Showing posts with label international linkages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label international linkages. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

ARI's Educational Visit to the Seoul Central Mosque

Whilst in Seoul, Korea, ARI and PBBM's delegates visited Seoul Central Mosque.  The Imam of the mosque Mr. A. Rahman Lee Ju-Hwa. Imam Rahman provided a brief overview of Islam and Muslim community in Korea. Though Islam is the second largest religion by number of adherents in the world, it is still a minor religion in South Korea. Most of these Muslims in Korea centred in Seoul, the capital territory of South Korea, where the Seoul Central Mosque was built in 1976.  The building of the mosque was funded by the Malaysian Islamic Mission and other Islamic countries.

Presently there are 15 mosques and  16 musallah have been operating nationwide to facilitated Muslims in Korea. Nowadays, 35000 Korean native Muslims live in the country and about 40000 Muslims were immigrated from other Muslim countries such as; Indonesia that makes the total number of 100000 and above.  During Ramadan the mosque organizes Iftar and around 500-600 people attend the event every day. Embassies of Muslim countries support the mosque and share the fund for Iftar. Other than that, the mosque increases their income through getting donation and contribution, providing halal certificate and other financial support from Muslim countries such as; Saudi Arabia and Turkey. The mosque also performs Dawah and teaching for new Muslims, explaining the Quran during weekend and Madrasah facilities. Every year about 100 people convert to Islam. Moreover, more than 300 Koreans had visited the mosque during the weekend just to know more about Islam. The mosque already took the initiative to translate the Quran in the Korean language. They believe it could be more useful for newly converted Muslims in Korean to know about Islam in their own language.
The mosque also issues Akad certificate of Muslim marriage in Korea. The Korean Muslim Federation monitor and operate the mosque through their board of Shariah council. Every year around 100-150 Muslims perform their pilgrim (Haj) among both native and immigrated Korean.  Not surprisingly, Muslims community in Korea also affected by the Islamophobia in the present time. Issues like ISIS and terrorist attack in various countries present negative and false perception of Islam. It's more in the society where Muslims are the minority and that's the same thing happening in Korea as well. However, the growing of Islam in Korea is still precious.  After the talk session delegates asked questions to the Imam to know more about Muslims community and situations of Islam in Korea. They also placed inquiries about participation of foreign Muslims in the Korean Muslim communities.

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Reception by the Embassy of Malaysia, Seoul

Delegates of the Accounting Research Institute (ARI) and Persatuan Badan Berkanun Malaysia (PBBM) participated in the reception by the Embassy of Malaysia, Seoul. ARI delegates were headed by the Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jamaliah Said, Deputy Director of the Accounting Research Institute. On the other hand, Ms. Noor Aida Binti Misran, First Secretary (Training & Education) received ARI and PBBM delegates to the embassy. The meeting was carried out in many folds, but Malaysian students’ life in Korea tool the major attention. Delegates of ARI & PBBM, and embassy officials discussed more about language and cultural challenges that faced by Malaysian students in Korea. In addition, the embassy said, there are about 300 Malaysian students currently studying in various Korean universities.  The team consists of 8 delegates from PBBM namely; Esrifaridz Subohi (PTPTN), Azhar Ahmad (PTPTN), Noraini Mustafa (LHDN), Baharudin Atan (SSM), Janatul Almas Mohammad (SSM), Azli Aizam Nawawi (SSM), Abd Razak Omar (PERKESO) and Col. (B) Shahrir Hashim. Apart from them, there were 14 delegates from ARI, UiTM namely; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jamaliah Said (ARI), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zuraidah Mohd Sanusi (ARI), Prof. Dr. Ruhaya Atan (ARI), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rohaya Md. Noor (UiTM), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Amrizah Kamaluddin (UiTM), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Haslinda Yusoff (UiTM), Dr. Farizal Mohammed (UiTM), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erlane Ghani (UiTM), Dr. Rahayu Abdul Rahman (UiTM), Dr. Yang Chik Adam (UiTM), Noor Syafiqah Mohd Noor Azman (UiTM), Rafiqa Irahayu Rosman (UiTM) and Marlia Othman (UiTM

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

ARI-PBBM Integrated Training and Conference 2014 - Day Seven

Day Seven

After an interesting leadership discourse in Cambridge University, we traveled to Manchester City for the next event: International Conference on Governance and Strategic Management (ICGSM) 2014.  The two day conference is to be held  at the Manchester Conference Centre,  On the first day of the conference, there were slots for four "honorary lectures" on (i) Governance Policies of the WTO, (ii) Leadership and Governance in Change Management, (iii) Integrity in the Public Sector: Progression for Enhancement and (iv) "The Desire for Money is the Root of All Evils";  three concurrent sessions on (i) Corporate Governance & Public Sector Management, (ii) Strategic Management, Business and Finance, and (iii) Financial Criminology and Ethics.  In the afternoon, Ms Katrina A. Prentice gave another leadership Talk on "Enhancing Networking Skills in the Global Cross Culture Setting".  Meanwhile, the Vice Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi MARA, Tan Sri Prof Ir Dr Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar and a few other researchers from the Accounting Research Institute (ARI) traveled to Teesside University to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
 At Teesside University, the group members were greeted by top officials of the university.  The MOU was effectively signed by the two vice chancellors later in the afternoon.  In the evening, conference dinner for participants was hosted by PBBM and the guest of honour being the deputy chairman, Tan Sri Prof Ir Dr Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar.

Friday, April 11, 2014

ARI-PBBM Integrated Training and Conference 2014 - Day Three

Day Three
Three important events have been organised for the third day of the training program: (i) visit to the UK Parliament and (2) Leadership Talk and (iii) Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and the Statutory Bodies Association Malaysia (PBBM).  At the parliament House, we were taken to both the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
We were given special briefings by two dedicated parliament guides on the roles and functions of the two Houses. In the afternoon, Tan Sri Abdul Shukor Mahfar, the Chaiman of PBBM and CEO of the Inland Revenue Board Malaysia (LHDN), together with Tan Sri Prof Ir Dr Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar,
Deputy Chairman of PBBM and the Vice Chancellor of UiTM, each gave a leadership talk to the participants.  Apart from the thirty training delegates, some other seventy Malaysians residing in the United Kingdom were also invited to attend the event.  Whilst Tan Sri Sahol Hamid spoke on the topic "Leading Intellectuals at a Large University: Case Study of UiTM"; Tan Sri Shukor showcased LHDN for his talk on "Smart Leadership".  Both leaders spoke of the fact that "Good leaders are made not born. If you have the desire and willpower, you can become an effective leader. Good leaders develop through a never ending process of self-study, education, training, and experience" Later in the afternoon, the two leaders signed a Memorandum of Understanding to signify smart collaborations between UiTM and PBBM.  UiTM, through the Accounting Research Institute (ARI) has been appointed by PBBM to organise its training program for leaders at the statutory bodies in Malaysia.  In between the events, some researchers from ARI met up for a research discussion with Professor Paul Palmer from the Cass Business School, City University of London.  Prof Palmer is a leading researcher in the United Kingdom with respect topic related to non profit and charity organisations.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

International Sharing Session with the University of Manouba in Tunisia


As part of its internationalisation agenda, the Accounting Research Institute (ARI) has accepted the invitation by the University of Manouba in Tunisia to share its niche research in Islamic Finance and Financial Criminology.  On the first day of their visit, Prof Dr Normah and Prof Dr Rashidah shared their respective research findings on "Anti Money Laundering Regime for Financial Institutions" and "Governance of Microfinance Programs" with staff and post graduate students of the university.  In the discussions with top researchers of the university, they have indicated interest to collaborate by extending the usage of ARI's research instruments in the two research projects on Tunisia sample.  The top management of the university has also proposed for an MOU signing with Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) in the later part of 2014.  As a developing country located in between the most vibrant parts of North Africa, Middle East of Asia and Europe, there's a lot of prospects to set up microfinance programs in Tunisia.  There's already in existence suitable "community" appropriate for a successful microfinance projects in this country.  Apart from tourism, Tunisia is also hugely popular for its citrus, dates and olives plantations.

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Training of Senior Government Officers

It was really an honour that the Association of Statutory Bodies (Persatuan Badan-Badan Berkanun), Malaysia has selected the Accounting Research Institute (ARI) to conduct statutory visits and training for its senior government officers as part of the association's Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program. After much discussion and deliberation, the visit cum training has been scheduled to take place in New Zealand during the period of 1st to 10th September 2013.  New Zealand has been chosen as the most appropriate destination for the group due to its high performance ranking in public sector administration globally.  In fact, New Zealand is the only country in the world that had reigned the top placing for the renowned Corruption Perception Index (CPI), sixteen times since its inception.  The 10-day program includes site visits/meetings with selected local authorities and top universities in New Zealand; participation in an international conference on Corporate Governance Management & Financial Criminology at University of Waikato and participants undertaking 13 interactive training modules.  Four ARI members - Associate Professor Dr Zuraidah Sanusi, Associate Professor Dr Jamaliah Said, Dr Nor Balkish Zakaria and Dr Ismarani have been entrusted by the Association to plan and coordinate the program.  For ARI and Universiti Teknologi MARA, the visit will include the signing of two Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) with the University of Waikato dan University of Victoria.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Research Visit to Stock Exchange of Thailand


Despite the many challenges faced by the country's "Tom Yam Kung" Asian Financial Crisis in 1997, Thailand has risen strong to build a competitive capital market in the region.  Through our collaborator, Associate Professor Dr Wachira at the University of Chullalongkorn, our researchers were granted a visit to the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET).  At SET, we were briefed on the development and progress of the Thailand stock market.  The Thai capital market has been increasingly recognized by international organizations along a number of dimensions, including being upgraded to be one of the 10 countries categorized in the Advanced Emerging Market group by FTSE, and ranked number three in Asia for Corporate Governance Watch 2012, which was a result of SET’s being focused on enhancing corporate governance among listed companies. Moreover, SET is ranked as one of the top markets in Southeast Asia, with as many as 23 large-sized securities that are highly liquid and with a combined market capitalization of more than USD 1 billion and daily trading volume of at least USD 10 million–characteristics that have made SET strong and attractive to international investors.  According to SET's 2012 Annual Report, among major development highlights in 2012, was SET's cooperation with business partners which has created new business opportunities, with the ASEAN Trading Link connecting the Thai stock market with those of Malaysia and Singapore, enabling local securities firms to more conveniently trade foreign stocks and serving as a solid foundation for a partnership among the exchanges in ASEAN that will fortify and draw global investors to ASEAN.  ARI wishes to thank SET for granting our members a visit.