The state of well-being in South East Asia at the turn of the new millennium and a decade after

Recent writings on the state of the world today are often laced with alarming notes on the impending doom of mankind. Such notes pertain, among others, to the increasing economic discrepancies between the rich and the poor, the rapid increase in population growth, the cumulative destruction of the natural habitat and the rapidly growing powers unleashed by modern science and technology. They all signify issues, problems and challenges that countries and nations inherit from the last millennium. While the Southeast Asian region is no exception to this rule of living, even in the early decade of the new millennium, the curious question is how exactly do Southeast Asian countries comparatively fare in this context? This paper attempts to give an initial and tentative picture of the state of well-being of the Southeast Asian nations by analysing four major indicators, namely, GDP, unemployment, health and literacy. Lack of comparable data notwithstanding, it was found that a decade into the new millennium the region’s patterns of disparities persisted with Singapore heading the wellbeing list followed by Brunei, Malaysia and the rest. In conclusion, the legacy of the last millennium endures

Penentuan Harga Jual Pesanan Khusus Daun Pintu Panel Bengkirai pada CV Arinda di Samarinda

One of the company engaged in processing raw wood into the door leaf is CV. Arinda located at Jalan P.M. Noor RT No. 12. 27 Samarinda. The company manufactures doors and windows.Doors are ordered by one of the developer in the city of Samarinda in March is the standard bengkirai door (size: 82cm x 210cm) as many as 122 units at the normal price of Rp. 800.000, - per unit, then do a special order 22 units by asking for a price cut of 15% of the normal price. Reason asking price cuts because the number of orders pretty much, the problem is Is the selling price of a special order bengkirai panel doors with a standard 15% discount, still provide benefits. Knowing the purpose of this study calculating the selling price bengkirai order leaves the door panel on a standard CV. Arinda and obtain information regarding the reasonable costs to be taken into account in determining the selling price of a special order. Basic theories used in management accounting, the tool is used analysis Variable Costing BasedThe results of the analysis and discussion:CV Arinda producing Bengkirai panel doors with regular orders that the cost of production using the method of full costing as much as 122 sheets of benefit CV Arinda to accept special orders by 22 Bengkirai panel doors that calculation of the cost of production using Variable Costing method to get additional benefits Accept special orders CV Arinda benefit, thus the hypothesis that allegedly selling price special orders with a 15% discount still provide benefits, acceptable

Aid-Financed Public Investments and the Dutch Disease: Evidence from Tanzania

In this paper we discuss the impact of scaling-up aid in Tanzania using an economy-wide dynamic CGE model. The major conclusions coming out from this work is that productivity effects matter. If additional aid and consequently increased public spending has a positive impact on productivity this would spur GDP growth and reduce the risk of an appreciating real exchange rate. In a way this resembles previous results in the aid-growth literature that aid has a positive impact on growth in a country with good economic policies assuming that good policies have a positive impact on productivity. Presenting various scenarios on the impact of additional aid a sustained GDP growth rate of around 7 percent would be possible to achieve in a modest scaling-up aid scenario without any significant changes in the real exchange rate.Aid:Dutch:Disease:Tanzania

PENGAWASAN IZIN PENYELENGGARAAN PENGOBATAN TRADISIONAL DI KOTA BANDA ACEH

ABSTRAKNURUL ASMAH PENGAWASAN IZIN PENYELENGGARAANPENGOBATAN TRADISIONAL DI KOTABANDA ACEHFakultas Hukum Universitas Syiah Kuala(iv, 58)., pp., tabl., bibl.,app.(DR. YANIS RINALDI, S.H., M.HUM.)Pasal 4 ayat (1) Keputusan Menteri Kesehatan Republik Indonesia Nomor1076/Menkes/SK/VII/2003 menegaskan bahwa semua pengobatan tradisional wajibmendaftarkan diri ke Dinas Kesehatan Kabupaten/Kota untuk memperoleh suratterdaftar pengobat tradisional (STPT ). Dari 43 pengobatan tradisional di Kota BandaAceh, 27 diantaranya tidak memperpanjang izin, dan 4 pengobatan tradisional tidaklagi diketahui status izinnya. Namun, dalam kenyataannya Permasalahan tersebutterjadi karena lemahnya pengawasan yang dilakukan Dinas Kesehatan Kota BandaAceh.Penulisan skripsi ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menjelaskanpelaksanaan pengawasan terhadap penyelenggaraan pengobatan tradisional yang adadi Kota Banda Aceh, hambatan dalam melakukan pengawasan, serta upaya yangditempuh oleh Pemerintah Kota Banda Aceh untuk mengatasi hambatanpenyelengaraan pengobatan tradisional tersebut.Untuk memperoleh data dalam penulisan skripsi ini dilakukan melaluiPenelitian Kepustakaan (Library research) dan Penelitian Lapangan (FieldResearch). Penelitian kepustakaan dilakukan dengan teknik studi dokumentasi.Sedangkan penelitian lapangan dilakukan dengan cara mewawancarai pararesponden dan informan yang telah dipilih dan diperkirakan dapat mewakilikeseluruhan dari populasi penelitian.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa, Pengawasan yang dilakukan oleh DinasKesehatan Kota Banda Aceh belum berjalan sesuai dengan peraturan yang berlaku.Hal ini disebabkan oleh beberapa faktor yang menjadi hambatan, antara lain; berasaldari faktor internal pengawas yaitu karena terbatasnya dana dan kurangnya sumberdaya manusia dalam menjalankan pengawasan, kurangnya pengetahuan pengawasmengenai ketentuan yang diatur di dalam peraturan perundang-undangan, dankurangnya kesadaran dari pengawas untuk melaksanakan tugasnya dengan baik.Faktor penghambat lainnya berasal dari faktor eksternal, yaitu terbatasnya waktudalam melakukan pengawasan, kurangnya pengetahuan dari pengobat tradisional danmasyarakat mengenai hak dan kewajibannya masing-masing. Upaya yang dilakukanuntuk mengatasi permasalahan tersebut antara lain, mengusulkan penambahan danakepada DPRK Kota Banda Aceh, mengusulkan penambahan jumlah pegawai yangmemiliki kemampuan dalam bidang pengawasan pengobatan tradisional,mengadakan pelatihan pengawasan pada pegawai dalam lingkup Dinas KesehatanKota Banda Aceh, mengadakan sosialisasi untuk pengobat tradisional danmasyarakat umum, serta melaksanakan evaluasi kinerja bagi setiap tenaga kerjadalam ruang lingkup Dinas Kesehatan Kota Banda Aceh khususnya bagian yangmelakukan pengawasan pengobatan tradisional.Disarankan kepada Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Kota Banda Aceh dapat segeramemberikan tambahan dana, Pemerintah segera menambah jumlah tenaga kerja, danDinas Kesehatan Kota Banda Aceh mengubah sistem pengawasan yang dilakukan,serta memberikan sanksi yang tegas dan sesuai ketentuan, bagi yang melakukanpelanggaran.201

A study on PKNS staff sensitivity towards customer satisfaction / Asmah Shaharuddin

The Selangor State Development Corporation was established under the Selangor State Development Enactment 1964 (No.4, 1964) as a statutory body and a state development agency with the aim of reinforcing the country's independence through the distribution and fostering of socio-economic growth throughout the State of Selangor guided by government policies, in an effort to bring about stability, harmony and social justice, to realize the country's vision. This aspiration is realized through the development of property, trade and industry, as well as investment. As a dynamic and responsible corporate body, PKNS always strives to bring about continuous progress and prosperity to the State of Selangor by generating and consolidating ideas and activities for the benefit of the people besides contributing towards the creation of a united Malaysia society. All this manifested in the slogan "Progress for the People" which is always put into practice, appreciated and observed by the entire PKNS family. The purpose of the research paper is to help other organizations within this country to identify staff sensitivity in order to achieve customer satisfaction. The methodology that was used in the study was focus group (Marketing department of PKNS), where interviews were conducted in order to understand factors that influence the sensitivity towards customer satisfaction. Besides that, a 5 Likert-scale questionnaire was distributed to a small sample of marketing department in PKNS

Persepsi Staf dan Pelajar-Pelajar Institut British Malaysia Mengenai Amalan Pengurusan Kualiti dalam Pendidikan Vokasional

Tujuan kajian ini ialah untuk mengenalpasti persepsi staf dan pelajar-pelajar mengenai pengurusan kualiti yang diamalkan di Institut British Malaysia. Responden kajian terdiri daripada 70 orang kakitangan dan 100 orang pelajar-pelajar institut. Data dikumpul dengan menggunakan borang soal selidik skala Likert yang mengandungi 54 soalan. Data yang dikumpul dianalisis untuk mengenalpasti persepsi responden. Statistik deskriptif telah digunakan untuk menerangkan ciri demografi dan persepsi responden. Ujian-t telah digunakan untuk mengenalpasti perbezaan pendapat antara kumpulan staf dan kumpulan pelajar dan antara jantina. Analisis Varians (ANOV A) telah digunakan untuk mengenalpasti perbezaan min antara kumpulan umur, tempoh perkhidmatan, tahap pendidikan dan kumpulan perkhidmatan di kalangan kakitangan. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa responden agak bersetuju dengan kesemua prinsip pengurusan kualiti yang dikemukakan, iaitu kepastian kualiti diikuti oleh pengukuran kualiti, mengutamakan pelanggan, perancangan strategik kualiti, latihan dan pengiktirafan, semangat kerja berpasukan dan sokongan pengurusan atasan. Hasil kajian juga mendapati terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan antara persepsi staf dengan kumpulan pelajar terhadap prinsip-prinsip tersebut di mana kumpulan pelajar didapati mempunyai persepsi yang lebih positif. Hasil kaj ian juga mendapati terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan di antara kumpulan lelaki dan perempuan dalam tiga daripada tujuh prinsip yang dikemukakan. Daripada analisis ANOVA didapati terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan di kalangan kakitangan dari kumpulan perkhidmatan yang berlainan terhadap persepsi pengurusan kualiti. Kajian juga mendapati tiada perbezaan yang signifikan dari segi umur, tahap pendidikan dan tempoh perkhidmatan di kalangan kakitangan terhadap pengurusan kualiti. Berdasarkan hasil kajian adalah dicadangkan pihak pengurusan berusaha memantapkan lagi pengurusan kualiti di institut tersebut dan memberi perhatian dalam mempertingkatkan keyakinan staf terutama kumpulan akademik ke atas kepentingan pengurusan kualiti. Kajian juga mencadangkan pihak pengurusan mengenalpasti dan mendalami masalah-masalah yang dihadapi oleh kakitangan khususnya kumpulan akademik kerana mereka mempunyai persepsi yang paling negatif terhadap implementasi pengurusan kualiti di institut tersebut

Chemical Constituents and Biological Activities of Micromelum Minutum (Rutaceae) and Two Eugenia Species (Myrtaceae)

Drug discovery has been a goal of mankind since prehistoric times. Plants continue to be an exceptionally viable source of biologically active natural products. However, only small portion of the higher plants has been phytochemically and pharmacologically investigated. Two separate collections of Micromelum minutum from Sabah and two Eugenia species, E. chlorantha and E. cumingiana collected from the northern forest of Perak were subjected to phytochemical investigation with the isolation of a number of compounds. The structures of these compounds were elucidated by using spectroscopic methods such as IR, UV, NMR, MS and also by comparison with previous reports. The crude extracts, essential oil and isolated compounds from these plant materials were evaluated for their antiinflammatory, cytotoxic and antimicrobial activities using carrageenan-induced rat paw oedema, MTT and disc diffusion methods, respectively. Some isolated compounds showed interesting biological activities

Legal perspective on civil remedies in the Malaysian securities industry

Malaysia’s capital market has performed well in 2009 and this is reflected from the Malaysia’s biggest rise of capital in the form of Maxis Bhd’s RM11.2 billion of initial public offering in 2009. Nevertheless, self-interests may create behaviors that pose risks to the safety of investors and the integrity of markets.Therefore, the Malaysian Securities Commission (SC) implemented a civil action against the offender of securities crimes in order to protect investors and to cover losses faced by investors because of securities crimes. The objective of this paper is to discuss and analyze the law and enforcement of civil action in securities industry in Malaysia.This is a legal research and involved examining legal data such as statutes and court cases.The Capital Markets and Services Act 2007(CMSA 2007) regulate matters relating to the activities, markets and intermediaries in the capital markets.The CMSA 2007 provides provisions relating to civil remedies to the victims of securities crimes and further empowers the SC to enforce administrative and civil actions.The analysis on enforcement of civil actions of SC shows that the outcome of the said strategy is very encouraging and accepted well by the industry player

PENGARUH EFEKTIVITAS PENGENDALIAN INTERNAL, KESESUAIAN KOMPENSASI DAN KETAATAN ATURAN AKUNTANSI TERHADAP KECENDERUNGAN KECURANGAN AKUNTANSI (STUDI EMPIRIS PADA BANK SWASTA DI KOTA BANDA ACEH)

PENGARUH EFEKTIVITAS PENGENDALIAN INTERNAL, KESESUAIAN KOMPENSASI DAN KETAATAN ATURAN AKUNTANSI TERHADAP KECENDERUNGAN KECURANGAN AKUNTANSI (STUDI EMPIRIS PADA BANK SWASTA DI KOTA BANDA ACEH)Oleh: Asmah SavitriNIM: 1409200070040Pembimbing:1.Dr. Mirna Indriani, SE, M.Si, Ak2.Dr. Fazli Syam BZ, SE, M.Si, AkABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh efektivitas pengendalian internal, kesesuaian kompensasi dan ketaatan aturan akuntansi terhadap kecenderungan kecurangan akuntansi pada Bank Swasta di Kota Banda Aceh. Populasi pada penelitian ini adalah seluruh karyawan bagian back office dan manajer operasional pada bank swasta di Kota Banda Aceh. Penentuan sampel pada penelitian ini ditentukan dengan menggunakan metode Stratified Random Sampling. Sumber data penelitian ini adalah data primer yang diperoleh dari penyebaran kuesioner kepada responden penelitian. Metode analisis yang digunakan adalah analisis regresi linier berganda. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa efektivitas pengendalian internal berpengaruh negatif terhadap kecenderungan kecurangan akuntansi, kesesuaian kompensasi berpengaruh negatif terhadap kecenderungan kecurangan akuntansi, ketaatan aturan akuntansi berpengaruh negatif terhadap kecenderungan kecurangan akuntansi.Kata Kunci:Efektivitas pengendalian internal, kesesuaian kompensasi, ketaatan aturan akuntansi, dan kecenderungan kecurangan akuntansi