Practice Essay 3

In this modern century, there are still a large number of global poverty seen, especially in South Asia (World Poverty, 2015). Poverty is commonly seen in poorer countries where the people are suffering from malnutrition and diseases, and they do not have proper education as well (Cleveland, 2014). This problem is severe as countries with high poverty rates will experience low economic growth and high unemployment rates. Therefore, poverty has to be resolved and effective solutions have to be implemented before it causes more severe impact in the long run. Thus, this essay will highlight one major impact of poverty, and then discusses two suggested solutions to reduce this problem.

The major impact of poverty is negative health effects, and this is impact is severe as it involves the lives of people. Due to the poor living conditions in rural areas, people there are more likely to get diseases due to poor hygiene and lack of nutrients (Cleveland, 2014). Moreover, these people do not have money to see doctor when they fall ill. As a result, the life expectancy in poor countries are low as the people there have shorter lifespans, while their child mortality rates are high due to the high percentage of death among children age before 5 years (Cleveland, 2014). Therefore, if poverty is not resolve soon, the number of death in poor countries will increase rapidly as these people fall sick due to health issues resulted from poor living conditions.

The first suggested solution is to create more awareness of poverty issues to the world. Although the public knows that there is poverty occurring in the world, however, they may not know the severe impact of poverty. Also, they may not know how bad the living conditions are in the poorer countries. There are rich countries who believe that having poor countries can benefits them economically, however, this is in fact not accurate (World Poverty, 2015). Therefore, there should be more awareness on the impact of poverty to the public, so that the public can understand their living conditions and may be more willing to lend a helping hand such as giving donations. A way to spread awareness would be that there can be more documentary shows recorded to illustrate to the public of their poor living conditions and how poverty can also impact the rich. Hence, issues of poverty have to be broadcast to the public to create awareness and also to inform them the consequences they will be facing if it is not resolve soon.

The second suggested solution is to enforce the government to take immediate actions to reduce poverty. The government in richer countries do take actions to reduce poverty among the minority in their countries such as introducing improved minimum wage law and welfare systems, however, they actually choose who to help and the help provided is usually limited (World Poverty, 2015). Therefore, there should be more enforcement, especially when help is more needed in the poorer countries. There should be more exposure and flexibility given to private individuals who are willing to help, and more should be encouraged to help the poor. The government should also implement laws and events to create awareness of poverty and educate its people and themselves as well. Another way the government can reduce poverty would be to educate the poor so that they can find better jobs in the future. Hence, the rich should understand the living conditions of the poor and enforce more actions to be taken to help the poor.

In conclusion, there should be more awareness on poverty and though there are measures taken to resolve poverty, it still lacks enforcement. The impact of poverty is serious as it threatens the lives of many people as well as the economy. Therefore, more awareness of poverty should reach out to the public and immediate actions should be taken to reduce poverty before it cause more harm than good in the future.

References

Cleveland, H. (2014). 5 Effects of Poverty - The Borgen Project. The Borgen Project. Retrieved 7 November 2015, from http://borgenproject.org/5-effects-poverty/

World Poverty. (2015). Solutions to World Poverty. Retrieved 7 November 2015, from http://worldpoverty.org/solutionstopoverty.htm

Practice Essay 2

Deforestation is the act of clearing forest to meet human’s demands such as demand in paper, and the land may be used for future urban development as well (Greenpeace, 2015). However, deforestation has impacted the world today in a negative way despite being able to meet market demands. Therefore, it is important to implement effective solutions to minimize the impact of deforestation, so that future generations can still explore the beautiful homeland, Earth. This essay will then discuss the problem caused by deforestation, as well as suggested solutions to resolve this problem.

One of the problems caused by deforestation is air pollution. The common acts of deforestation would be slashing and burning of trees to clear land. However, when trees are burned, it will form thick layers of smoke which this will pollute the air, thus causing the air quality to be bad. Singapore is one of the country who has been experiencing bad air quality for the past years as its neighbouring countries are constantly practicing illegal acts of agriculture (Cheam, 2015). For instance, these acts are performed by the Indonesia farmers, which they slash and burn down trees, and this has caused serious air pollution as the smoke is blown to Singapore (Cheam, 2015). Therefore, this problem has to be resolved quickly as bad air quality will affect human lungs negatively.

The suggested solution to this problem would be to implement stricter law enforcement to minimize the problem from becoming worst. The government of the country involved in deforestation should implement strict laws to minimize the illegal acts. The people who are involved in the illegal acts should be heavy punished by law, and this also applies to big companies who hire workers to clear the land. The government can also create job opportunities to its people as there can be more people involved in the monitoring of illegal acts of deforestation. Therefore, by punishing people who perform illegal acts will help to minimise the problem as there will be fewer people performing harmful acts to the environment.

Another solution would be to reserve a certain area of the forest as nature reserve. This means that these areas are restricted and deforestation is not allowed. The purpose of this solution is to minimise the acts of deforestation by cutting down the size of the land area which can be cleared. Furthermore, it prevents companies from performing large amount of deforestation at one time to minimise the impact of their actions. If deforestation can be cut down, there will be fewer trees to burn and thus, lowering air pollution.

Moreover, it is important for the public to play a part to resolve this problem as well. For instance, if there are lesser demands in paper supply, the paper making companies can slow down the rate of cutting trees to produce papers and have more time to research and make environment-friendly papers. The actions that the public can take would be the 3Rs – reduce, reuse and recycle. Therefore, this can reduce deforestation and air pollution as well.

In conclusion, the act of deforestation will cause a severe impact on Earth, and it has to be quickly minimized and resolved with the help of everyone. The government should implement strict laws to monitor and control deforestation, the companies should not perform illegal acts and the public should do their part to save the environment. Hence, the problem of air pollution can be minimized as the acts of deforestation decreases. Therefore, it is important for everyone to play a part in reducing deforestation and saving the environment.

References 

Greenpeace. (2015). The problems of deforestation in Asia. Retrieved 2 November 2015, from http://www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/campaigns/forests/problems/

Cheam, J. (2015). New strategy needed to end haze problem. The Straits Times. Retrieved 2 November 2015, from http://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/new-strategy-needed-to-end-haze-problem

Practice Essay 1

Internet piracy is defined as the distribution of other's’ work which allows the public to download online materials (Beynon, 2015). This leads us to the present where information nowadays can be easily found from the Internet, and there are many cases of people downloading data online. This action is commonly seen anywhere, especially in Singapore (Lay, 2014). However, the action of downloading online materials is not a rightful act. Unfortunately, the action is deemed illegal as the consequences are serious, and a worse-case scenario would be jail sentence up to two years (Beynon, 2015). Therefore, immediate actions have to be taken to minimize the number of downloaders and to protect the rights of the original authors. This essay will then discuss the problem of internet piracy and its current solutions, as well as provide possible suggestions to resolve the problem.

Internet piracy is a serious matter as downloading of online content is considered as illegal in the current society. This is because protection from internet piracy is an important matter to the authors as they have the rights to protect their own work from being copied or distributed unknowingly. According to Lay’s article (2014), Tower Records and Gramophone, two famous brand name music retail chains in Singapore, have closed-down their businesses due to poor sales. Thus, this shows that the impact of the problem is serious as if most contents can be easily downloaded free online, it will result in more businesses to close-down and lost of originality.

The first solution taken is to make changes to the Copyright Act where users will be blocked from accessing certain sites (Lay, 2014). However, according to Lay’s article (2014), this solution is not effective as there is still a large number of illegal downloaders. This is because the newcomers to internet piracy do not feel that it is wrong to download contents online since everyone is doing it as well. Therefore, blocking users from accessing certain sites is not effective as users will still be able to access other new sites that allow illegal download and also since they do not feel that it is wrong to download contents online.

The possible solution to resolve internet piracy is to have stricter law enforcement to minimise this illegal act. The government has to be firmed in the implementation of new and stricter laws such as increasing the number of years of jail sentences for online piracy from two years to ten years, and take strong actions to punish the people who performed internet piracy (Beynon, 2015). However, since internet piracy is performed online which is not physically seen, it is almost impossible to capture everyone who is involved in this illegal act (Beynon, 2015). Therefore, if severe punishment is given to the people who are caught in the act, this can create an image that people who are doing this act will be heavily punished. Thus, this will create an online fear that internet piracy is illegal as stricter laws and actions are enforcement.

In conclusion, immediate actions have to be taken to minimize the number of downloaders and to protect the rights of the original authors. Despite that there is laws implemented to control internet piracy, these laws lack enforcement, thus causing the public to continue their illegal act. Thus, the originality of the author’s work can be protected as internet piracy can be resolve.

Reference

Lay, B. (2014). Site-blocking wont be a panacea for online piracy. Retrieved 28 October 2015, from http://www.ipscommons.sg/site-blocking-wont-be-a-panacea-for-online-piracy/

Beynon, W. (2015). The Piracy Problem - The Hunt for an Effective Solution. The Huffington Post UK. Retrieved 28 October 2015, from http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/wayne-beynon/online-piracy_b_7880522.html

Critical Reflection: My Academic Writing

As mentioned in the first reflection, titled “My English Language Learning Journey Reflection”, I have always been weak in English Language and I will continue to seek for better improvements. And so, my learning journey continues when I took up the ES1102 module. Before taking this module, I had wondered how would this module be able to help me to improve my English Language since the topics taught in ES1102 are different from what was taught back in secondary school. As I was taking this module, I realized that it has helped me in many areas, especially in the area of writing.

This module has motivated and helped me to improve my English Language. I feel that this module is useful as it has equipped me with the skills set needed to write better essays. Throughout this module, there is a lot of reading involved as we have to find articles to support the contents in our essays, and this process of bulk reading has actually encouraged me to read more. Also, the class interactions and teacher’s consultations are really useful and beneficial, as the class interactions allow peers to review each other's work by identifying mistakes when the writer himself is unable to, while the consultations allow the student to get one-to-one discussion with the teacher to get constructive feedback.

Moreover, I will try to apply everything that I have learnt in ES1102 to prepare for the final exam. I think the most important step to take in improving writing skills would be to practice more. It is also important to review the writing repeatedly by myself to check language errors and the flow of events as well, and it can also be reviewed by my peers for a second opinion. For the language component, I have to take note of the tenses and verbs I used, and use appropriate linking words to link my sentences. Furthermore, I feel that planning the outline of the essay from the beginning is necessary so that it will be much easier to write the whole essay later on.

In conclusion, I had an enriching and memorable time in ES1102 class, as I have made new improvements and met new friends as well. I am thankful to my teacher, Ms. Toh, who is always willing to go an extra mile to help me to improve on my writing skills. Also, I felt that I have gained much more confidence in writing after this module. In addition, I will continue this learning journey and constantly seeking for improvements in my English Language. From now onwards, the next step to take would be to continue to improve the area that I am weak in, which is the language component during writing.

Essay Writing Final Draft

Malaysia aims to become a developed nation by year 2020 (Government Transformation Programme, 2015). However, this goal is practically unachievable currently, because many Malaysians have left their homeland, and yet more continue to leave, resulting in lower growth prospects (Hii, 2007). This phenomenon is known as “brain drain”, which is defined as the emigration of individual professionals who decide to stay in another country besides their own (Merriam-Webster, 2015). Although emigration has opened doors to new opportunities, it has also impacted negatively on the country’s economy. Therefore, brain drain has to be quickly resolved before the development of the country comes to a halt in the future. Unfortunately, brain drain is a major problem faced in Malaysia now, and the existing solutions, such as retaining local emigrants and foreigners, have yet to be able to settle the issue (Hii, 2007). In order to salvage this situation, the root causes of the problem has to be identified while implementing better solutions catered to resolve this dilemma. This essay will then be discussing the causes and the impacts of brain drain on Malaysia, as well as evaluating the current solutions and any other possible measures.

The key causes of brain drain in Malaysia are overseas incentives and social injustice, and these causes have resulted in a negative impact on the economy. As compared to Malaysia, some foreign countries are usually richer and they will be able to provide better incentives like higher paid jobs to attract Malaysia’s talents over, thus, resulting in Malaysians leaving for overseas incentives (Hii, 2007). Moreover, social injustice towards the Chinese in Malaysia is commonly seen, as the Malays are often given special privileges in areas such as entrepreneurship and education (Schellekens, 2011). As a result, some Chinese choose to migrate overseas to study instead since they have limited entries to good schools in Malaysia due to racial quotas (Schellekens, 2011). Therefore, these causes have impacted the development of the country, and slowing down its economic growth as well, as there are fewer local professionals contributing to the workforce in Malaysia (Nadaraj, 2014). Consequently, slow economic growth can be severe to a country as it can lead to more problems in the future, such as high unemployment rates, if brain drain is not resolved soon.

One of the solutions implemented by the Government to resolve brain drain is the Returning Expert Programme (REP) and this measure aims to retain Malaysia’s emigrants. This solution provides attractive benefits to returning Malaysians in response to their future contributions towards the development of Malaysia (Global Malaysians job portal, 2015). For instance, a benefit would be the 15% flat tax rate incentive as compared to the original rate of 25% (Malaysia Business Advisory, 2014). Furthermore, the REP can be especially attractive to Malaysians who are temporary migrated. However, this solution is still not adequate to retain a large group back as the income earned overseas is more than the income earned in Malaysia (Mok, 2014). Thus, although the REP is able to retain a small group of emigrants, it is still not effective enough to retain more.

The other solution implemented is Resident Pass-Talent (RP-T) and this measure is executed to retain foreign talents. This solution provides attractive incentives, such as allowing the foreigners to live and work for another 10 years, in return for their contributions to strengthen the workforce in Malaysia (Global Malaysians job portal, 2015). The RP-T has successfully retained some foreigners to stay and work in Malaysia (Global Malaysians job portal, 2015). However, not all of these foreigners are highly-skilled workers who can contribute to the workforce, and the presence of these low-skilled workers has been a major drag to the country (Kok, 2012). Therefore, although the RP-T has retained foreigners to stay and contribute to the workforce, some foreigners are low-skilled workers who are unable to help in the development of Malaysia.

It is evident that the current solutions mentioned are not effective enough in resolving brain drain since the root problems are not fully dealt with yet. Furthermore, Malaysia should change its focus from retaining emigrants and foreigners to retaining the current Malaysians instead, since the current solutions are not working effectively. An ideal solution to resolve brain drain would be to promote meritocracy which means people should be awarded based on their abilities and not by their race. This solution will minimize social injustice between the Chinese and the Malays in Malaysia, and it will also reduce the number of Chinese Malaysians from leaving (Schellekens, 2011). However, the implementation of this solution is complex as it requires the government to change its policies, and the people, especially the Malays, have to agree with the change. Therefore, a more immediate solution is required instead, which is to improve the current education system since Malaysia’s education system was ranked behind in the global rankings (Shukry, 2014). This is because a good education system can produce more highly-skilled workers who can contribute to the development of the country (Buchanan, 2012). The government should then provide local job opportunities to the graduates so that they can contribute to the workforce after their graduations. Thus, Malaysia should focus on retaining its current people more than retaining Malaysia’s emigrants, and one way would be through improving its education system.

In conclusion, it is essential to identify the root causes of brain drain in Malaysia and finding the right approach to resolve the problem before it would severely impact the country’s economic growth. This essay has discussed the causes of brain drain and its impact on Malaysia’s economy. Furthermore, the current solutions, REP and RP-T, are evaluated and they are not effective enough to resolve brain drain. Thus, an immediate approach to resolve brain drain would be to improve on Malaysia’s current education system as it can help to revert brain drain to brain gain within the country, since the current locals will become more educated. Despite that a huge investment is required to implement this new solution, it will be worth in the long run since brain drain will cause a serious impact on a country’s development if it is not resolve effectively. Moreover, if brain drain can be resolved quickly and effectively, Malaysia would be able to achieve their goal as a developed nation by 2020.

References

Buchanan, N. H. (2012, March 29). An Educated Population Is Essential to a Nation’s Prosperity, yet Some Politicians Are Demonizing Our Educational System for Political Advantage. Retrieved October 17, 2015, from www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/malaysias-returning-expert-programme-driving-out-more-talent-economist-says

Global Malaysians job portal. (2015, September 2). TalentCorp turns Malaysia’s brain drain to brain gain. Retrieved October 5, 2015, from http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Business-News/2015/09/02/TalentCorp-turns-Malaysia-brain-drain-to-brain-gain/?style=biz

Government Transformation Programme. (2015). GTP Overview. Retrieved October 5, 2015, from http://www.pemandu.gov.my/gtp/About_GTP-@-GTP_Overview.aspx

Hii, D. C. (2007, November 4). Solve brain drain problem. Retrieved September 22, 2015, from http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=/2007/11/4/nation/19088058&sec=nation

Kok, C. (2012, May 16). Malaysia aims to reduce low-skilled foreign workers. Retrieved October 16, 2015, from http://www.nationmultimedia.com/aec/Malaysia-aims-to-reduce-low-skilled-foreign-worker-30182122.html

Malaysia Business Advisory. (2014). 2014 Malaysia Income Tax Rate. Retrieved October 16, 2015, from http://malaysiabizadvisory.com/2014-malaysia-income-tax-rate/

Merriam-Webster. (2015). brain drain. Retrieved October 3, 2015, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brain%20drain

Mok, O. (2014, June 22). Malaysia’s returning expert programme driving out more talent, economist says. Retrieved September 3, 2015, from http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/malaysias-returning-expert-programme-driving-out-more-talent-economist-says

Nadaraj, V. (2014, July 17). Brain Drain in Malaysia Keeps Getting Worse. Retrieved September 22, 2015, from http://www.establishmentpost.com/brain-drain-malaysia-keeps-getting-worse/

Schellekens, P. (2011, April). Putting the Malaysian diaspora into perspective. Retrieved September 22, 2015, from http://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/2010-11/BrainDrain/Malaysia.html

Shukry, A. (2014, May 15). Minister admits poor education system, says blueprint is the answer. Retrieved October 22, 2015, from http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/minister-admits-poor-education-system-says-blueprint-will-solve-all

Essay Writing Draft 1

The movement of people from places to places is commonly seen in the world today. Human migration has brought several advantages to the society such as opening doors to many new fields of education and career opportunities. However, it has also impacted countries negatively. Brain drain issue in Malaysia has impacted them economically and socially as many talents are migrating to foreign countries. Hence, the Government came up with measures to address this issue by retaining their migrated locals back and also inviting foreign talents to work in Malaysia. However, the overall rate of outflows is still higher than the rate of inflows, and this shows that more should be done to salvage the problem. This brain drain issue, therefore, is a serious threat to Malaysia as it will continue to affect its economy and society, hence, the current measures have to be revised and there should be new solutions. This essay will then discuss the brain drain issue and its impact on Malaysia. Also, the current measures will be evaluated and new solutions are recommended to revert brain drain to brain gain.

The brain drain issue stirred up from human migration is commonly seen in Malaysia, where more highly-skilled Malaysian leave their homeland for overseas incentives such as better quality of life. These foreign countries, usually richer, are able to provide better incentives to attract talents over as compared to Malaysia (Schellekens, 2011). Besides foreign incentives, another cause of brain drain is due to social injustice. The Malays in Malaysia are given special privileges in areas such as entrepreneurship and education where this is an unfair treatment towards the Chinese in Malaysia (Schellekens, 2011). For instance, the Chinese are given limited entries to good schools in Malaysia due to racial quotas, thus, forcing them to study in foreign countries (Schellekens, 2011). However, this issue has caused negative impacts on Malaysia, such as slow economy growth and social issues, in the long run. This is because as more highly-skilled Malaysian departs, there will be fewer talents managing and contributing to the development of the country, thus resulting in slow economy growth. The Government tried to salvage this impact by bringing in foreign talents to contribute instead, however, this has caused social issues among the people. These foreign talents have taken job opportunities from the locals, thus they are seen as a threat in the workforce. Therefore, the impact of brain drain is serious and it has to be resolve effectively.

One of the current measures implemented by the Malaysia Government is the Returning Expert Programme (REP), where the purpose is to retain migrated Malaysians back and use their skill sets and experiences gained abroad in Malaysia (TalentCorp, 2015). The REP provides attractive benefits to returning Malaysian in response for their future contributions towards the development of Malaysia (TalentCorp, 2015). This measure is especially beneficial to Malaysian who are temporary migrated or currently being ill-treated in overseas. However, it is still not enough to retain them back as the loss of income due to returning is not covered. Therefore, the RET is only attractive and applicable to a small group of migrated Malaysia since the incentives are still not attractive enough.

Another current measure implemented is Resident Pass-Talent (RP-T) where the purpose is to attract highly-qualified foreigners to remain and continue working in Malaysia, where they can help to contribute to the economic development of Malaysia (TalentCorp, 2015). This can also compensate the losses the country faced in brain drain. This measure is able to keep some of the foreign talents to stay and contribute as they will be given attractive job incentives. However, it has led to tough competition in the workforce as some locals lose their jobs to the foreign talents. This has resulted in arising social issues where the locals do not welcome these foreign talents and may force even more Malaysian to migrate.

It is vivid to see that providing incentives are no longer effective to retain migrated Malaysian back due to the fact that foreign countries provide better incentives than Malaysia. Therefore, Malaysia should use another approach to minimize brain drain. Firstly, they should reduce social injustice in Malaysia by improving inequality to the Chinese. Secondly, they have to improve their education and workforce sectors through making long-term investment. They have to improve the standards of their schools to build a reputable education system where this will then reduce the number of Malaysian migrating overseas to study. Malaysia can also allies with foreign countries where this can create more job opportunities for their locals. Moreover, Malaysia should come up with cultural measures to form strong connections between the citizens and their roots, such as implementing more culture events for the nation and ingraining this connection from young. This measure can reach out to a larger group of migrated Malaysian to stay connected to their roots. Thus, once brain drain turns to brain gain, fewer foreign talents are needed and this will reduce social issues.

In conclusion, brain drain issue in Malaysia can be minimized through the implementation of new approaches to tackle the issue. This essay has discussed the causes of brain drain issues and its impact on Malaysia’s economy and society. Despite the Government’s efforts, the current measures implemented to resolve the issue are still not effective enough to retain their talents back. This shows that Malaysia should change their approach to resolve the issue since incentives measures will not be as attractive as compared to foreign countries. They could improve their infrastructure such as modifying their racial policies, enhancing their education and workforce sectors, and reconnecting to their own people. The impact of brain drain is serious in the long return, thus, new approaches have to be executed to address this issue in Malaysia effectively.

References

Schellekens, P. (2015, September 22). http://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/2010-11/BrainDrain/Malaysia.html. Retrieved from http://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/2010-11/BrainDrain/index.html: http://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/2010-11/BrainDrain/Malaysia.html

TalentCorp. (2015, September 22). Residence Pass-Talent - Initiatives - Our Work - TalentCorp Malaysia. Retrieved from TalentCorp Malaysia: https://www.talentcorp.com.my/our-work/initiatives/residence-pass-talent

TalentCorp. (2015, September 22). Returning Expert Programme - Initiatives - Our Work - TalentCorp Malaysia. Retrieved from TalentCorp Malaysia: https://www.talentcorp.com.my/our-work/initiatives/returning-expert-programme

Reader Response Final Draft

In the article, “Solve brain drain problem”, Clement Hii (2007) explains that Malaysia is unable to stop their talent pool from migrating. Hii claims that there is a rapid increase in the number of highly-skilled Malaysians departing the country due to attractive incentives provided by foreign countries. The loss of this talent pool has led to Malaysia being more reliant on foreign employment. Hii states that although the ministries have introduced new measures to attract their talent pool back, however the outcomes are unsuccessful. Hii concludes that there is still a huge gap between the salary of their graduates and foreign graduates, thus leading to the problem to be unsolved and there has to be someone to seek for solutions. I agree that this problem is tough to tackle because Malaysia will not be able to provide better incentives than foreign countries and the comparison between salaries is unfair.

Hii states that highly-skilled Malaysian are migrating due to the attractive incentives provided by foreign countries, such as better quality of life (Hii, 2007). These foreign countries, like Australia, are usually much well-off as compared to Malaysia (Numbeo, 2015). Malaysia has tried to come up with new incentives, however, they were unsuccessful. For instance, according to Opalyn Mok's article (2014), 15% tax incentive measure implemented has pushed even more highly-skilled Malaysian away. This shows that Malaysia is unable to provide better incentives than richer foreign countries. Therefore, it would be advisable for Malaysia to change their approach. Personally, I feel that it is essential to build strong reconnections between a Malaysian and his roots again, as if they love their country, there will be a lower probability that they will leave. For instance, Malaysia can organise more national events to bring its people together, besides on National Day or festive seasons only. These migrated Malaysians may miss their traditional food and culture, or their family members who stayed behind, thus, looking at these areas, Malaysia should try to recapture their hearts to their roots again.

Hii asserts that there is a huge gap between the salaries of a Malaysian and a Singaporean (Hii, 2007). However, this figure-to-figure comparison is not accurate as there are other areas to consider as well such as the cost of living. Singaporeans have a lower purchasing power, as compared to Malaysia, due to the high cost of living, therefore, higher salaries are required to afford higher cost (Numbeo, 2015). Thus, this is not a good factor to support the problem.

In conclusion, I agree with Hii that it is not easy to find an effective solution to handle this problem. It is because richer foreign countries can provide better incentives which will attract highly-skilled Malaysian over. Furthermore, it is a tedious process to solve this problem as many policies have to be changed or introduced to bring their talent pool back. Lastly, one possible suggestion in improving the problem would be to reconnect and retain the migrated Malaysian to their culture and roots again.

References

Hii. (2015, September 3). Archives | The Star Online. Retrieved from The Star Online | Malaysia, Business, Sports, Lifestyle and Video News: http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=/2007/11/4/nation/19088058&sec=nation

Mok, O. (2015, September 3). Malaysia’s returning expert programme driving out more talent, economist says | Malaysia | Malay Mail Online. Retrieved from Malay Mail Online: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/malaysias-returning-expert-programme-driving-out-more-talent-economist-says

Numbeo. (2015, September 6). Cost Of Living Comparison Between Malaysia And Singapore. Retrieved from Numbeo - The biggest Internet Database about Cost of Living, Housing Indicators and many other informations about cities and countries!: http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=Malaysia&country2=Singapore