Saturday, 1 August 2009

The Number of Road Accidents, Casualties and Road Deaths by 1000 Population for Malaysia for Year 2000 to 2006.



The graph shows the fluctuations in the number of road accidents, casualties and road deaths by 1000 population for Malaysia for year 2000 to 2006.
The number of road accidents increased steadily from 10.8 cases in year 2000 to 12.8 cases in the year 2006. The highest number of the case was 12.8 in year 2004.

On top of that, the road casualties per 1000 population show a downward trend. The number decreased from 2.16 to 1.33 within the 6 years period. We would like to highlight the highest number of road casualties, which is 2.16 in year 2000; the lowest value is 1.33 in year 2006.

Besides that, the road deaths per 100 000 population shows decrement too. The number of fluctuates reduced from 25.9 in year 2009 to 24.0 in year 2002. Followed by was a slight incensement to 25.1 in year 2003. However, a downward trend again from 2003 to 2006 to reach its lowest number at 23.6 in year 2006.

We found that the number of road accidents, casualties and deaths by 1000 population for Malaysia didn’t altered much over the years, because the average number of road accidents is about 11.9 per 1000 population.

We predict that the number will still increase in the coming years due to some factors. For example, Malaysia is still a developing country. She lacks the technology automotive technique if compared to Japan and Russia. Next, it is not surprising that there have been many accidents involving buses. Many drivers are simply falling asleep easily, or they are just too tired be alert at all times.

Finally, we think Malaysia really need to improve the technology of automotive field, do that we can minimize the number of road accidents, casualties and road deaths in Malaysia. The government may set up more closed circuit television (CCTV) along the busy roads in big cities, such as Shah Alam because Selangor was marked the first rank in accident occurence among the 13 states of Malaysia.


Saturday, 25 July 2009

hair-combing ceremony

Millions of people around the world are still practising many, many custom of their particular religion because traditional custom hold some meaning to them. For example in marriage, we would do whatever it takes to make sure the marriage will be everlasting. Our group would like to blog about ‘Hair-Combing Ceremony’ which is also an important part in the Chinese’s pre-wedding.

So how do they comb?
The night before the wedding, the bride and groom will bathe or shower with water infused with some pomegranate leaves at their respective house. (The Chinese believe that these leaves will ward off evil.) Afterwards, each of them will put on a set of new clothing and shoes and get ready with the hair-combing ceremony. Good fortune women will conduct this ceremony for the bride and groom in their respective homes.

The good fortune women will bless them aloud as they sit in front of an open window with a visible moon or in front of the mirror and their hair needs to be combed four times. The truth is, the act of combing the bride's hair is to symbolize a long and lasting marriage. As she comb the hair she will usually say the following:
一梳梳到尾,(First combing, together all your lives)
二梳百年好合,(Second combing, to bring love and respect till old age)
三梳子孙满堂,(Third combing, blessed with many children and grandchildren)
四梳白发齐眉。(Fourth combing, blessed with longevity.)

The first combing symbolize the marriage will be perfect and everlasting, from beginning till the end of marriage. The second combing symbolizes the bride and bridegroom will have long-live, harmonious relationship from now till old age. The third combing signifies that they will fill their home with many children and grand children. Fourth combing summaries good wealth and a long-lasting marriage.