Linkage between Public Policy, Green Technology and Green Products on Environmental Awareness in the Urban Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Md. Khaled Saifullah,Fatimah Binti Kari,Md. Arphan Ali 한국유통과학회 2017 한국유통과학회 학술대회 논문집 Vol.2017 No.-

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that have an impact on public policy, green products and technology in Kuala Lumpur, given government initiatives to boost the environment awareness. The data used in this study was collected by distribution questionnaires randomly in six areas of Kuala Lumpur and 400 respondents were interviewed. Based on a literature review, three hypotheses were stated and tested using structural equation modeling (SEM). SEM is a statistical analysis method that involved two or more variables in analyzing structural relationships among the variables. The SEM model shows that green products and government policies have a direct influence on environmental awareness. However, green technology does not have a direct influence on environmental awareness. Since, knowledge on green technology does not have a significant impact on raising environmental awareness among the public, a much more pragmatic awareness campaign needs to be put in place to use green technology as a part of modern living. The study suggests that the urban population needs to be more aware of the environmental issue as cities tend to have better infrastructure to raise public awareness on green issues. Moreover, the government should increase the environmental awareness among younger generation through workshops, seminars, campaigns, and pamphlets.

Linkage between Public Policy, Green Technology and Green Products on Environmental Awareness in the Urban Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Md. Khaled Saifullah,Fatimah Binti Kari,Md. Arphan Ali 한국유통과학회 2017 The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Busine Vol.4 No.2

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that have an impact on public policy, green products and technology in Kuala Lumpur, given government initiatives to boost the environment awareness. The data used in this study was collected by distribution questionnaires randomly in six areas of Kuala Lumpur and 400 respondents were interviewed. Based on a literature review, three hypotheses were stated and tested using structural equation modeling (SEM). SEM is a statistical analysis method that involved two or more variables in analyzing structural relationships among the variables. The SEM model shows that green products and government policies have a direct influence on environmental awareness. However, green technology does not have a direct influence on environmental awareness. Since, knowledge on green technology does not have a significant impact on raising environmental awareness among the public, a much more pragmatic awareness campaign needs to be put in place to use green technology as a part of modern living. The study suggests that the urban population needs to be more aware of the environmental issue as cities tend to have better infrastructure to raise public awareness on green issues. Moreover, the government should increase the environmental awareness among younger generation through workshops, seminars, campaigns, and pamphlets.

Effect of Enzymatic Bio-scouring on the Dyeability, Physicochemical, and Mechanical Properties of Jute Fabrics

Mohammad Mahbubul Hassan,Khaled Saifullah 한국섬유공학회 2019 Fibers and polymers Vol.20 No.3

Scouring is necessary for the loom state jute fabrics in order to make them suitable for dyeing and finishing byimproving their wettability by removing non-cellulosic matters from the fiber. Scouring is carried out at the boil with acocktail of caustic soda, detergent, and wetting agent, and the process is energy-intensive. In this work, bio-scouring of jute fabrics was carried out using four kinds of enzymes, Esperase 4.0T (protease), xylanase, and Alcalase 2.5 L (alkaline protease) in a combination with cellulase. The performance of scouring of jute fabrics scoured with various enzymes was evaluated by measuring their whiteness index, hydrophilicity, wettability, and dyeability, and was compared with jute fabrics scoured by the traditional alkali scouring method. The effect of bio-scouring on the weight loss and tensile strength loss was assessed. Of the enzymes investigated, the combined treatment with 50/50 mixture of Alcalase and cellulase provided the best performance in terms of improvement in whiteness index, hydrophilicity, wettability, and dyeability, but also caused the highest loss in tensile strength. The conventional alkali scouring caused higher weight and tensile strength loss compared to enzymatic scouring treatments investigated, but produced poor whiteness index and also poor color strength when the treated jute fabrics were dyed with a direct dye and two reactive dyes. The developed treatment could be used in industry as an ecofriendly bio-scouring process.

CO2 Emission, Energy Consumption and Economic Development: A Case of Bangladesh

Md. Zahidul Islam,Zaima Ahmed,Md. Khaled Saifullah,Syed Nayeemul Huda,Shamil M. Al-Islam 한국유통과학회 2017 The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Busine Vol.4 No.4

Environmental awareness and its relation to the development of economy has garnered increased attention in recent years. Researchers, over the years, have argued that sustainable development warrants for minimizing environmental degradation since one depends on the other. This study analyzes the relationship between environmental degradation (carbon emission taken as proxy for degradation), economic growth, total energy consumption and industrial production index growth in Bangladesh from year 1998 to 2013. This study uses Vector Autoregression (VAR) Model and variance decomposition of VAR to analyze the effect of these variables on carbon emission and vice-versa. The findings of VAR model suggest that industrial production and GDP per capita has significant relationship with carbon emission. Further analysis through variance decomposition shows carbon emission has consistent impact on industrial production over time, whereas, industrial production has high impact on emission in the short run which fades in the long run which is consistent with Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis. Carbon emission rising along with GDP per capita and at the same time having low impact in the long run on industrial index indicates there may be other sources of pollution introduced with the rise in income of the economy over time.

Subsidy Rationalisation for General Purpose Flour: Market and Economics Implications

Fatimah Binti Kari,Muhammad Mehedi Masud,Md. Khaled Saifullah 한국유통과학회 2017 The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Busine Vol.4 No.2

Subsidies are an instrumental policy making tool for many governments, but their importance depends on the market situation of the national economy. Efficient subsidy implementation would allow the government to correct market failure thereby aligning social and private costs and benefit. The general objective of this study is to justify the need to rationalise subsidies for food items such as flour. This study assessed the structure and conducts of the general purpose flour market in Malaysia; and analysed the impact of subsidies on market performance to recommend policies to increase market efficiency under the subsidy rationalisation program. To accomplish these objectives, the study adopted a microeconomics market analysis as well as the standard structure and performance analysis method. These two approaches showed the characteristics of an industry’s consumer behaviour, competition, as well as the efficiency associated with government regulatory policies on the flour industry. One of the biggest influences on the domestic market is related to the food consumption behaviour of the general population. Food consumption behaviour reflects global trends. As income rises, food trends tend to be consumed in processed form or in such a way that adds value in another manner such as the preparation of food products.

Subsidy Rationalisation for General Purpose Flour : Market and Economics Implications

Fatimah Binti Kari,Muhammad Mehedi Masud,Md. Khaled Saifullah 한국유통과학회 2017 한국유통과학회 학술대회 논문집 Vol.2017 No.-

Subsidies are an instrumental policy making tool for many governments, but their importance depends on the market situation of the national economy. Efficient subsidy implementation would allow the government to correct market failure thereby aligning social and private costs and benefit. The general objective of this study is to justify the need to rationalise subsidies for food items such as flour. This study assessed the structure and conducts of the general purpose flour market in Malaysia; and analysed the impact of subsidies on market performance to recommend policies to increase market efficiency under the subsidy rationalisation program. To accomplish these objectives, the study adopted a microeconomics market analysis as well as the standard structure and performance analysis method. These two approaches showed the characteristics of an industry’s consumer behaviour, competition, as well as the efficiency associated with government regulatory policies on the flour industry. One of the biggest influences on the domestic market is related to the food consumption behaviour of the general population. Food consumption behaviour reflects global trends. As income rises, food trends tend to be consumed in processed form or in such a way that adds value in another manner such as the preparation of food products.

How Productive Are Life Insurance Institutions in Malaysia? A Malmquist Approach

Muhammad Mehedi Masud,Md. Sohel Rana,Md Aslam Mia,Md. Khaled Saifullah 한국유통과학회 2019 The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Busine Vol.6 No.1

The purpose of this study is to investigate empirical evidences of productivity of life insurance institutions in Malaysia. Therefore, this study attempts to explore the productivity of the life insurance institutions in Malaysia. The overall findings show that the total factor productivity (TFP) has progressed by 2.5% per year during the study period from 2012 to 2016 in the Malaysian insurance industry. However, TFP change has declined from 2012 to 2015 and observed a negative growth in 2015-16 (3.3%). The highest productivity progress was documented during 2012-13 at a rate of 11.7% while the minimum productivity progress was during 2014-15 (only 0.2%). The results also indicate that the decomposition of TFP found that overall progress could mainly be attributed to technological change (TC). However, technical efficiency change (TEC) and pure technical efficiency change (PTE) have negative impact on TFP. The findings also show that most of the insurance companies have a steady growth. Therefore, this study will contribute new insights for the policy makers and insurance institutions to take appropriate steps in developing relevant policies for increasing productivity of insurance institutions in Malaysia