Four companies, namely MR DIY Group (M) Bhd, Sunway Bhd, BIG Pharmacy Healthcare Sdn Bhd and MAMEE-Double Decker (M) Sdn Bhd, have been recognised by Deloitte PLT as inaugural winners of its Malaysia's Best Managed Companies awards programme.
PETALING JAYA, June 11 London-based Malaysian surgeon Dr Amalina Che Bakri is being cyberbullied after she criticised eye specialist Prof Datuk Dr Muhaya Mohamad for telling women to “act dumb” to attract a husband. The 33-year-old posted screenshots on Twitter yesterday showing.
PETALING JAYA: More is being spent on research, but its impact on the nation leaves much to be desired.
According to a recent World Bank report, much emphasis is being placed on increasing the quantity of research and development (R&D) and innovation but not necessarily its quality or academia’s links with industry.
Published in October last year, the “Assessing the Effectiveness of Public Research Institutions: Fostering Knowledge Linkages and Transferring Technology in Malaysia” report called for improving the effectiveness of public research to benefit society.
Most funding in Malaysia is focused on applied research but this has not brought high levels of technology transfer, said the report.
A secure future: Prof Asma says the next generation must be nurtured from young because the sciences are an important component of the economy. File photo
MALAYSIA must start nurturing the next generation of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professionals from young because the sciences are an important component of the economy.
Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) president Prof Datuk Dr Asma Ismail (pic) said Covid-19 is proof that individuals and industries in the sciences are spared the negative economic repercussions resulting from the pandemic.
“Businesses in general are impacted but corporations that have science, technology and innovation as their foundations are shielded, with some actually recording a growth.
Effecting positive change: Lam’s experience as a flood victim spurred him on to devise a water production system with his teammates.
A PHD candidate’s experience of coping with floods and the resulting effects on daily life led him to come up with a solution to Malaysia’s clean water problem.
Together with two other researchers, Lam Jia Yong from Universiti Putra Malaysia, Norfazliana Abdullah from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and Mohamad Fakhrul Ridhwan Samsudin from Universiti Teknologi Petronas designed an automated self-powered water treatment and monitoring system for drinkable water production.
The team worked together on this project during the 2020 Young Scientists Network-Academy of Sciences Malaysia (YSN-ASM) Chrysalis programme, and subsequently won the Best Team Award for the Chrysalis Award.