MPW 1133

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MALAYSIAN STUDIES

TNR36

1. The Legend of Pulau

Langkawi
SAM 13
CLASS: S2
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TNR36

Lecturer:
PUAN WAN NOOR HAZLINA WAN
JUSOH
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SESSION: APRIL 2006

Group Members
Name

Class

Saravanan K (L)
Bee Suan Lee
Farah Kadir
Kogila a/p Ramasamy

S3
S3
S3
S3

(TNR14B)

ID
0501G******
************
************
************

Note: The font size should be 14TNR. The

group leaders name should be on the first line
and the other members name should be listed
alphabetically right after the leaders name.

GUIDELINE FOR PROJECT PAPER

This is a group project and the overall work
should reflex the groups effort. The project
is worth 20% of the total evaluation of the
course.
The project will be evaluated as follows:
Content
Language + format
Group Activity
Total

10 %
5%
5%
- 20%

CONTENT
The written work should be in an essay
form. It should begin with the
INTRODUCTION, followed by the
discussion on the topic selected (with
appropriate
subtopics

wherever
appropriate)
and
end
with
the
CONCLUSION. The conclusion part should
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summarize the main ideas mentioned in the

essay. The font size for the essay is TNR12.
The essay should be at the length of 15 to
20 pages long.
FORMAT
The written work has to be presented
following certain format.
Cover page and listing of members
names
The cover page and the members names
should be presented using the standard
layout given with this guideline. Please
follow the standard font size.
Pagination
The page number should appear on the
bottom right corner of the page and the
introduction should be the first page.

 Alignment and spacing between lines

All the pages have to be justified and
double-spaced.
Contents page
The content page should have the list of all
the main topics and subtopics with the
page number.
Footnotes
If the source taken from a book or journal,
the footnote should have the name of the
author, the name of the book, edition (if
any), place of publishing, publisher, year
of the publishing and page. But, if it is an
Internet source, the footnote should have
the authors name (if any), the topic title,
the websites address and date of updating
or accessing the information.

 References/Bibliography
The reference should not be less than 5
sources. It should bear the list of sources
used to complete the project. The sources
may be books, journals, Internet websites,
newspapers articles and interviews.
Illustration
Photos, charts and maps may be included
as needed.
Binding
The project has to be comb bound with
plastic covering for the front page.

Table of Contents (TNR20)

Content

(TNR16)

Page

1. Introduction (TNR16)

2. The Legend of Pulau Langkawi

3. The Legend of Mahsuri

4. The Origin of the Name Pekan Kuah

5. The Secret of Pulau Dayang Bunting

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6. Conclusion

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7. Bibliography
8. Appendixes

Note: You may alter this page accordingly to suit

your information.

FOOTNOTES
Footnotes are used to identify as precisely as possible the book or work a cited
excerpt is taken from. You must include footnotes in your essay.
If you use four words or more, consecutively, from an external source (book,
website, etc.), you have to identified them with quotation marks following by the
footnote's number. Moreover, you should also use footnotes to identify sources from
which you have borrowed key ideas and facts.
How to write footnotes
For a book: Author's first name then family name, book title (underlined or in italics),
place of publication, publisher, collection and number (when applicable), year of
publication, page number.
Example:
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Cathie Draine and Barbara Hall, Culture Shock! Indonesia, Singapore: Times Edition,
1986, p. 22.
In the case of an anthology: Author's first name and family name, article or chapter title
(between quotation marks " "), editor's first name and family name, book title (underlined
or in italics), place of publication, publisher (or group responsible for the publishing),
collection and number (when applicable), year of publication, page number.
Example:
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Christine Veilleux, "The State of Vietnam's Forests: Historical Perspectives on a

Contemporary Dilemma," in Rodolphe De Koninck (Editor), The Challenge of the Forest
in Southeast Asia, Quebec City: GRAC - Universit Laval, Documents du GRAC No.
7, 1994, p. 69.
For an article: Author's first name and family name, article title (between quotation
marks " "), periodical magazine, newspaper, etc. (underlined or in italics), volume
and number (when available, not necessary for newspapers), publication date, page
number.
Examples:
3

Jae Hoon Shim, "Summit Lifeline: A Landmark North-South Meeting is Planned as the
North Seeks Help for its Sinking Economy," Far Eastern Economic Review, Vol. 163,
No.
16,
20
April
2000,
p.
44.
4
Associated Press, "Defanged Tigers Caused Own Crisis: Greenspan," Montreal Gazette,
15 October 1997, section E, p. 2.

For textual footnotes: How to add a textual footnote (explaining something in the text):
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Detailed evidence of the great increase in the array of goods and services bought
as income increases is shown in S. J. Prais and H. S. Houthaker, The Analysis of Family
Budgets,Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1955, table 5, p. 52.
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Professor D. T. Suzuki brings this out with great clarity in his discussion of
"Stopping" and "no-mindedness"; see, e.g., his chapter entitled "Swordsmanship" in Zen
Buddhism and Its Influence on Japanese Culture, Kyoto: Eastern Buddhist Society, 1938,
p.30.
For a website: Organization title, author's first name and family name (if known), page
title (underlined or in italics), page URL, page's creation date (if known) or date of
access.
Examples:
5

China Daily, Qihua Hu, Isle Leader Told to Embrace Principle of One China, URL:
http://www.chinadaily.net/cndy/history/2000/05/d1-tw.509.html, accessed 9 May 2000. 6
UNEP, State of the Environment, China '97 - Biodiversity - State, URL: http://svr1pek.unep.net/soechina/biod/biods.htm, updated 24 August 1998.
Examples of well-written footnotes:
1.
(...) There is no doubt that karate-do, meaning the way of karate, is very strongly part of the Japanese
culture. It is known all around the world as their way of life. Gichin Funagoshi, who introduced the great
art to Japan, will forever be remembered as the founder of modern karate and the father of Japanese Karate.
Every dojo practicing the art of Funagoshi today starts and ends its training by bowing to a posted picture
of the great master with respect to his achievements. Funagoshi frequently said: "Karate is an unfinished
art; it would continue to grow and change as a man's knowledge and circumstances grows and changes". 1
FOOTNOTE

(All footnotes should be in TNR10.)

1. MAWN.NET, "The History of Karate," http://www.mawn.net/his_shotokan.htm, accessed 8 January
2004.

2.
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
Most of Malaysia's basic land transportation system (road and rail) was established while Malaysia
was under control of the British Empire. It has 1,798 kilometers of railways (all narrow gauge) and 94,500
kilometers of highways (about three quarters of them paved). The more modernised part of the road system
is located in Peninsular Malaysia, while on the island of Borneo, a main road runs along the coast with "a
few good interior roads."6

The country also has an important pipeline system: 1,307 kilometers of crude oil pipelines and 379
kilometers of natural gas pipelines 7 to keep up with the large amounts extracted primarily offshore in the
fossil-fuel rich South China Sea.
In terms of air transport, Malaysia Airlines provides domestic and international air service while
two other national carriers operate regionally. Malaysia has 115 airports overall including 32 with paved
runways. A new high-tech international airport opened in 1998 south of Kuala Lumpur at Sepang 8 and its
two runways can accommodate 90 to 100 flights per hour without any payload restrictions.
Major seaports in Malaysia include Labuan (serving Sabah), Kuching (Sarawak), George Town in
the north of Peninsular Malaysia near Thailand, and Melaka. But the most important seaport of the country
is Port Kelang, serving Kuala Lumpur. It maintains trade with over one hundred ports around the world,
can accommodate "container ships of up to 60,000 displacement tonnes" and is one of Asia's leading ports.9

FOOTNOTES
6. "Malaysia," Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 1999, Microsoft Corporation, 1998.
7. Central Intelligence Agency, The World Fact Book 1999 - Malaysia, URL:
http://www.ocdi.gov/cia/publications/factbook/my.html, accessed 4 June 2003.
8. Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Kuala Lumpur International Airport Official Website, URL:
http://www.klia.com.my/klia, accessed 9 July 2003.
9. KCT Systems Department, Klang Container Terminal Homepage, URL: http://www.kct.com.my, last
updated 24 May 1999.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
A bibliography is a list of works cited, which appears at the end of your paper.
You should list all the sources you consulted to get ideas; do not list sources you looked
at but did not use. The bibliography should include not less than 5 references in
alphabetical order (encyclopedia, books and periodicals) among which at least two
monographic publications and the rest from other resources. A good research is based on
diversify and reliable documentary sources. You should be careful in choosing websites
so as to avoid personal pages and those containing erroneous facts.
No bibliographic reference writing method is better than another, but you have
been asked to please use the following method to ensure a certain uniformity in the
format and to make finding all the important information author's name, book, article
or web site title, periodical's name and number (when applicable), publication (or website
access) date, and page (or URL) easier.
How to write bibliographic references?
For a book: author's family name and first name separated by a comma (if there is a
second author, write his/her first name then family name), book title (underlined or in
italics), place of publication, publisher, collection and number (when applicable), year of
publication.

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Example:
Draine, Cathie, and Barbara Hall, Culture Shock! Indonesia, Singapore: Times Edition,
1986.
In the case of an anthology: Author's family name and first name (see above in case
there is more than one author), article or chapter title (between quotation marks " "),
editor's first name and family name (see above in case there is more than one editor),
book title (underlined or in italics), place of publication, publisher (or group responsible
for the publishing), collection and number (when applicable), year of publication.
Example:
Veilleux, Christine, "The State of Vietnam's Forests: Historical Perspectives on a
Contemporary Dilemma," in Rodolphe De Koninck (Editor), The Challenge of the Forest
in Southeast Asia, Quebec City: GRAC - Universit Laval, Documents du GRAC No.
7, 1994.
For an article: Author's family name and first name, article title (between quotation
marks " "), periodical magazine, newspaper, etc. (underlined or in italics), volume
and number (when available, not necessary for newspapers), publication date.
Examples:
Shim, Jae Hoon, "Summit Lifeline: A Landmark North-South Meeting is Planned as the
North Seeks Help for its Sinking Economy," Far Eastern Economic Review, Vol. 163,
No. 16, 20 April 2000.
Associated Press, "Defanged Tigers Caused Own Crisis: Greenspan," Montreal Gazette,
15 October 1997, section E.
For a website: Organization title, author's first name and family name (if known), page
title (underlined or in italics), page's URL, page's creation date (if known) or date of
access.
Examples:
China Daily, Qihua Hu, Isle Leader Told to Embrace Principle of One China, URL:
http://www.chinadaily.net/cndy/history/2000/05/d1-tw.509.html, accessed 9 May 2000.
UNEP, State of the Environment, China '97 - Biodiversity - State, URL: http://svr1pek.unep.net/soechina/biod/biods.htm, updated 24 August 1998.

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Example of a well-written bibliography

BIBLIOGRAPHY
(All references should be in TNR12 and in alphabetical order.)
1.
2.
3.

4.
5.
6.
7.

8.
9.

Associated Press, "Defanged Tigers Caused Own Crisis: Greenspan," Montreal

Gazette, 15 October 1997, section E.
Brunei," Cities of the World Volume 4: Asia, the Pacific, and the Asiatic Middle
East, Detroit: Gale, 1999.
China Daily, Qihua Hu, Isle Leader Told to Embrace Principle of One China,
URL: http://www.chinadaily.net/cndy/history/2000/05/d1-tw.509.html, accessed 9
May 2000.
Draine, Cathie, and Barbara Hall, Culture Shock! Indonesia, Singapore, Times
Edition, 1986.
Lemco, Jonathan, and Scott B. Macdonald, "Is the Asian Financial Crisis Over?"
Current History, Vol. 98, No. 632, December 1999.
Shaw, Brian, "Bhutan," in Brian Jeffries (Editor), All-Asia Guide, 14th Edition,
Hong Kong: Far Eastern Economic Review, 1986.
Shim Jae Hoon, "Summit Lifeline: A Landmark North-South Meeting is Planned
as the North Seeks Help for its Sinking Economy," Far Eastern Economic
Review, Vol. 163, No. 16, 20 April 2000.
The World Bank, The East Asian Miracle: Economic Growth and Public Policy, A
World Bank Policy Research Report, New York, Oxford University Press, 1993.
UNEP, State of the Environment, China '97 - Biodiversity - State, URL:
http://svr1-pek.unep.net/soechina/biod/biods.htm, updated 24 August 1998.

Note: Please refer to the lecturer for any assistance.

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Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the act of using the idea or
words of another person as your own. It
is considered stealing. No credit can be
given for work which is not your own.
Acknowledge all sources of ideas and
expressions, even if you have used your own
words. Borrowing, whether in the form of a
direct quotation or paraphrase, must be
indicated using footnotes or in-text citations.
Plagiarism may take several forms:
a) Failure to cite sources properly may
be considered plagiarism. This
could include quotations, ideas,
and wording used from another
source but not acknowledged.
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b) Borrowed,
purchased,
and/or
ghostwritten papers are considered
plagiarism, as it is submitting ones
own work for more than one
course without the permission of
the instructor(s) involved.
Plagiarism is a serious academic
offence. A plagiarized paper will
automatically be failed.

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