Archive for August, 2007
Thursday, August 9th, 2007
According to The Star on 26.11.06:
Malaysian professionals must possess a British degree and speak good English under new rules to work in Britain, effective Dec 5. [Need to have IELTS cert] (more…)
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
As reported by The Star 26th Nov 2006:
Their winning formula: work smart and pray hard.
Nor Akmar is 29 and Aida Nurlin is 25.
“The money is out there. We just need to find the correct way to reach it.”
Quotable quotes indeed. And they found it in the unit trust business. (more…)
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Monday, August 6th, 2007
As reported by The Star on 26th Nov 2006:
Malays make up 14% of Singapore’s population (4.2 million)
8.6% of them have poly/university education, compared to 27% for Chinese and 31% for Indians.
Average income for Malays is S$3,400 (RM8,000), compared to the Chinese at S$5,600 (RM13,000) and the Indians at S$5,200 (RM11,000). (more…)
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Sunday, August 5th, 2007
As reported in The Star, 15th November

Malaysian Jack Tang, 27 (above, right) became a millionaire at 23. Started in business at age 18. 9 years later his IT business has clients from 137 countries. (more…)
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Friday, August 3rd, 2007
Excerpts of Reuters report, 13th Nov:
Malaysia is counting on bright, ambitious people like Tan Chye Ling for its future, to lead it away from manufacturing and into the knowledge age. But the 32-year-old scientist, a post-graduate in molecular biology, is not counting on Malaysia to look after her future.
“I felt very suppressed in Malaysia,” said Tan, who moved to neighbouring Singapore, the region’s pace-setter for biotech investment, after a decade of study and research in Malaysia. (more…)
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