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    million people living in Malaysia coming from the multi-ethnic background. There are a lot of ethnics living in Malaysia, but Malays, Chinese and Indian are the chief ethnic communities while the rest are the natives living in Sabah, and Sarawak (the Borneo Island). Historically, the Malay people were the first to migrate to Malaysia that it was first called as ‘Tanah Melayu’ (Malaya) which literally translated into The Malay Land. That is also the reason why the Malays is considered as the…

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    Discuss 3 major events from WW2, what were they and how were they related? 3 major events from WW2 are the Attack on Pearl Harbour, The Bombing of Darwin and the Battle of Kokoda. Pearl Harbour was an attack on the US Naval base by the Japanese Navy. The Bombing of Darwin, also known as The Battle of Darwin was the largest single attack ever undertook by a foreign power on Australia. The battle of Kokoda was a 4 month battle between the Japanese and Australians. Although all 3 of these events…

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    Islamization In Malaysia

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    Malaysia: Malaysia is located in the regions of South East Asia, divided by the South China Sea with Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo . Malaysia today is a federal constitution monarchy with an estimated population of 30 million people . This Islamic nation is influenced by key dates in history that have established its national identity today. In this section of the essay I will be briefly outlining some of the key historical events that have occurred in Malaysia. Beginning with prehistory period…

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    Orangutans Research Paper

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    rainforest, as well as fresh water swamps. Orangutans’ inhabit trees and are largely solitary (van Schaik, 2006). They used to be found in South East Asia and the Indochinese Peninsula, but now they are confined to North Sumatra and the lowland of Borneo (van Schaik, 2006). The current distribution of orangutans is determined by two main factors. First, the availability of the preferred fruit and second the presence of humans (Caldecott, 2005). Despite being largely solitary, orangutans have…

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    Spillover is not just a regular book about diseases. In this book, the author, David Quammen, dialogues about a multitude of zoonotic diseases, which are pathogens that can be transmitted from an animal into a human. There are eleven diseases that the author primarily discusses: Hendra, Ebola, Malaria, SARS, Q-fever, Psittacosis, Lyme disease, Herpes B, Nipah and HIV/AIDS. All of these are viruses, with the exceptions of Q-fever, Psittacosis and Lyme disease, which are bacterium. All zoonotic…

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    its services were very important back then. Only on 24th July 1958, the King of Malaysia (Tunku Abdul Rahman Ibni al-Marhum Tuanku Muhammad) bestowed the title Royal to the Malayan Federation of Malayan Police (RFMP). Then, in 1963, RFMP, the North Borneo Armed Constabulary and the Sarawak Constabulary were merged to form an official Royal Malaysia Police (RMP) and it comes under federal administrative jurisdiction body. As the world changed rapidly, the Royal…

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    In all Indonesia, perhaps no legal issue is more confused, more likely to excite intricate and lively debate among legal professionals and political activists both, than inheritance. This statement, however, was not enough to describe the complicated and complex issue of inheritance in Indonesia. The inheritance affair in Indonesia not only implicated legal professionals, activist, and academics, it also positioning itself as the fundamental of religion consciousness for the larger mass of…

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    Agensi Pekerjaan Emily advertise their service through newspaper and banner. However, it was usually from word of mouth. This is because Agensi Pekerjaan Emily is popular among household who usually already have maids and also at construction industry. These word of mouth would spread whenever someone in need to hire labour. For example, on a household situation, neighbour would typically ask the other neighbour which had experience on having maids would ask detail and information. These…

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    Dr. Clark “conducted 72 submersible dives as deep as 12,000 feet and led over 200 field research expeditions to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba Caribbean, Mexico, Japan, Palau, Pap New Guniea, the Solomon Islands, Thailand, Indonesia and Borneo to study sand fishes, whale sharks, deep sea sharks and spotted oceanic triggerfish. She wrote three books and more than 175 articles, including research publications in leading peer reviewed journals such as Science and a dozen popular stories in…

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    Introduction The topic of the essay is "Malaysia gained independence in 1957. Discuss". The early history of Malaysia is discussed where how historical moment and how the colonial of Malaysia started which lead the unification of the people in Malaysia. This will be further discussed the incident, effort and steps taken to help in the independence of Malaysia. Next, the changes of Malaysia after acquiring independence is discussed. The early history of Malaysia started with the state of Malacca…

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