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World Health Organisation. (1986). Ottawa charter for health promotion. Ottawa: World Health
Organization/Health and Welfare Canada.
Zalilah, M. S., & Tham, B. L. (2002). Food security and child nutritional status among Orang
Asli (Temuan) households in Hulu Langat, Selangor. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 57, 36–50.
Dr. Muhammad Fuad Abdullah currently is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Business and
Management, University Technology Mara (UiTM), Raub Campus, Pahang. He graduated from
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur for his bachelor’s degree in economics, Master of
Development Studies (MDS) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D). His master’s dissertation is on the
Impact studies of the Agropolitan project in Sarawak and Sabah, Malaysia and PhD thesis is on the
MPI poverty measurement of Orang Asli communities in Terengganu. His research interest are
Economics, Development Studies, and Community Development.
Dr. Azmah Binti Haji Othman, Ph.D (Malaya), M.Phil. (Wales), M.Sc. (Wales) and B.Ec.
(Malaya) is currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Development Studies, Faculty of
Economics and Administration, University of Malaya. Formerly she was Deputy Dean for
Undergraduate and Postgraduate degree. She has 30 years experience in teaching, research, and
supervising students in areas related to economic development, economic growth, cooperative
movement, poverty alleviations, inequalities, agriculture, rural development and human traffickings. She have published papers on subjects related to Orang Asli and poverty, human trafficking,
cooperative development and performance, cooperative banking, climate change and aquaculture
development. She was appointed as the Consultative Council member by the Malaysia Cooperative
Society Commission, Malaysia from 2005 to 2019. She have contributed and presented papers on
the Malaysian cooperative at the EURISCE and ICA international cooperative research conferences and webinars sessions.
Dr. Rohana Jani is currently a Senior Research Fellow at Ungku Aziz Center for Development
Studies, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. She
holds a BSc (Mathematics) from Ohio University, Athens, USA; MSc in Statistics from West
Virginia University, USA and a Phd in Statistics from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
She has more than two decades of teaching experience in mathematics, statistics and data analysis.
Her areas of expertise include Statistical Data Analysis using Multivariate Techniques, Quantitative
Research Methodology, Market Research, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS)
applications. Migration of Human Capital (Brain-Drain); Capacity Building Among Youths:
Development of A Smoke Free Generation Towards Smoke Free Malaysia 2045, Border Security:
border security along the eastern coastal areas of Kudat and Sandakan Sabah, Malaysia; the
Financial Adequacy and Well-Being of University Malaya Students, Graduates Unemployment in
Malaysia, the Social and Economic Impact of covid-19 on deaf community in Malaysia, are some
of her current research projects.
Professor Dr. Juli Edo is currently the Director-General of the Department of Orang Asli
Development (JAKOA). Prior to this post, he was an academician from 1989 – 2017. He holds
Ph.D from the Australian National University, MPhil and BA from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
(UKM). His expertise is ethnography (Indigenous-Minority SEA), ethno-historical, and Orang
Asli Studies. He was Professor and Head of Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Faculty
of Arts and Social Science, University of Malaya. He has researched, written and published extensively on subjects related to the Indigenous minority population and Orang Asli in many refereed
Journals, book chapters and books.
M. F. Abdullah et al.
World Health Organisation. (1986). Ottawa charter for health promotion. Ottawa: World Health
Organization/Health and Welfare Canada.
Zalilah, M. S., & Tham, B. L. (2002). Food security and child nutritional status among Orang
Asli (Temuan) households in Hulu Langat, Selangor. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 57, 36–50.
Dr. Muhammad Fuad Abdullah currently is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Business and
Management, University Technology Mara (UiTM), Raub Campus, Pahang. He graduated from
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur for his bachelor’s degree in economics, Master of
Development Studies (MDS) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D). His master’s dissertation is on the
Impact studies of the Agropolitan project in Sarawak and Sabah, Malaysia and PhD thesis is on the
MPI poverty measurement of Orang Asli communities in Terengganu. His research interest are
Economics, Development Studies, and Community Development.
Dr. Azmah Binti Haji Othman, Ph.D (Malaya), M.Phil. (Wales), M.Sc. (Wales) and B.Ec.
(Malaya) is currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Development Studies, Faculty of
Economics and Administration, University of Malaya. Formerly she was Deputy Dean for
Undergraduate and Postgraduate degree. She has 30 years experience in teaching, research, and
supervising students in areas related to economic development, economic growth, cooperative
movement, poverty alleviations, inequalities, agriculture, rural development and human traffickings. She have published papers on subjects related to Orang Asli and poverty, human trafficking,
cooperative development and performance, cooperative banking, climate change and aquaculture
development. She was appointed as the Consultative Council member by the Malaysia Cooperative
Society Commission, Malaysia from 2005 to 2019. She have contributed and presented papers on
the Malaysian cooperative at the EURISCE and ICA international cooperative research conferences and webinars sessions.
Dr. Rohana Jani is currently a Senior Research Fellow at Ungku Aziz Center for Development
Studies, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. She
holds a BSc (Mathematics) from Ohio University, Athens, USA; MSc in Statistics from West
Virginia University, USA and a Phd in Statistics from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
She has more than two decades of teaching experience in mathematics, statistics and data analysis.
Her areas of expertise include Statistical Data Analysis using Multivariate Techniques, Quantitative
Research Methodology, Market Research, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS)
applications. Migration of Human Capital (Brain-Drain); Capacity Building Among Youths:
Development of A Smoke Free Generation Towards Smoke Free Malaysia 2045, Border Security:
border security along the eastern coastal areas of Kudat and Sandakan Sabah, Malaysia; the
Financial Adequacy and Well-Being of University Malaya Students, Graduates Unemployment in
Malaysia, the Social and Economic Impact of covid-19 on deaf community in Malaysia, are some
of her current research projects.
Professor Dr. Juli Edo is currently the Director-General of the Department of Orang Asli
Development (JAKOA). Prior to this post, he was an academician from 1989 – 2017. He holds
Ph.D from the Australian National University, MPhil and BA from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
(UKM). His expertise is ethnography (Indigenous-Minority SEA), ethno-historical, and Orang
Asli Studies. He was Professor and Head of Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Faculty
of Arts and Social Science, University of Malaya. He has researched, written and published extensively on subjects related to the Indigenous minority population and Orang Asli in many refereed
Journals, book chapters and books.
M. F. Abdullah et al.