The Power of Volunteering
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THE ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS from the Buddhist Tzu Chi Merit Society are used to sprucing up almost-forgotten, old residential areas. Their latest project involves th...
Growth Plans Must Include Disaster Risk Reduction
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The Asia-Pacific remains a very vulnerable region. Eighty six per cent of its total population were affected by natural disasters, accounting for a staggering...
Leapfrogging Development with ICT
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In November 2012, two important regional meetings on ICT were held. The first was the Asean ICT Ministers Meeting in the Philippines, which saw the launch of th...
Staying Prepared For natural disasters
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After the May 13 riots in 1969, the National Operations Council was formed to restore law and order. It was disbanded when Parliament was restored in 1971. Howe...
Asean’s response to Typhoon Haiyan
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At the end of October 2013, the Vietnamese government, together with the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centr...
Great Need to Network Anti-pandemic Initiatives
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ONE YEAR ON, and Malaysia's battle against Covid-19 is at its fiercest. As of June 18, 4,202 lives had been lost, a distressing jump up from 501 on January 5. A...
Helping Asean Friends in Need
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Over the years, Malaysia seems to have become more vulnerable to natural disasters, perhaps as a result of climate change. Extreme weather events have become co...
Making Penang More Resilient to Disasters
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WHAT IS “SUSTAINABLE GROWTH”?The Brundtland Report, known also as Our Common Future, was presented to the UN in 1987 and expounds sustainable deve...