Portal to the Malay world

From: New Straits Times | Date: June 27, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Suzieana Uda Nagu
New Straits Times
06-27-2004
Portal to the Malay world
Byline: Suzieana Uda Nagu
Edition: 2*

THE Malay world studies portal, which provides easy and speedy access to digital sources on the Malay world and civilisation, may well gain Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia's Institute of the Malay World and Civilisation a place on the world academic map. SUZIEANA UDA NAGU reports.

THE Malay world studies portal, developed five years ago by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia's Institute of the Malay World and Civilisation (or Atma, its Malay acronym), is steadily gaining fans locally and ...

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