Ringkasan Penyelidikan - Humanities Research Cluster

Internal Grant
A. New UMRG Program 2013
Program
: Delta Sungai Sarawak : Dinamik,
Petempatan dan Sosio-Budaya
(RP001-13HNE)
Ketua Program
: Dr. Supian Sabtu
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
Kajian ini berkenaan dengan penyelidikan menyeluruh tentang Delta Sungai Sarawak.
Terdapat empat aspek penting ditekankan iaitu sejarah, arkeologi, manuskrip, budaya dan
etnik.
Kaedah penyelidikan yang digunakan :1. Kaedah lisan – dilakukan dengan mencari orang perseorangan atau kumpulan yang boleh
memberi satu pandangan terhadap sejarah,budaya dan masyarakat Sarawak.
2. Kajian perpustakaan – meliputi usaha mencari bahan-bahan tentang Delta Sungai Sarawak
dalam bentuk bertulis. Usaha mencari bahan ini termasuk manuskrip lama, surat-surat rasmi
dan peribadi, dan laporan kolonial. Selain itu, usaha mencari peta-peta lama akan dibuat
untuk diguna pakai dalam kajian ini. Kajian perpustakaan ini akan mencari bahan-bahan
bertulis dalam negeri dan luar negara.
3. Kajian arkeologi – dibuat dengan pendekatan berikut – survey lapangan, analisis data
artifak, kajian seriasi dan gali cari percubaan. Dalam memantapkan kajian ini, beberapa ilmu
bantu lain diperlukan seperti berikut – pemetaan dan GIS dan geomoforlogi.
Sub-program
:
Tajuk Sub-program
: Delta Sungai Sarawak Menurut Pandangan
Penduduk Sarawak
(RP001A-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Arba’iyah Mohd Nor
Tajuk Sub-program
: Kajian Arkeologi di Delta Sungai Sarawak
(RP001B-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Mohd Supian Sabtu
Tajuk Sub-program
: Dari Pekan ke Perbandaran: Perkembangan Delta
Sungai Sarwak pada Abad ke-19 dan 20 (Sejarah)
(RP001C-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Ahmad Kamal Ariffin Mohd Rus
Tajuk Sub-program
: Kepelbagaian dan Perubahan Etnik: Kajian
Mengenai Sosio-budaya Masyarakat di Delta
Sungai Sarawak
(RP001D-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Patricia Nora Anak Riget
Program
: Towards the Betterment of Persons with
Disabilities : A Comprehensive Study
(RP002-13HNE)
Ketua Program
: Prof. Madya Dr. Siti Hajar Abu Bakar Ah
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
This research propose a package which includes a number of sub-proposals of disability. It is
aimed to contribute to the improvement in living conditions among people with disabilities
in Malaysia by looking at the policy development of Malaysia which would keen to assist the
disabled community. It also tries to investigate the relationships between education and
leaderships, housing and rehabilitation, community services and family and child welfare of
the disabled people in improving the quality of the daily lifestyle. Data will be collected using
a mixed mode methods which including in-depth interview, focus group discussion, textual,
reports and national policy analysis as well as using questionnaire. Therefore, it is very
important to build on this regional database by means of a national survey that covers from
policy to lifestyle, religion, and education via the bottom up approaches. The survey results
will provide a very useful data on the challenges and opportunities available based on a
group of people with disabilities during their daily life experiences and thus, providing a
comprehensive of what is really needed by people with disabilities throughout the country.
Sub-program
:
Tajuk Sub-program
: Education & Leadership Development
(RP002A-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Zuraidah Abdullah
Tajuk Sub-program
: Work and Employment
(RP002B-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Mohd Awang Idris
Tajuk Sub-program
: Housing and Rehabilitation
(RP002C-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Rosilawati Zainol
Tajuk Sub-program
: Community Care and Development
(RP002D-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Haris Abd Wahab
Tajuk Sub-program
: Family and Child Welfare
(RP002E-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Madya Dr. Siti Hajar Abu Bakar Ah
Program
: Policy and Social Assessment for Disabled
Community in a Multi-cultural SocietyMalaysia
(RP003-13HNE)
Ringkasan
Penyelidikan
:
Ketua Program
: Prof. Madya
Dr. Raihanah Abdullah
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
This research proposes a package which includes a number of sub-proposals on disability. It
is aimed to contribute to the improvement in living conditions among people with
disabilities in Malaysia by looking at the policy development of Malaysia which would keen
to assist the disabled community. It also tries to investigate the relationships between act,
policy, rights & advocacy religion, sports, health and safety issues of the disabled people in
improving the quality of the daily lifestyle. Data will be collected using a mixed mode
methods which including in-depth interview, focus group discussion, textual, reports and
national policy analysis as well as using questionnaire. Therefore, it is very important to build
on this regional database by means of a national survey that covers from policy to lifestyle,
religion, and education via the bottom up approaches. The survey results will provide a very
useful data on the challenges and opportunities available based on a group of people with
disabilities during their daily life experiences and thus, providing a comprehensive of what is
really needed by people with disabilities throughout the country.
Sub-program
:
Tajuk Sub-program
: Act and Policy
(RP003A-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Madya Dr. Jal Zabdi Mohd Yusoff
Tajuk Sub-program
: Rights and Advocacy
(RP003B-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Md Rezaul Islam
Tajuk Sub-program
: Sports, Healthy and Safety Issues
(RP003C-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Wirdati Mohd Radzi
Tajuk Sub-program
: Religion & Mediation
(RP003D-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Madya Dr. Raihanah Abdullah
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Program
: Muslim Community to Learn Al-Quran
Through Al-Jabari method (Effective and
Fast Learning Method of Learning AlQuran)
(RP004-13HNE)
Ketua Program
: Prof. Dato' Dr. Mohd Yakub @ Zulkifli
Hj. Mohd Yusoff
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
Al-Jabari method of learning Al-Quran has been introduced through effective and faster way,
just only 30 hours. This technique and skill is believed able to compete the currently
techniques implemented in Malaysia, such as Qiraati and Iqra’. Moreover, today’s busy
lifestyle needs a modern and technological approach that able to optimize the study and
improve the learning process. With the huge demanding of this learning approach in
Malaysia, interactive and self learning tools for Al-Jabari method could be the right choice to
be implemented nowadays. It has been considered as a fast and efficient method of Quranic
learning, and it’s also compitable to be used in current busy lifestyle. Therefore, we
presented Al-Jabari method in this research project, due to support Al-Jabari method of
Quranic learning. Generally, the objectives of research were focus on; (1) To introduce AlJabari method in learning Al-Quran, (2) To produce the Quranic verse recitation and
handwritten recognition for Al-Jabari method, (3) To identify the flexible recitation for
tarannum aspects in Quranic learning, for Al-Jabari. This research is combined with 4 sub
projects from different disciplines or cross disciplinary field of research, between ICT and
humanities . Here, the expected outcomes, results from the research were obtained from
the effective technique of Quranic learning through Al-Jabari method itself, as well as 2
prototypes of Quranic learning tools for support in Al-Jabari method of Quranic learning.
Sub-program
:
Tajuk Sub-program
:Prototype-create an ' automated system of
quranic verse recitation recogniction engine for
self-learning of Al-Jabari method',Focus on
reading skills.
(RP004A-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Mohd Yamani Idna Idris
Tajuk Sub-program
: Train and teach the skills of writing the verse and
ayates of Al-Qurans Through effective and faster
way of Quranic writing- Created an "offline
Quranic Character Recogniction for itself
(RP004B-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Raja Jamilah Raja Yusof
Tajuk Sub-program
: New techniques and skills on how to read and
write Al-Quran through effectives way, due to
compete other technique of Qiraati and Iqra'
which currently been used as the main syllabus
at school in malaysia. (Al-Jabari Technique and its
improments)
(RP004C-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Dato' Dr. Mohd Yakub @ Zulkifli
Hj. Mohd Yusoff
Tajuk Sub-program
: The tarannum aspects in Quranic recitation and
its flexibility based on Al-Jabari syllabus and
module
(RP004D-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Muhammad Lukman Ibrahim
Tajuk Sub-program
:Information System Security Management for the
Holy Quran : An Approach Towards Reliability of
the Holy Quran Online Application
(RP004E-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr Azah Anir Norman
Program
: Access to Justice for Indigenous People in
Malaysia
(RP005-13HNE)
Ketua Program
: Prof. Madya Dr. Ramy Bulan
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
Justice has to do with the principle or ideal of just dealing or right action. Access to justice is
often associated with the courts and other institutions administering justice, but in the
broad sense it involves informal mechanisms to provide people with a sense of “justice” in
particular contexts. Indigenous peoples’ understanding of access to justice are often
informed by their own traditional understandings and practices associated with justice and
might be differ from that of the states.
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples notes that indigenous
peoples have suffered historical injustices as a result of their dispossession from their lands
and territories, and consequent deprivation of their means of subsistence, and the
deprivation of their cultural rights which is the basis of their identity. The Declaration affirms
that their rights are both individual and collective rights and a key component of property,
and for states to consult them in matters affecting them. Respect and equality means
recognizing the rights to maintain and to strengthen indigenous juridical systems, their
social, economic and cultural institutions, their rights to maintain their cultural heritage,
their languages, customs, traditional connection to lands and territories including the
considerations of gender implications and rights of women in the community. This research
provides an understanding of indigenous peoples governance systems and values, which
may help to inform policies and laws and the moulding of remedies that are not only just
and equitable but also sensitive to them as vulnerable communities. Creation of a database
of research on indigenous peoples is critical part of this research and understanding.
Sub-program
:
Tajuk Sub-program
: Orang Asli Collective Rights and Communal Title:
Pathway to Development?
(RP005A-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Madya Dr. Juli A/L Edo
Tajuk Sub-program
: Changes in Livelihood Strategies and Access to
Justice For Indigenous Women
(RP005B-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Rusaslina Idrus
Tajuk Sub-program
: Traditional Values and Development Among the
Indigenous Peoples of Malaysia: A Case Study of
the Orang Asli Communities in Peninsula
Malaysia and the Kadazandusun Communities of
Sabah
(RP005C-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Madya Dr. Hanafi Hussin
Tajuk Sub-program
: Indigenous Studies Database and Digital Mapping
(RP005D-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Dr. Harold Malcom Thwaites
Program
: Abode of Dead, Depository of Knowledge
and Contested Realm: A Study of Chinese
Cemeteries in Malaysia
(RP006-13HNE)
Ketua Program
: Dr. Ling Tek Soon
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
This study would like to investigate the evolution and development of the Chinese
community through the study of the Chinese cemeteries in Malaysia. The study would
attempt to answer the following two questions:
1. To what extent Chinese cemeteries could serve as a depository of knowledge and
information on the Chinese community in Malaysia; and
2. How important was Chinese cemeteries in the social and economic lives of the Chinese in
Malaysia?
Sub-program
:
Tajuk Sub-program
: The Creation of An Inventory of Chinese
Cemeteries in Malaysia
(RP006A-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Dr. Danny Wong Tze Ken
Tajuk Sub-program
: Cemeteries as Depository of Social and Historical
Information on the Chinese in Malaysia
(RP006B-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr Fan Pik Wah
Tajuk Sub-program
: The Selangor - Kuala Lumpur Hokkien Cemetry in
Contemporary Society
(RP006C-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Ling Tek Soon
Program
Ketua Program
: Contemporary Islam in Theory and
Practice with Special Reference to
Tajuk Sub-program : Cemetery and Land Scarcity in Kuala Lumpur:
Science and Law
Crossroad of Cultural and Economic Values in
(RP007-13HNE)
Development
(RP006D-13HNE)
: Prof. Dr. Hazim Shah Hj. Abdul Murad
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Goh Hong Ching
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
This research program is based on the premise that contemporary Islam is engaged in facing
the challenges of modernity at several fronts, namely the epistemological, scientific,
political, economic, cultural and legal domains. We will focus our attention only on the
epistemological, scientific and legal domains in this study. We will begin by looking at the
historical background involving science in Islamic civilization (Sub-program 1) in order to
throw light on Islamic attitudes and practices with respect to science and modernity today.
Moving on from the history of science, we will look at the Islamic response to contemporary
epistemological challenges (which has a historical basis), and its current intellectual
manifestation through the “Islamisation of Knowledge” project (Sub-program 2) which was
attempted in both Malaysia & Indonesia. Next, we look at the case of a different Islamic
society, i.e. Iran, which is Shi’ite, and how it faces the challenges of modernity especially
with respect to education and technology (Sub-program 3). Finally, we look at how the
Islamic legal system is currently practiced in Malaysia, in which the practice of the Islamic
Shariah is conducted within the context of a modern state and a multi-cultural society,
where the ethos of modernity, local norms and values, interact with Islamic doctrine thus
raising the question of the extent to which the Shariah can accommodate change and
reform.
The research methodology adopted is that library research, and the gathering of primary
data through fieldwork, interviews, and surveys. Library research is aimed at providing
background information and the construction of conceptual framework, which will then be
used to analyse the data collected.
Sub-program
:
Tajuk Sub-program
: Historical Analysis of Science in Islamic
Civilisation and Its Implications for Contemporary
Practice of Science in Islam
(RP007A-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Mohd Zuhdi Marsuki
Tajuk Sub-program
: The Islamisation of Knowledge and Science in
Malaysia and the Malay World
(RP007B-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Maisarah Hasbullah
Tajuk Sub-program
: Islam and the Challenge of Modernity: Iran as a
Case-Study
(RP007C-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Dr. Hazim Shah Hj. Abdul Murad
Tajuk Sub-program
:Islamic Law in Practice in Malaysia (State, Society,
Fatwa, Shariah Courts and Islamic Finance)
(RP007D-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Dr. Ahmad Hidayat Buang
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Program
: Exploring New Theories, Concepts and
Pedagogical Insights Between Sound and
Gesture
(RP008-13HNE)
Ketua Program
: Prof. Madya Dr. Mohd Nasir Hashim
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
This is a fundamental research on “Sound and Gesture”. In this program, researchers explore
the connectivity and relation that aims to shed new lights in pedagogies, experimental, and
performativity experience in the area of performing arts. The programme comprises of three
sub-programs in the area of : 1) Voice Science, 2) Performance Technique, 3) Dance and 4)
Music and sports. The programme’s nature derives out of curiosity, and is exploratory,
examining on issues and current practice that seeks new theory and findings in improving
the research subjects. The research outcome will be explanatory on various theory, practice
and methods that help performing artists on their daily practice, creativity and performance.
The outcome reveals new ideas, theory and principles that contributed to the technique of
performing arts. This program and its researches among sub-program involve a duration of
three years.
Sub-program
:
Tajuk Sub-program
: Issues in the Technique of Performance : An
Action Based Research on Malaysian Musicians
(RP008A-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Loo Fung Ying
Tajuk Sub-program
: Vortices in Phonation
(RP008B-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Madya Dr. Michael Edward Edgerton
Tajuk
TajukSub-program
Sub-program : :Gesturing
Music andMotet
Movement in Obesity Fitness
(RP008C-13HNE)
Management
(RP008D-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Leng Poh Gee
Ketua Sub-program : Dee Dee Ayra Salle
Program
: Ronggeng Social Dance and Music
(RP009-13HNE)
Ketua Program
: Prof. Dr. Mohd Anis Md Nor
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
This is research program undertaken by Prof. Dr. Mohd Anis Md Nor (Ethnomusicology and
Ethnochoreology) from the Cultural Centre (KP) with three heads of sub-programs (KSP); Dr.
Lawrence Nathaniel Ross (Ethnomusicology) Academy Malay Studies, Dr. Premalatha
Thiagarajan (Critical Dance Studies) from the Cultural Centre and Mr. Ahmad Hakimi
Khairudin (Socio-Cultural Studies) from the Academy Malay Studies. The rationale for this
interdisciplinary study is that ronggeng social dance and music embodies a praxis of
indigenous knowledge with the significant potential to contribute to understanding
economic, social and political issues affecting the region at present and in the future – and
that such knowledge can be elucidated through a cultural mapping of its practices in
Peninsular Malaysia, northern Sumatera, and southern Thailand as well as through an
epistemological and hermeneutical analysis of its social and technical elements. Cultural
studies such as this one offer a liaison between scientific inquiries and the indigenous
knowledge of local populations. By investigating generations-old traditional practices, and
interpreting the data in ways that might benefit researchers in myriad fields, we might avail
ourselves of valuable, but otherwise hidden resources. For example, in the case of Malaysia’s
maritime communities (where, historically, much ronggeng activity has taken place), local
knowledge related to utilizing sea-based resources encompasses materials, technologies and
methods that can complement or surpass those produced elsewhere. Such advantages can
be attributed in part to traditional communities and sustainability – areas that are of
increasing interest to applied scientific fields today. The implicit and/or explicit nature of the
didacticism present in ronggeng traditions requires multiple layers of interpretation and
contextualization – in historical, geographical, and cultural terms, for example – so that it
may become useful to empirical scientific inquiry. The specialized knowledge of our fourmember research team is particularly well suited to bridge these lacunae.
Sub-program
:
Tajuk Sub-program
:Ethnomusicology and Ethnochoreology
(RP009A-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Dr. Mohd Anis Md Nor
Tajuk Sub-program
: Ethnomusicology
(RP009B-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Lawrence Nathaniel Ros
Tajuk Sub-program
: Critical Dance Studies
(RP009C-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Premalatha Thiagarajan
Tajuk Sub-program
: Socio-Cultural Studies
(RP009D-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Ahmad Hakimi Khairuddin
Program
: Sejarah Perkembangan Sastera Mahua :
Keprihatinan Penulis-penulis Utama
(RP010-13HNE)
Ketua Program
: Dr. Seng Yan Chuan
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
Sastera Mahua (Sastera Cina di Malaysia) wujud pada tahun 1917, sebelum 1965 termasuk
Sastera Singapura. Ia telah menarik minat sarjana-sarjana Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Eropah,
Amerika Syarikat, Kanada dan lain-lain lagi terutamanya sejak tahun 80-an untuk
menjalankan penyelidikan. Sebab utama adalah terdapat penulis-penulis Mahua yang telah
mencapai kejayaan dalam penulisan kreatif di mata dunia, terutamanya mereka yang
menghasilkan karya yang berkualiti tinggi. Dengan ini, kolej-kolej dan university-universiti di
Malaysia , Singapura, China dan Taiwan telah menawarkan kursus berkenaan dengan “Teks
Sastera Mahua” supaya pelajar mempunyai pengetahuan berkenaan Sastera Mahua. Ini akan
mendorong lebih ramai pelajar fokus kepada kajian Sastera Mahua tetapi bukan hanya pada
kajian Sastera China. Sebagai rakyat Malaysia, kita harus memikul tanggungjawab untuk
menjalankan penyelidikan Sastera Mahua kerana ia merupakan komponen sastera di negara
kita sendiri. Kajian dapat dijalankan melalui sudut pandangan yang lebih tepat tentang isuisu yang ditonjolkan oleh penulis Mahua dalam karya mereka.
Sub-program
:
Tajuk Sub-program
: The Nature Writing & Environmental Awareness
in Mahua Literature
(RP010A-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Seng Yan Chuan
Tajuk Sub-program
: The Concern of the Mahua Writers in Politic of
Malaysia
(RP010B-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Thock Ker Pong
Tajuk Sub-program
: The Comparative of Mahua Literature with
Literature in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China
(RP010C-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Yam Kah Kean
Tajuk Sub-program
: The Religion Concern and The Image and Culture
of other Ethnics in Malaysia of Mahua Writers
(RP010D-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Ching Thing Ho
Program
: Climate Extremens and Variability –
Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacities of
the Low Income and Poverty Driven
Communities of Peninsular Malaysia
(RP011-13HNE)
Ketua Program
: Prof. Dr. Khairulmaini Osman Salleh
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
The vulnerability of a given system or society to the climate change threat is a function of its
physical exposure to climate change hazards and its ability to adapt to these conditions. The
significance of climate variation or change depends on the change itself and the
characteristics of society exposed to it (Rayner and Malone, 1998; Munasighe, 2000). In
Malaysia, climate change impacts would be more felt amongst the urban poor, traditional
highland communities, peasant farmers and those people that practices simple day to day
economic activities to sustain their livelihood. For example, global warming in particular
would trigger a series of events as a result of sea level rise and includes submergence of
coastal plains and islands, coastal degradation, saltwater intrusion and ground water
contamination, flooding, and the destruction of habitats and ecosystems. The impact of
these process on coastal – island human settlements and their livelihood activities would be
widespread and severe especially the traditional coastal economic activities of agriculture
and fishing which are still very active in Malaysia. At the moment there are no local studies
that have looked into the threat of global warming vis a vis sea level rise and its associated
impacts on traditional economic systems, especially the nature of the impacts, the
underlying evidences, the vulnerability indicators of the traditional economic systems, and
the inherent adaptive mechanisms of the systems. Vulnerability and adaptability studies of
this nature are greatly needed as the risk imposed on the traditional economic systems by
the global warming threat are already in effect and becoming more severe. This study was
conceived as a result of the postulated changes in the behavioural patterns of Southeast
Asia’s Monsoons’, Low Pressure Oceanic Cells in the South China Sea and also the threat
from a changing behavior of the ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation) and Indian Dipole
Oscillations that are bringing much variability and extremes to the region.
Sub-program
:
Tajuk Sub-program
: Climate Change Threat and Vulnerability
(RP011A-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Dr. Khairulmaini Osman Salleh
Tajuk Sub-program
: Climate, Poverty & Low Income Economies
(RP011B-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Dr. Fauza Abdul Ghaffar
Tajuk Sub-program
: Climate and Ethics
(RP011C-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Mehar Singh Gill
Tajuk Sub-program
: Adaptation to Climate Change Threat
(RP011D-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Mariney Mohd Yusoff
Program
: Comparative & Cross National Studies
(RP012-13HNE)
Diselia oleh
Sub-program
: Prof. Dr. Azirah Hashim
:
Tajuk Sub-program
: The Relationship Between Implicit Tehories of
Intelligence, Epistemological Beliefs and Teaching
Practices of Science Teachers in Malaysia & in
Korea
(RP012A-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Chin Hai Leng
Tajuk Sub-program
:Halal Consumerism: Rgulations and the Impact on
the Food and Cosmetic Industries in Malaysia and
with Particular Observation in Thailand and
Belgium
(RP012B-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Zalina Zakaria
Tajuk Sub-program
: The Involvement and Representation of Muslim
Women in SMEs: A Study in Asian Pasific
Countries
(RP012C-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Ilhaamie Abdul Ghani Azmi
Tajuk Sub-program
: Establishment and Development of A
Contemporary Malaysian Waqf University Model:
Experience Learnt From Egypt, UK & US
(RP012D-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Madya Dr. Siti Mashitoh Mahamood
Tajuk Sub-program
: A Comparative Study of the Language Shift and
the Construction of Social Identity of Telugus in
Malaysia, Maldives and Singapore
(RP012E-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Thilagavathi Shanmuganathan
Tajuk Sub-program
: Cross-national comparison of Pre-Service
Mathematics Teacher Education in Malaysia and
Singapore: An exploratory study
(RP012F-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Madya Dr. Sharifah Norul Akmar Syed Zamri
Tajuk Sub-program
: Modelling Factors affecting Teaching Practices of
ICT Teacher : A Cross Cultural Study
(RP012G-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Nabeel Abedalaziz
Tajuk Sub-program
: Language Contact in Malaysia and the Southeast
Asian Region II
(RP012H-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Dr. Azirah Hashim
Tajuk Sub-program
: Kajian Etnolinguistik Komuniti Melayu di Arab
Saudi
(RP012I-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Madya Dr. Kamila Ghazali
Tajuk Sub-program
: Investigating Languages and Identities of Asian
LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender/Transexual/Transvestite)
Communities: A Linguistic Anthropology
(RP012J-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Dimitrios Michael Hadzantonis
Tajuk Sub-program
: Education of the Marganalised : The Case of
Malaysia and the Philippines
(RP012K-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Lorraine Pe Symaco
Program
: Programme of Malaysian Middle East
Relation : Modern Political, Economic and
Socio-Cultural Perspectives
(RP013-13HNE)
Ketua Program
: Dr. Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
The program intends to tackle a various un-searched topics related to the Malaysian-Middle
East relations, which not limited in the political, but stretch to the cultural, economic and
religious subjects in multi-disciplinary combination.
We suggest the below disciplines : 1) International relations and issues; 2) Public policy; 3)
Society and the state; 4) Political and economic development; 5) Pedagogical theories and
systems; 6)Media, internet and globalization; 7) Comparative religious studies; 8) Ethics of
politics and economic practices; 9) Acculturation and dialogue of civilizations; 10) Innovation
in literature and arts theory; 11) Cross-cultures comparisons; 12) Cities and urban
transformations; 13) Comparative history and 14) Middle Eastern relations.
Sub-program
:
Tajuk Sub-program
: Malaysian-Middle East Political Relations
(RP0013A-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor
Tajuk Sub-program
: Malaysian-Middle East Socio-Economic Relations
(RP0013B-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Tarek Ladjal
Tajuk Sub-program
: Malaysian-Middle East Cultural and Religious
Relations
(RP0013C-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Meghuellati Achour
Tajuk Sub-program
:Malaysian-Middle East Ethno Social Relations
(RP0013D-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Madya Dr. Fadila Grine
Program
: Higher Education Research in Malaysia:
Changes, Innovation and Quality
(RP014-13HNE)
Diselia oleh
Sub-program
: Prof. Dr. Azirah Hashim
:
Tajuk Sub-program
: Integrating Islamic Teaching Philosophy and
Student-Centered Approaches into Malaysian
Higher Education Practice : Analysis on Teacher's
Beliefs
(RP0014A-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Tengku Sarina Aini Tengku Kasim
Tajuk Sub-program
: Investigating the Critical Thinking Factors That
Impact the Academic Performance.
(RP0014B-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Ng Lee Luan
Tajuk Sub-program
: Innovation Culture Amongst Students in
Malaysian Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) :
An Investigation
(RP0014C-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Yusniza Kamarulzaman
Tajuk Sub-program
: Leadership for Learning in Public & Private
Universities in Malaysia
(RP0014D-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Sailesh Sharma
Program
: Malay Identity and Its Manifestations in
Malaysia and in the Nusantara Region
(MALI)
(RP015-13HNE)
Diselia oleh
Sub-program
: Prof. Dr. Azirah Hashim
:
Tajuk Sub-program
: Etnografi Masyarakat Petalangan
(RP0015A-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Dr. Mohamad Mokhtar Abu Hassan
Tajuk Sub-program
: Silat Melayu : Masih relevan di Zaman Kini?
(RP0015B-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Zainal Abdul Latiff
Tajuk Sub-program
: Malay Identities in Social Media
(RP0015C-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Madya Dr. Jas Laile Suzana Jaafar
Program
: Conventional Humanities
(RP016-13HNE)
Ketua Program
: Prof. Madya Datin Dr. Hjh Sabitha Marican
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
Agenda pencegahan dadah negara ialah untuk meningkatkan kesedaran awam tentang
bahaya dadah, bermakna mesej yang disampaikan haruslah boleh difahami dan diterima
oleh kumpulan sasaran bagi mendapatkan kesedaran dan bertindak dengan cara selamat kea
rah menjauhi bahaya dadah. Sehingga kini belum ada laporan rasmi yang mengatakan
bahawa strategi pencegahan telah mencapai hasratnya. Justeru, umumnya, kajian ini
bertujuan mengenalpasti keberkesanan Pelan Media AADK dalam mencapai matlamat
pencegahan dadah di kalangan kumpulan sasarannya. Secar khususnya, kajian ini bertujuan
untuk (i) mengukur tahap kesedaran masyarakat mengenai bahaya penyalahgunaan dadah
terutamanya kepada kesihatan; (ii) mengukur kejayaan Kempen Antidadah menerusi Pelan
Media berjaya mengubah sikap dan tingkah laku masyarakat supaya terus menghindarkan
diri dan keluarga dari dadah; dan (iii) mendapatkan maklumbalas mengenai sokongan rakyat
untuk sama-sama bangkit memerangi dadah. Rekabentuk kajian adalah gabungan
pendekatan kual dan kuan. Pertama, bagi menegnalpasti “kesedaran masyarakat mengenai
bahaya penyalahgunaan” dua kaedah akan digunakan iaitu Kumpulan Perbincangan
Berfokus (FGD) dan kajian keratin rentas ke atas dua kumpulan sasar iaitu remaja berisiko
dan ibu bapa/masyarakat. Kedua, kaedah yang digunakan bagi memberi jawapan kepada
matlamat “kempen antidadah menerusi pelan media dapat mengubah sikap dan tingkah
laku masyarakat supaya terus menghindarkan diri dan keluarga dari gejala dadah” ialah
tinjauan keratin rentas kepada komuniti setempat / ibu bapa serta bekas penagih dadah;
dan rekabentuk eksperimentasi dengan kumpulan remaja berisiko lelaki (15-30 tahun).
Ketiga, untuk mendapatkan jawapan kepada matlamat “mendapatkan maklumbalas
mengenai sokongan rakyat untuk sama-sama bangkit memerangi dadah” kajian ini akan
menggunakan kaedah FGD untuk meneliti pendapat umum masyarakat mengenai bahaya
dadah dan apa yang harus dilakukan untuk mengurangkan gejala itu di komuniti masingmasing.
Sub-program
:
Tajuk Sub-program
: Keberkesanan Program pelan Media Pencegahan
Dadah : Perspektif Kesedaran dan Penglibatan
Masyarakat
(RP0016A-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Madya Datin Dr Hajah Sabitha Marican
Program
: Emerging Discourse
(RP017-13HNE)
Ketua Program
: Dr. Dimitrios Michael Hadzantonis
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
The emerging discourse program seeks to locate, expose and define the continuously
emerging social and cultural semiotic potentialities of Malaysia, and subsequently beyond.
These emerging discourses include current popular social and cultural themes, and hence
those discourses mediated by social and cultural factors.
The sub programs will each comprise one or more of the emerging discourse fields above
and will become grounded in empirical data drawn from communities pertinent to
environments of Malaysia, and beyond. Members of these communities observe local,
national and transnational forces, which require these people to negotiate the discourses
with salient semiotic potential.
The analytical methodological framework will vary, and just as the sub programs seek to
uncover new discourses, so will the analyses seek to progress through evolving and
progressive investigative techniques of social science. Significantly, ethnographical
perspectives will become central to the otherwise mixed methodologies.
The program will take a longitudinal form and will invite, and also draw from, various
contributors, over extended periods, but will require principal investigation from a select
number of core researchers. The program will take a significantly multi-disciplinary form, in
that it aims to include linguistics, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, discourse studies,
ethics and other social and humanities area of scholarship.
Finally, the program seeks to reposition Malaysia as a central part of both Southeast Asian
and global new cultural emergences, and hence the sociopolitical benefits from such a
project can have immense value, both academically and socially. The program will closely tie
to the CISUM proposal for cultural support.
Sub-program
:
Tajuk Sub-program
: Exploring and Exposing New Vernaculars in Kuala
Lumpur
(RP0017A-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Dimitrios Michael Hadzantonis
Tajuk Sub-program
: New Cultural Identites and Their Textual Modes
(RP0017B-13HNE)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Madya Dr. Mary Susan Philip
B. UMRG Program (2nd Year)
Program
: Inter-cultural Dialogue towards Peace
Building
(RP004-2012)
Ketua Program
: Prof. Madya Dr. Raihanah Abdullah
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
In the wake of these transformations, there is a critical need for acknowledging the diversity
in culture and beliefs, in values and backgrounds, and the fact that human society in the
future will require a ‘sound management’ of these diversities. The adoption and
implementation of dialogue is an important topic in sustaining peace and harmony within
the society and nation. (Even) The United Nation General Assembly announced, in 1998, the
year 2001 as the United Nations Year of Dialogue of Civilizations. This declaration signaled
the hope and belief that any tension and conflict in the world should and could be reduced
through dialogue. There has been much research done on conflict and violence in multiethnic societies. Studies on important topics such as conflict, conflict-resolution, conflict
management, post-conflict rehabilitation and even conflict prevention have also been
carried out in many countries for the sake of moving towards peace building. The world
community cannot avoid recognising the differences in biological, demographic and
geographic diversity of individuals, in fact, these issues should be carefully managed.
Therefore, the way to reduce misunderstanding and achieve mutual understanding is
through dialogue, which is identified as the most effective way. This project focuses on intercultural dialogue and peace studies in the Malaysian context involving a multi-ethnic multireligious society. It is to provide an insightful and integrative overview as well to build
knowledge about the current state and trends of critical initiative and strategies of
education, women, language and literature at a national level prior to the promotion of
inter-cultural dialogue towards sustainable peace. Data will be collected using mixed mode
methods which including in-depth interview, textual, literary corpus, reports and national
policy analysis as well as using questionnaire. It is hoped that the findings can contribute
towards the promotion of dialogue and peace building in the country.
Sub-program
:
Tajuk Sub-program
: The Women's movement : Toward intercultural
Dialogue and peace Building (The Women's Stand
& Commitment In Peace)
(RP0004-2012A)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Madya Dr. Raihanah Abdullah
Tajuk Sub-program
: Dialogue and Peace Building throught
Multicultural Literature/Role of Literary Culture
in the Promotion of Dialogue
(RP004-2012B)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Salinah Jaafar
Tajuk Sub-program
: Multiculturalism in Malaysia : Discourse and
Identity (Discourse of Multiculturalism
(RP004-2012C)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Dr. Azirah Hashim
Tajuk Sub-program
: Intercultural Dialogue and Peace Building via
Education/Peace Education in The Malaysia
School (Peace-Oriented Curriculum)
(RP004-2012D)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Zuraidah Abdullah
Program
: Kaedah Mempelajari Quran Berasaskan
Nombor dan Warna kepada Anak-anak
Istimewa (Autisma)
(RP005-2012)
Ketua Program
: Dr. Nazean Jomhari
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
Menurut sumber daripada Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia, pada tahun 2011 seramai
32,653 orang murid kurang upaya (OKU) sekolah rendah dan menegah di seluruh Malaysia.
Walaupun jumlah peratusan pelajar OKU Muslim masih tidak dapat dikenalpasti daripada
jumlah ini, namun penyelidik percaya ramai anak-anak ini jauh daripada Al-Quran. Hal ini
disebabkan ustaz, ustazah dan ibu bapa tidak dapat mencari kaedah yang sesuai bagi
golongan ini mempelajari Al-Quran mengikut kecacatan yang dialami. Disebabkan ini,
mereka telah agak jauh daripada Al-Quran.
Selain daripada memahami sikap pelajar berkenaan, teknik yang betul perlu juga dipelajari.
Satu teknik untuk mengajar Al-Quran kepada anak-anak istimewa telah dicetuskan oleh
Ustazah Nor ‘Aziah yang telah hamper 20 tahun terlibat dalam pendidikan khas. Keadah ini
dinamakan FAKIH iaitu akronim daripada ‘Fahami Al-Quran Kehidupan InsyaAllah Hebat’.
Modul-modul untuk kaedah telah pun siap, dan menunggu masa dan bantuan kewangan
yang secukurpnya untuk menyebarluaskan ilmu ini kepada bakal ustaz, ustazah, ibu bapa
atau sesiapa yang berminat mengajarkan Al-Quran kepada golongan istimewa. Kaedah Fakih
saslnya hanya kepada anak-anak pekak dan bisu, namun kaedah ini juga boleh digunakan
untuk pelajar yang mengalami masalah pembelajaran seperti autism di mana anak-anak
autism ini berbeza dari segi spektrum daripada terlalu aktif hingga terlalu pasif.
Sub-program
:
Tajuk Sub-program
: Using Numbering Techniques and Drag-andDrop Interaction Style to Teach the Concept Of
Reading For Children with Autism
(RP005-2012A)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Nazean Jomhari
Tajuk Sub-program : Kaedah-Kaedah Pengajaran Al-Quran Ke
Atas Kanak-Kanak Istimewa
(RP005-2012B)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Dr. Mohd Yakub@Zulkifli Hj Mohd Yusoff
Tajuk Sub-program
: Design & Development of a Pedagogical Module
of Islamic Education Based On Technology and
Learning Style for Children with Disabilities
(RP005-2012C)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Norlidah Alias
Program
: Sustaining of Hakka Identity in Malaysia :
Case Study of Four Hakka Settlements
(RP006-2012)
Ketua Program
: Prof. Dr. Danny Wong Tze Ken
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
This project is an attempt to address the lack of understanding of the diversity that exists in
Malaysian societies through the study of a Chinese sub-group in Malaysia, namely Hakka
dialect group. The project believes that a critical examination of the evolving characteristics
of this Chinese sub-group is a needed model and approach towards the understanding of the
formation of the larger Chinese community in Malaysia.
Research Questions : This project proposes that the formation of ethnic groups in Malaysia is
a constant evolving process that involves interactions between the various forces – including
a great deal of internal dynamics, and in the case of the Malaysian Chinese, the roles and
importance of the sub-ethnic groups such as the Hakka in Malaysia would be crucial in
understanding the due processes – of interactions between Hakka sub-group with the larger
Malaysian Chinese Society as well as the state.
Sub-program
:
Tajuk Sub-program
: Hakka Among Others : The Evalution Of Hakka
Community And Their Distributions In Malaysia
(RP006-2012A)
Ketua Sub-program : Prof. Dr. Danny Wong Tze Ken
Tajuk Sub-program
: The Tussles Between Mandarin And Hakka :
Sustaining Language Identity
(RP006-2012B)
Tajuk
Hakka
Cultural
Expressions : Literature &
Ketua Sub-program
Sub-program :: Dr.
Wang
Xiaomei
Customs Through Generational Change
(RP006-2012C)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Fan Pik Shy
Tajuk Sub-program
: Farmers Or Businessmen? Hakka Dialect Group
And Identification With Vocations
(RP006-2012D)
Ketua Sub-program : Dr. Lee Kam Hing
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C. FLAGSHIP PROJECTS
Projek
: Unemployment of College & University
Graduates in Malaysia & Others
Developing Countries : Solution - Holistic
Student Development
(FL007-2012)
Ketua Projek
: Prof. Dr. Maya Khemlani David
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
The global economic crisis that is currently experienced in various parts of the world has
resulted in an increasing number of unemployed graduates. The issue of employments has
become a major issue in many countries particularly in Southeast and South Asia, like
Malaysia, the Philippines, Pakistan and Bangladesh. This study is aimed at investigating the
causes of graduate unemployment and seeking possible solutions, in the above four
countries.
Projek
: Introducing Digital Humanities In
Malaysia : Digitalisation Of The Form Five
History Syllabus
(FL009-2012)
Ketua Projek
: Prof. Madya Dr. Shakila Parween Yacob
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
According to European Digital Agenda report, Italy by 2012 is expected to supply 3 million
digital objects for the viewing of the European and International community. In Malaysia,
the Digital Humanities approach is expected to be relevant in view of the high bandwith
usage. According to the research of the International Data Corporation (IDC), the use of the
internet in Malaysia in 2011 exceeded 16 million people and this figure is anticipated to leap
forward 20.4 million by 2012. As such, in consonance with the development, the use of
social networking also offers encouraging indicators. In 2011 as an example, the number of
Malaysians accessing Facebook, 11,816,200 million people (17th in the world, blog: 2.65
million, Pinterest: 3.3 million and Twitter has more than a million. In summary, the Digital
Humanities approach has the capability to significantly impact the delivery of information
pertaining to the subject of history and at the same time inculcate deep interest based on
innovative, interactive and attractive teaching and learning methods. If such an approach is
given the best opportunity to be employed as a teaching and learning tool, history as a
boring subject will only be a myth believed by those who are technology illiterate. Thus, the
method employed by this research project will be based on the use of digital technologies i.e
and educational website together with popular social networking tools such as Facebook,
Twitter, blogspots and Pinterest as a teaching and learning tool for Form Five History. The
use of these applications enables the channeling of information in a more interactive,
quicker, interesting and esier manner as well as opening space for flexibility in the provison
of empirical and first-hand evidence.
Projek
: Professional Communication : Integrating
Academic Excellence and the Practice of
the Professional (IAPP)
(FL022-2012)
Ringkasan
Penyelidikan
: Azirah Hashim
Ketua Projek
: Prof. Dr.
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
This research examines overlapping professional concerns and practices will be explored,
from the perspective of a range of “common and cross-cutting critical and focal themes”
(Roberts & Sarangi, 2005) for example, the formation and maintenance of professional
identities, the transformation of technical expertise to lay clients/consumers; issues arising
among inter- and intra- professional role relations, and their analytic themes within “crucial
sites of engagement” (Candlin, 1997; Scollon, 2001), for example interaction analysis,
narrative accounts, focus group discussions and face to face interviews. Linking such focal
themes across professional domains are concepts such as Trust, Risk, Communication Deficit,
Expertise, Quality and Professional Values, and many others. Both focal themes and these
overarching researchers and their professional partners are in the process of joint
problematisation of issues of concern, recontextualising such issues across different domains
with a focus on the practical relevance of such discursive practice research to the world of
professionals.
D. UMRG TOPDOWN
Projek 1
: Analisis Perlakuan dan
Pelaksanaan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13
(RG447-13HNE)
Ketua Projek
: Prof. Dato’ Dr. Mohammad Redzuan
Othman
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
Pilihan Raya Umum ke-12 (PRU-12) telah mencatatkan beberapa fenomena yang menarik.
Dalam pilihan raya ini, BN telah menguasai 52.9 peratus sokongan yang merupakan ketiga
terendah dalam sejarah pilihan raya Negara selepas pilihan raya 1969 (4.9 peratus) dan
pilihan raya 1959(51.7 peratus). Walaupun parti pembangkangmendapat jumlah sokongan
yang agak tinggi namun masih tidak mampu merampas kerajaan Persekutuan daripada BN.
Namun yang lebih signifikan apabila parti pembangkang PAS, DAP, dan Parti Keadilan Rakyat
(PKR) dapat bergabung membentuk jumlah kerusi yang terbanyak mengatasi BN di beberapa
buah negeri seperTI Selangor dan Perak seterusnya membentuk kerajaan negeri pakatan
pembangkang yang dikenali sebagai Pakatan Rakyat (PR). Selain daripada kedua-dua negeri
tersebut, PR juga menguasai pemerintahan di Pulau Pinang, Kedah dan Kelantan yang terus
dikuasai oleh PAS. Sementara Kuala Lumpur yang mempunyai kawasan parlimen juga
dikuasai oleh PR apabila menang di sepuluh daripada tiga belas kawasan. Dalam pilihan raya
ini juga, BN telah kehilangan majority 2/3 kerusi parlimen apabila memenangi 140 kerusi
berbanding 82 kerusi yang dimenangi PR. BN memerlukan lapan kerusi untuk mencapai
majority 2/3 kerusi parlimen manakala pakatan pembangkang, PR memerlukan 29 buah
kerusi untuk membentuk kerajaan melalui majority mudah. Dalam keadaan semasa pilihan
raya 2008 tersebut, pelbagai kemungkinan mungkin berlaku dan ini menyebabkan keduadua pihak berhati-hati dalam tindakan mereka.
Justeru, melalui fenomena ini, perkara utama yang cuba dikaji melalui kajian ini antaranya
ialah:
1. Menilai topik semasa keadaan politik dan pilihanraya sebelum bermulanya Pilihan
Raya Umum ke-13
2. Mengkaji kesan keadaan politik pada masa akan datang berdasarkan keputusan
Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13
3. Merangka model perlakuan pengundian Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13
4. Melihat implikasi Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13 dan Pilihan Raya Kecil ke atas model
pengundian Pilihan Raya Umum ke-14 kelak.
Projek 2
: Baseline Study on the Communication
Skills of the Law Student at the Faculty of
Law, University of Malaya
(RG457-13HNE)
Ketua Projek
: Dr. Nujaanah @ Chew Li Hua
Ringkasan Penyelidikan
:
The Faculty of Law, University of Malaya had implemented dual-language medium of
instruction, in line with the Malaysian national policy of Bahasa Malaysia being the official
language of the nation. Over the years, the usage of Bahasa Malaysia has also been
introduced and implemented in the courts, particularly the lower courts. Today, the Faculty
of Law has maintained the practice of dual-language in the teaching and learning of law
courses, with several courses being taught fully in English.
Although the practice is in line with the national policy regarding the usage of Bahasa
Malaysia, the Faculty currently faces several challenges. These include the perceived
declining usage of English amongst students compounded by the demands of potential
employers for law graduates to be proficient in English and skilled in communications. The
corporate sector in particular, values the competency in the English language as almost all
commercial transactions are conducted in English. The move globalization has added extra
pressure on this front. Proficiency in the English language is no longer an option, it is
necessity. Nevertheless, the usage of Bahasa Malaysia in the courts and all government
agencies necessitates proficiency in Bahasa Malaysia as well. It is also noted that the ,
majority of students who enter the Faculty of Law are mainly from national schools where
the medium of instruction is Bahasa Malaysia. Anecdotal comments on the lack of
communication skills of law graduates from University of Malaya have been made by various
quarters.