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PNCNU
13 Nov 2010
PENANG, 2 NOV: Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has forged collaborative ties with Korea through the signing of a Memorandum of understanding with Changwon National University (CNU), in the district of Changwon, South Korea.
13 Oct 2010
Thirteen companies, ranging from local enterprises to MNCs are members of the initiative to exploit new market opportunities in the global nanotechnology market worth more than US$ 2.4 trillion in 2015.
12 Oct 2010
Singapore, 6 October 2010 -- The Federation of Business and Professional Women (Singapore) announced that it will play host to the triennial 2010 BPW Asia-Pacific Regional Conference at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore, from 15-18 October, 2010.
11 Oct 2010
PENANG, 4 October: Universiti Sains Malaysia will be the first university in the country to introduce promotions for academic staff based on their involvement in community programmes.
11 Oct 2010
OPINION: From an Ivory Tower to a Trading Tower and now a Human Tower! These are the three major waves that can be ascribed to the evolution of universities in recent times.
01 Oct 2010
Prince of Songkla University joined hands with the Economics Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), and the Center for IMT-GT Subregional Cooperation (CIMT) in organizing the Symposium on Energy Saving and Biofuel Utilization.
11 Sep 2010
Prof. Yasuaki Muto writes on reform of the Japan Sumo Association.
11 Sep 2010
Prof. Okauchi reflects on an international meeting in Cairo, Egypt concerning the “Return and Protection of Cultural Property”. A total of 21 countries participated in a discussion which pressed for the return of such famous antiquities as the bust of Queen Nefertiti and the Rosetta Stone.
09 Sep 2010
As a backdrop to these times, I think the key to the welfare state getting past the barriers to realize minimal state (re)distribution and free equality is destined to be found in Basic Income.
HKPolyU
09 Sep 2010
HONH KONG, 9 September - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has made a great leap forward in the latest “QS World University Ranking”. This year the University has jumped by 29 places and is now ranked in the 166th place in the league table, as compared to 195th place in 2009.
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31 Aug 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) will assist in rthe setting up of the Albukhary International University (AIU), the only private university set up specifically to help the underprivileged obtain access to higher education.
31 Aug 2010
OPINION: THE rankings game is here again. This time it involves two types of rankings that allow us to understand what the game is all about from different perspectives.
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18 Aug 2010
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) today (18 August) warmly congratulated two distinguished alumni, namely Mr Raman Hui and Ms Vivienne Tam, for being honoured by Forbes magazine as one of the “25 Top Chinese-Americans in Business”.
04 Aug 2010
In 2002, a highly publicized survey by the Latinobarómetro polling firm found that 40% of Latin Americans identified employment as the region’s biggest problem — ahead of corruption, poverty, and violence.
16 Jul 2010
Singapore, 16 July - Groundbreaking of A*STAR’s Experimental Power Grid Centre (EPGC) paves the way for cutting-edge R&D to develop Singapore as a ‘living laboratory’ for smart grid solutions. Four companies, namely, Rolls Royce, Vestas, SP PowerGrid and CEI Contract Manufacturing entered into strategic partnerships with A*STAR today.
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05 Jul 2010
Developing educational quality of Thailand and Russia.
28 Jun 2010
A recent study by Thai Research Fund (TRF) on the research output of Thai universities confirms that Thailand-based Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) excels in all engineering subject areas that it offers.
28 Jun 2010
The Board of Governors of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has written to us expressing views on the matter of IDRC Board Chairman Barbara McDougall’s overlapping membership on the Board of Imperial Tobacco Canada (ITC), which came to an end in March 2010.
28 Jun 2010
Pakistan has achieved some economic success – mainly in agriculture and industry – despite recurring political instability since the country’s independence in 1947.
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13 Jun 2010
Hong Kong, 10 June - The Global Student Challenge (GSC) organized by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has come to a climax today (10 June) at its Final held on the university campus, with six finalist teams competing for the coveted award in the University Division and another six teams competing in the Secondary School Division.
03 Jun 2010
Hong Kong, 3 June - More than 200 top students from all over the world will be presenting their innovative business proposals at the Semi-Final & Final rounds of the Global Student Challenge (GSC) on 7 and 10 June.
02 Jun 2010
OPINION - FIVE Malaysian universities were ranked among the top institutions in the 2010 QS Asian University Rankings. Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), however, were amused by the news for the simple reason that they have neither agreed to the invitation to participate nor have they submitted any data or information.
Yang
20 May 2010
PolyU and its business partner EuAuto Technology Ltd are proud for sealing a landmark deal today (17 May) with US auto maker GreenTech Automotive (GTA). This collaboration will take the city's first home-grown electric vehicle, which is jointly developed by EuAuto and PolyU, to the US market.
14 May 2010
In April 2009 Waseda University opened the new “Center for Research Strategy.(CRS)” A research university is one which uses public and private funding as a base and excels in carrying out high level research activities and quality personnel training which contributes to a global society.
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10 May 2010
The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FPV) Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) will collaborate with Royal Terengganu Endurance Stable (RTES) on the teaching, research and profesional service related to field of equine.
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10 May 2010
PENANG, 7 May: Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) today widened its networking to two other countries with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Asia Pacific Centre for International Understanding (APCEIU) in Korea and Syed Ammal Engineering College (SAEC) in India.
26 Apr 2010
There was a report in February of this year about a plan for a five-story condominium in Ashiya city, Hyogo prefecture that did not get the required construction clearance on the grounds that the condominium would not fit in with the landscape.
26 Apr 2010
Panicked by the sharp decline in exports due to the Lehman shock, major exporters and other companies in Japan rashly made extreme reductions in production.
26 Apr 2010
Currently, media coverage of the Toyota Motor Corporation recall (recalling and repairing vehicles free of charge) is pervasive. Some of the reports are emotional, and there are shades of Toyota bashing combined with the movements to politicize the issue.

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Giants in history

Physicist Narinder Singh Kapany (31 October 1926 – 4 December 2020) pioneered the use of optical fibres to transmit images, and founded several optical technology companies. Born in Punjab, India, he worked at a local optical instruments factory before moving to London for PhD studies at Imperial College. There, he devised a flexible fibrescope to convey images along bundles of glass fibres.
Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (25 June 1936 – 11 September 2019) was an Indonesian engineer who was President of Indonesia from 1998 to 1999.
Rapee Sagarik (4 December 1922 – 17 February 2018) was Thailand’s renowned expert on orchids.
U Hla Myint (1920 – 2017) was a celebrated economist from Myanmar. Considered a prodigy, he was admitted to Rangoon University to study economics when he was just 14 years old. He went on to earn a Ph.D. at the London School of Economics (LSE).