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Human Resource Management is a long-established task within the Government's Management Framework. Through this task the Government meets its obligation to be a good employer; seeks to secure staff commitment; and develops and manages staff to give of their best to help the Government serve the community.

The need to respond to changing community expectations means that the task of managing our staff better is more important than ever - it is the staff who deliver the service, and it is through a new emphasis on staff management that a customer service and performance oriented culture will gradually evolve.

In 2005, China participated for the first time in the International Comparison Program (ICP), which collects primary data across countries on the prices for an internationally comparable list of goods and services.

This paper examines the implications of the new Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) rate (derived by the ICP) for China's poverty rate (by international standards) and how it has changed over time.

THIS is a collection of twenty-two tales and a few verses, madeduring the British expedition to Tibet in 1903-4, by the Secretary and Interpreter of the Mission to Lahsa.

MR. WU
BY LOUISE JORDAN MILN
(MRS. GEORGE CRICHTON MILN)
Based on the Play "Mr. Wu" by H. M. VERNON and HAROLD OWEN

Doing Business in Egypt 2008 is the first subnational Doing Business report in the Middle East and North Africa. The report covers three cities and governorates (administrative regions)—Cairo, Alexandria and Assiut— that are compared with each other, and with 178 countries around the world. Comparisons with other cities, regions and countries are based on the indicators in Doing Business 2008.

American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America in January to June 1842. He traveled mainly on the east coast and Great Lakes area of both the United States and Canada, primarily by steamship, but also by rail and coach. While there he acted as a critical observer of these societies almost as if returning a status report on their progress. This can be compared to the style of his Pictures from Italy written four years later where he wrote far more like a tourist. His American journey was also an inspiration for his novel Martin Chuzzlewit.

Muslim professionals have decisively carved out their own space in Malaysia.

This space is "Islamic" in nature, in that religion is the central identifying marker for many of Malaysia’s Muslim professionals. These professionals have increased in number over time, transforming existing professional organizations and forming new ones connected to Islam. They have actively transformed civil society and engaged publicly  in a broad range of issues. Their networks are deep and broad, extending internationally. Muslim professionals are also increasingly entering formal politics.

Although now a minority of professionals in Malaysia, Muslim professionals will in less than ten years comprise the majority of professionals. They already comprise more than half of the Muslim candidates running for office and play prominent roles in shaping norms in society.