysia. Sources of law in Malaysia are consist of three main law which are Written Law, Unwritten Law and Islamic Law. The most important law among the three laws is the Written Law. It is quite different with England, their main source of law is the Unwritten Law in the form of Common Law and the Rules of Equity. Written Law refers to the law embodied in the Federal Constitutions and State Constitutions.
With Singapore government’s support, it has world-class logistics infrastructure, PSA Singapore terminal with
Religion Malaysia Malaysia is a multicultural country that comprises of Malays, Indians and Chinese. With the Malays being the largest community. The Malay language they use is Bahasa and they control the political fortunes of the country. Chinese make up one third of the country population, which comprise of Buddhist and Taoists, and speak different dialects. Indians would only make up 10% of the population and are mainly Hindu Tamils.
Executive Branch is the oldest government in Malaysia, a place where government take place to bring up political issues or a place in the framework of federal representative democratic consultation monarchy and also a place that where exercised by the federal government of the 13 states. Executive Branch in Malaysia usually is to formulate and implement the policies in the country Executive brunch is chosen by the public through election and government will bring great impact on political system in Malaysia. Executive power is vested in the cabinet led by the Prime Minister and The Malaysian constitution stipulates that the Prime Minister must be member of the Lower House of parliment. The cabinet is chosen from among of both houses of Parliament
3.2 Industry conditions (Porter 's Five Forces Analysis) Five forces which would impact an organization 's behavior in the market. Understanding the nature of these forces provides organizations the required insights to enable them to formulate the appropriate strategies to be successful in their market (Thurlby, 1998). 3.2.1 Threat of new entrants (high entry barriers) High capital investment for competitor entry into telecommunication industry. Companies in this industry maintain development, spend fairly large amount of capital on network equipment and incurred high fixed costs. Besides, technologies are also considered as barriers for new companies to enter the market.