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Malaysian English News Decoded: A Linguistic Resource for Named Entity and Relation Extraction
Announce Type: replace Abstract: Standard English and Malaysian English exhibit notable differences, posing challenges for natural language processing (NLP) tasks on Malaysian English. Unfortunately, most of the existing datasets are mainly based on standard English and therefore inadequate for improving NLP tasks in Malaysian English. An experiment using state-of-the-art Named Entity Recognition (NER) solutions on Malaysian English news articles highlights that they cannot handle...
Slumping rupiah makes Indonesia irresistible for Malaysian tourists, shoppers
Slumping rupiah makes Indonesia irresistible for Malaysian tourists, shoppers The weak currency makes it a bargain for Malaysians seeking cheap holidays, with destinations like Bali in demand Melaka Tourism Association president Madelina Quah said the low rupiah presents an advantage for Malaysians travelling and shopping in Indonesia. “This will translate to cheaper holidays, shopping for weddings and buying of raw materials for imports against exports’ competitiveness,” she said. “Younger...
Bridging the Gap: Transfer Learning from English PLMs to Malaysian English
arXiv:2407.01374v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Malaysian English is a low resource creole language, where it carries the elements of Malay, Chinese, and Tamil languages, in addition to Standard English. Named Entity Recognition (NER) models underperform when capturing entities from Malaysian English text due to its distinctive morphosyntactic adaptations, semantic features and code-switching (mixing English and Malay). Considering these gaps, we introduce MENmBERT and MENBERT, a...
'Didn't eat for two weeks': Female hiker, 49, recounts ordeal of being lost in Malaysian jungle
'Didn't eat for two weeks': Female hiker, 49, recounts ordeal of being lost in Malaysian jungle Jaslinda Saludin was rescued on Saturday (Jun 6) by local villagers after going missing during an expedition to Gunung Batu Putih in Perak. TAPAH, Perak: A Malaysian hiker who was rescued on Saturday (Jun 6) after being reported missing for two weeks during an expedition in Perak said she survived without food, relying only on water she found in the forest. Jaslinda Saludin, 49, was among 14...
UK's EnQuest expands Malaysian presence with $833 million assets deal
UK's EnQuest expands Malaysian presence with $833 million assets deal June 10 : North Sea-focused oil producer EnQuest agreed on Wednesday to buy interests in four offshore contracts in Malaysia for up to $833 million from state-run Petronas, as the British company expands its South East Asian presence. The deal comes as EnQuest and other energy firms grapple with Britain's levies on energy profits, raising concerns around the competitiveness of North Sea producers and prompting the company...
Malaysian hiker missing for 2 weeks miraculously survives on forest berries
Jaslinda Saludin, the Malaysian hiker who went missing after descending Gunung Batu Putih mountain in Perak state’s Tapah two weeks ago, has been found and is now undergoing treatment. “Thank you to everyone involved, especially the police, Fire and Rescue Department personnel, NGOs, the Orang Asli (indigenous people) and all those who participated in the search operation,” said her husband, Haszman Othman, 61, who was full of gratitude over the successful rescue. He was met by the media at...
Malaysian state polls loom as Negeri Sembilan snap vote tests Anwar’s alliance
Advertisement Malaysian state polls loom as Negeri Sembilan snap vote tests Anwar’s alliance The state’s snap poll follows Johor’s dissolution, exposing local rivalries that could undermine the prime minister’s federal coalition 3-MIN READ3-MIN Listen Malaysia is heading into a run of state elections, including two triggered by early assembly dissolutions, after Negeri Sembilan became the latest state to call a snap poll amid fraying ties inside Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling...
Anger as Malaysian state leader shoots Eid cow with shotgun
Anger as Malaysian state leader shoots Eid cow with shotgun A viral 38-second clip of Perlis chief minister Abu Bakar Hamzah shooting a cow with a shotgun has sparked a police investigation Officers also seized nine rounds of buckshot ammunition and recorded Abu Bakar’s statement after a police report was lodged over the 38-second clip circulating online, Kangar police chief Yusharifuddin Mohd Yusop said on Saturday. While checks confirmed Abu Bakar held a valid firearms licence for the...
Malaysian Palm Oil Exports to Face Pressure From Indonesian Push
A truck carrying harvested palm oil tree fruits in Kulang, Johor, Malaysia. Photographer: Aparna Nori/Bloomberg