Articles: • Population Ageing and the Malaysia Chinese: Issues and Challenges / Chai Sen Tyng & Tengku Azizan Hamid • Skills Development and Job Satisfaction through Workplace Learning in Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises in Malaysia / Shamuni Kunjiapu & Ruhizan Mohamad Yasin • In-Service Teacher Training in Malaysian Chinese High Schools: Current Situation, Characteristics, and Issues /Wong Shwu Huey • The Early Maritime Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia: Ports, Routes and Communities / Wu Xiao An Reference Materials: • The Position of Chinese Women / Song Ong Siang Book Review: • Penang: Rites of Belonging in a Malaysia Chinese Community, by Jean Elizabeth DeBernardi; Hokkien Nursery Rhymes in Old Penang, compiled by Toh Teong Chuan (in Chinese) / Tan Ai Boay