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The need for a Vibrant Technology Venture Capitalists Sector in Malaysian Innovation Technology Industry.

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photo: oneeighty.co.nz Often, technology startups have trouble scaling up to profitable business venture from pilot scale. Majority of Tech startup failed at this stage. This is the phase often dubbed  the valley of death phase due to the very high risk in the venture. In the US, this phase is bridged by bold venture capitalists who embraced the risks while prospecting very high potential returns. In Malaysia normally the funding in this phase are covered by grants from government instead of the venture capitalists. Unfortunately this come with  problems  that results in less than optimum outcome. The problem is that the grant and soft loan from government does not help in terms of business viability and vitality that venture capitalists would otherwise lend. They don’t necesarily come with the resources with business acumen and tenacity needed to be injected into the new startups. They are rather like cushions and crutches that does not really prepare the startups for th...

Tapping the Potential of Natural Plant materials toward Industry 6.0 - Sustainable Production and Consumption - TRIP 2.0 cenceptualisation

An email piece send to colleagues 12/6/2018 Renewable Natural raw materials for Manufacturing Consumer Products - Towards Industry 6.0 (There are already several people coined Industry 6.0) but with conflicting visions. I am more keen towards positioning it with the one that identify sustainability and renewable materials) Sustainable production and consumption often cites the cradle to cradle approach, that is the natural resources used for consumption will eventually be recycled back to be reproduced. However with most modern materials, the process of recycling or rebirth of raw materials often involved  activities that consume energy, produce emissions and impact environment. For example, to recycle plastic, there need to be collection, sorting, pre-treatment, melting, reconditioning and manufacturing. All these require energy consumption. To recycle steel would require almost as much energy as had we produced it freshly from excavated ores. The use of naturally...

Academia - Put your finger on the nation's pulse..

The current obsessions with university ranking results in academia focusing on high impact scientific journal papers. Popular mode of operandi for scholars these days are to isolate your talent so that one can focus on producing the impeccable article that can be accepted in high impact journals. Signs of distress can be seen in other areas of duty, scholars becoming less enthusiastic in teaching, in connecting with people from other areas, in connecting with industry and community. I remember the days when academia were not burdened with the vision and obsession of higher authority to push for ranking and prestige. We love knowledge and pursuit of it because its valuable in it self, without considering it valuable to our own personal career advancement. It was easy for academia to meet and greet, chit chat over lunch or coffee, without worrying our time spent this way would turn into high impact article or not. IN any research proposal workshop these days, academia are asked to c...

Permohonan Naik pangkat Universiti Awam dah jadi macam buat PhD sekali lagi.

Setelah bertahun bekerja, mulalah terfirkir kena mohon naik pangkat. dah bertahun bekerja, berhempas pulas untuk organisasi, untuk naik pangkat kena mohon, kena bermati2an sekali lagi buktikan atas kertas bahawa anda telah menjalankan tanggungjawab sedaya upaya anda. BErtahun berdiri depan pelajar, bermesyuarat sana sini, hantar artikel etc, tu semua tak bermakna kalau tak tulis atas kertas. Maka carilah maklumat macamana nak naik pangkat. Berbagai borang sana sini klik, dekat 40 minit klik sana sini barulah jumpa. dah download. TUJUH muka surat!!  TUJUH muka surat hanya untuk menerangkan prosedur sahaja. Belum borang2nya lagi...  Baiklah, dah download prosedur. Lepas tu kena download scorecard, belum borang permohonan lagi ya. SCorecard, untuk isi markah,letak nombor, no feeling, just nombor. tahu berapa muka surat? 10 MUKASURAT!!!! Hanya untuk isi markah. Kalau ini tak cukup markah, jangan harap nak berjumpa dengan sesiapa untuk mpohon pertimbangan. Hantar kat pendafta...

Lakaran Kuala Lumpur

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Meronda dan MElakar Kuala Lumpur pada 6hb Ogos 2017

Buku tentang senibina Rumah Melayu - dalam bentuk Puisi - RUMAH

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Dato Ar Dr Ken Yeang, tokoh dalam senibina klimatik antarabangsa; telah membaca puisi RUMAH iaitu karya Tenas Effendy tentang budaya melayu yang berlatarkan berbagai aspek rumah tradisi Melayu sebagai ikon budaya melayu. Tertarik dengan tulisan itu, Ar Ken yeang sendiri telah mengusahakan penterjemahan puisi tersebut ke dalam Bahasa Inggeris. Saya mencadangkan agar semua pelajar senibina membaca buku ini dan mentafsir bagaimana sebuah senibina boleh menjadi terjemahan falsafah hidup, bahkan penyelesaian persekitaran yang baik. Anda juga akan belajar berpuluh-puluh terma binaan, dan prinsip binaan yang ada di dalam senibina rumah Melayu. Satu contoh - Saya sering mengingatkan pelajar saya supaya berhati2 apabila Bangunan yang di reka, menghadap Barat. Terjumpa puisi ini di dalam buku tersebut.. "Kalau rumah mengadap barat, Bagai lesung batu tidak beranak, Lada ada, sambal tak lumat, garam sebuku, tak tergiling" ...spot on Prakata oleh Dato Lat. Ilustrasi Ahmad Harun...

Universiti Mengejar ranking, sarjana mengejar KPI, masyarakat hentam keromo.

Dipetik dari FB posting di internet... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Universiti mengejar ranking, sarjana mengejar KPI, masyarakat hentam keromo. Apa peranan universiti sebenarnya ya? Pendapat saya yang paling penting ialah mendidik masyarakat supaya lebih berilmu, dan kemudiannya menghasilkan sumber manusia yang berkemahiran tinggi Sepatutnya apa yang keluar dari unversiti adalah pengetahuan yang mendidik masyarakat menjadi lebih baik dan maju. Samada dalam bentuk penulisan ataupun dalam bentuk sumber manusia yang berkemahiran dan berpotensi menjadi ejen perubahan negara dan dunia. Tetapi kita lihat kebanyakan yang masyarakat Malaysia baca adalah berita dan maklumat yang datang dari berbagai sumber, DAN kebanyakannya bukan dari universiti. Mana kah tulisan2 berilmu dari universiti? jawabnya banyak terkumpul di dalam majalah2 akademik berprestasi tinggi yang tak mampu di baca oleh orang awam, Bahkan sarjana dari bidang yang lain pun tak...