Archive for July 8th, 2008

Lawyer Turns Diaper Entrepreneur

Zul • July 8th, 2008 • Going entrepreneur

All she wanted to do is avoiding her baby daughter from polluting the environment with disposable diapers.
A search for environment friendly diapers proved to be futile, as she could not find any in the local market. She turned overseas but the price and cost associated with the shipping were unreasonable.
She tried the traditional re-usable lampin, [...]



D’Graduate Online Reality Show Launched

Zul • July 8th, 2008 • Editor's Pick

The first online career reality show for Malaysia undergraduates, D’Graduate, has been launched this week, with students from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) the first to participate in the program.
The show is a collaboration between UUM and MyPath Sdn Bhd, a Penang based career development firm and portal, with backing from corporate sponsors and partners, including [...]



62 Awarded MNRB Scholarship 2008

Zul • July 8th, 2008 • Scholarship

62 candidates have recently been shortlisted to receive the MNRB Scholarship Award 2008.
The recipients will be pursuing a number of Degree and Diploma courses across a number of tertiary institutions and universities, mainly in the field of actuaries and finance.
The scholarship fund was established in 2007 with the objective of producing more professionals in the [...]



New Employees Prone to Workplace Injury

Zul • July 8th, 2008 • All Things Malaysia

According to the Human Resource Ministry, newly hired employees are more likely to be involved in work-related accidents as compared to long serving and senior staff.
The main reason of the situation is that new employees are eager to impress their boss that many of them end up ignoring the importance of adhering to work safety [...]