Peran Hukum Pidana dalam Menanggulangi Tindak Pidana Perjudian Sabung Ayam pada Masa yang Akan Datang melalui Pendekatan Non Penal

Perjudian merupakan fenomena sosial yang dapat ditemukan di belahan dunia manapun. Khusus di Indonesia, salah satu bentuk perjudian yang ada di beberapa wilayah adalah sabung ayam. Banyak efek negatif perjudian khususnya perjudian sabung ayam, tetapi upaya penanggulangannya sering tidak mendapat dukungan dari sebagian anggota masyarakat. Banyak kalangan berdalih bahwa perjudian sabung ayam berkaitan dengan budaya setempat, adat kebiasaan, dan sebagainya. Artikel ini mencoba untuk menganalisis faktor-faktor yang menyebabkan tumbuh suburnya perjudian sabung ayam. Selain itu, tulisan ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis upaya yang dilakukan pemerintah dalam hal penanggulangan tindak pidana perjudian sabung ayam. Dari hasil penelitian dinyatakan bahwa perjudian sabung ayam seringkali disamarkan dengan pelaksanaan upacara adat tabuh rah dimana pelaku termotivasi untuk memperoleh keuntungan sebesar-besarnya bagi kesejahteraannya. Sebagai bentuk upaya penanggulangan tindak pidana perjudian sabung ayam, dapat dilakukan melalui 2 (dua) tahap, yaitu upaya penal maupun non penal. Upaya non penal dimaksud antara lain: peningkatan kesejahteraan masyarakat, penanaman nilai-nilai pendidikan dan pemahaman agama, peningkatan kesadaran akan kepatuhan hukum bagi masyarakat, serta peningkatan peran lembaga adat dan lembaga agama

Skim Subsidi Dalam Usaha Membasmi Kemiskinan Petani Padi di Kawasan Pengairan Muda: Analisis Kualitatif

Kawasan Muda merupakan salah satu kawasan jelapang padi utama di Malaysia. Kawasan ini merupakan penyumbang terbesar kepada pengeluaran beras negara. Pelbagai usaha dan pendekatan melalui perbelanjaan kerajaan (subsidi) telah dilaksanakan bagi memastikan kawasan ini terus menyumbang hasil pengeluaran beras kepada negara. Kertas kerja ini bersifat kualitatif dan bertujuan untuk melihat keberkesanan skim subsidi padi yang telah diberikan oleh kerajaan terhadap perubahan hasil pengeluaran padi dan pendapatan petani di kawasan Pengairan Muda. Antara skim subsidi yang dikaji termasuklah harga minimum terjamin, skim subsidi harga padi, skim subsidi baja padi, insentif pengeluaran padi, insentif peningkatan hasil dan insentif pengeluaran benih padi sah. Penelitian daripada kajian lepas mendapati bahawa skim subsidi padi diperlukan bagi meningkatkan pengeluaran padi dan pendapatan petani di kawasan Pengairan Muda secara khususnya dan di jelapang padi yang lain secara amnya. Bagi menjayakan matlamat ini, perbelanjaan kerajaan perlu diteruskan menerusi skim subsidi padi bagi meningkatkan pengeluaran padi sekaligus dapat meningkatkan pendapatan petani padi melalui program pembangunan dan penyelidikan yang holistik

Competency-driven benefits realization model for minimization of post-contract transaction costs in design-build (d&b) delivery systems

The construction industry has been struggling with the issue of inconsistent performance with respect to cost of projects, completion time and the delivery of a quality product. In an attempt to address this issue the Design-Build (D&B) project delivery system was initiated primarily to overcome the shortcomings of the traditional procurement strategies. Although, traditionally D&B delivery system was aimed to greatly enhance client‘s benefits, this has not significantly been achieved. It lacks clear benefits realization management process to deliver the planned client‘s benefits. In particular, the Transaction Costs (TCs) incurred at the post-contract phase (PTCs) through D&B system has been the subject of criticism, wherein it has been unable to achieve the expected resounding success of a total shift away from the issues attributed to the traditional systems. This research aims to establish the importance of leveraging on D&B project team-competency and commitment structured within a strategic Benefits Realization Management framework to optimize client‘s benefits in terms of minimizing PTCs. The focus is on the aspect of competencies of key project participants and their project team commitment with respect to minimizing TCs that is structured within a Benefits Realization Management (BRM) practice. Questionnaire survey data was obtained from 231 respondents out of 357 administered questionnaires to G7 contractors registered under CIDB Malaysia that was based on a systematic sampling of the existing CIDB contractor database. The partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) technique was used to test the relationships being hypothesized and to validate and confirm the developed Competency Driven Benefits Realization Model (CD-BREM). Exploratory preliminary research findings reveal that post-contract TCs for D&B projects range from 3.5% to 13.5% of the project value. The primary research findings reveal that D&B team commitment has partial mediating effect between team competency and post-contract TCs. Whilst, BRM was found to have a partial mediating effect between team competency and post-contract TCs and no moderating effect as initially hypothesized. In general the research findings indicate that team competency, commitment and BRM have significant positive influences on post-contract TCs. This research provides a multi-dimensional perspective of the D&B project benefits realization concept and has the potential to address the issue of minimizing PTCs, which is seen as a social waste of wealth. Using CD-BREM it is possible to identify key human factors that can contribute to high project performance that also serves as an enabling mechanism for realizing the full potential of the D&B method for delivering successful projects. This research is timely to help reverse the trend of poor performance within the construction industry as a whole. Further work on the implementation of this CD-BREM model on construction projects and the consideration of including additional independent variables in the research theoretical framework can be explored to strengthen the credibility of the outcome of this research which is aimed at minimizing PTCs

Descriptive comparison of SME performance between Iran and UK

This paper is a part of an on-going research effort to derive, characterise and employ an empirically-based development taxonomy for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) aim to help the government SMEs strategists within which the companies operating to benchmark and to determine the level of their success potential and relate it to the benefit to the region. This research attempt to examines the general characteristics and performance capabilities of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Iranian SMEs compared with SME CEOs of United Kingdom (UK) using data made through independent SME studies in Iran and UK. Data from 321 SME CEO in Iran and 132 SME CEO in UK analysed. Descriptive statistics for various enterprise performance potential and CEO's characteristics facilitate provide a comparison analysis between Iranian SMEs and UK's. Main result of this study is a deep understanding of SME capacities in Iran and UK

Koheren dan kohesi dalam kisah Ashab al-A'raf

Koheren dan kohesi merupakan dua kriteria penting untuk mengangkat penulisan sesebuah kisah untuk menjadi sebuah wacana dan teks naratif yang baik, yang mudah difahami. Kajian yang menggabungkan koheren dan kohesi menerusi wacana naratif kurang mendapat perhatian penyelidik terdahulu, terutama dalam teks al-Quran, yang mengandungi pelbagai kisah. Surah al-A'raf memaparkan pelbagai kisah dalam bentuk wacana naratif. Gabungan beberapa kisah yang terdapat dalam satu surah merupakan salah satu bentuk wacana naratif yang terdapat dalam al-Quran. Kajian ini mengambil inisiatif untuk menghuraikan perkaitan antara setiap ayat dalam kisah Ashab al-A'raf menggunakan Teori Kohesi Halliday (1976), dan Teori Struktur Retorikal Mann dan Thompson (1987). Dapatan kajian membuktikan perkaitan antara ayat, dan antara bahagian dihubungkan secara koheren dan juga kohesi

Geofractionation of heavy metals and application of indices for pollution prediction in paddy field soil of Tumpat, Malaysia

The present study investigates the concentration of Pb, Cd, Ni, Zn, and Cu in the paddy field soils collected from Tumpat, Kelantan. Soil samples were treated with sequential extraction to distinguish the anthropogenic and lithogenic origin of Pb, Cd, Ni, Zn, and Cu. ELFE and oxidizable-organic fractions were detected as the lowest accumulation of Pb, Cd, Ni, Zn, and Cu. Therefore, all the heavy metals examined were concentrated, particularly in resistant fraction, indicating that those heavy metals occurred and accumulated in an unavailable form. The utilization of agrochemical fertilizers and pesticides might not elevate the levels of heavy metals in the paddy field soils. In comparison, the enrichment factor and geoaccumulation index for Pb, Cd, Ni, Zn, and Cu suggest that these heavy metals have the potential to cause environmental risk, although they present abundance in resistant fraction. Therefore, a complete study should be conducted based on the paddy cycle, which in turn could provide a clear picture of heavy metals distribution in the paddy field soils

Supplier selection in a sustainable supply chain

Supplier selection is a process by which the firms identify, evaluate, and select the suppliers of their required raw materials. Although this process deploys an overwhelming amount of any firm’s financial resources, it would give substantial advantages if suppliers with high value are selected. Moreover, with paying more attention to the exhaustible natural resources and industrial pollution, sustainable supply chain management and sustainable supplier selection have significantly attracted the academic and corporate attention in recent years. Besides conventional criteria such as price and quality, sustainability cares about environmental and ecological respects of industrial activities. Reviewing the literature and considering the previous proposed frameworks for sustainable supply chain, this paper firstly aims at presenting a new structure which considers all of the influential relations between the members of the supply chain. Secondly, based on the new framework, the essential supplier selection measures and criteria are discussed. As the result, the offered scheme can be used by the manufacturers to select the most appropriate suppliers who contribute to the movement of the supply chain toward sustainability

Trend pembinaan blog dalam pembelajaran bahasa Sepanyol

Penggunaan teknologi dalam pembelajaran bahasa asing pada masa sekarang menjadi satu keperluan yang sangat penting. Hal ini kerana teknologi akan sentiasa berubah seiring dengan peredaran masa. Oleh yang demikian, kertas kerja ini akan membincangkan penggunaan blog sebagai satu kaedah baharu dalam mencapai proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran bahasa Sepanyol sebagai bahasa asing. Penulis akan melihat trend pelajar mengaplikasikan bahan-bahan berkaitan, berdasarkan tahap kognitif pelajar dalam membina blog bahasa Sepanyol berdasarkan pendekatan Teori Kognitif oleh Piaget (1952). Sebanyak enam blog akan dikaji dalam kajian ini dengan menumpukan kepada kepelbagaian gaya pelajar membina dan mengolah blog berdasarkan pengetahuan yang dipelajari dalam bilik kuliah. Secara rumusan dapatan kajian ini memperlihatkan penggunaan tiga jenis trend dalam penulisan blog iaitu trend fokus, pemikiran dan bahasa yang digunakan. Oleh yang demikian kajian ini akan dapat memberi satu dimensi baharu dalam mempelbagaikan kaedah pengajaran bahasa Sepanyol, dan memberi idea kepada kajian pada masa hadapan untuk mempelbagaikan lagi kajian berkaitan blog dalam bahasa Sepanyol