Mauritius Essays

SlickOil Pty Ltd was founded in the 1980s in Blacktown, New South Wales, but has now grown to become part of a global company. During its founding years it used to create several oil and lubricant products that provide specialised manufacturing solutions for specific heavy industries. But with globalization Slick Oil successfully started dealing with its niche market because of its excellent customer service and after sales support. (Sheridan, 2016) But because of some staff changes in senior management

structure at trial and appeals court levels without success. In Mauritius, we do not have ample case law related to the taxpayers’ right but in case of a dispute regarding taxation, the court should be able to censure any excessively high tax burden on citizens. Some rare case exist for instance when the NRPT was introduced. In 2010, the Court of Mauritius addressed the case of Marie Jean Nelson Mirbel and Others v The State of Mauritius, where as taxpayers and citizen, the appellants alleged that the

The justification of this study lies on two main reasons: Mauritius' relatively new in the e-commerce sector and the lack of real study in the Mauritian context.The research will also help in understanding the level of adoption of Ecommerce, identifying the different factors which affect or contribute to the success

1.1 Introduction Tourism, as one of the fastest developing sector in Mauritius, has seen a robust growth throughout the last decades. It is a major pillar of the local economy of Mauritius. Currently, tourists focus on the most popular attractions and critically compare the different tourists’ offers to plan their trips themselves or employ the services of tourist agencies. It can be observed that in general, all tourists have unique preferences pertaining to activities, food, special interests

information is also not present. A research by Panray, Noyensing et al., (2009 cited anon 2010, p2) said that in Mauritius there is no CRiSTAL, but existing conditions and their respective impacts/hazards are quantified as vulnerability. There is also a gap for the CVCA tool in Mauritius. Similarly, no information about the top-down modelling assessment and Bottom-up Threshold Analyses in Mauritius was

One of the main features of Mauritius is that it is a multi-cultural nation, although there seems to be a lack of knowledge regarding each other’s faith in general (Hossen-Gooljar, 2012). According to the 2011 census made by Statistics Mauritius, Hinduism is the major religion with 48.54%, followed by Christianity (predominantly Roman Catholic) at 31.70%, Islam 17.30% and Buddhism 0.43%

2.3.2 International debates and controversies on death penalty. Debates about capital punishment are an ongoing one and it is assumed that its use is a violation of Human Rights. Each country is bound by international treaties and among them is the International Covenant on Civil and Political rights. (International Bar Association, 2008) Robbins (1995) stated in a conference that imposing death penalty sentence has an economic impact and according to studies in the U.S.A, the cost of an execution

offence. A person advertising, publishing, printing, broadcasting, distributing information which proposes to trafficking by any means including the use of internet or other technology shall commit an offence. Any internet providers operating in Mauritius failing to report to the police any site on it server containing information which proposes to trafficking shall commit an offence. A person who benefits from the services of a victim of trafficking or allows another person to benefit from a victim

Nonetheless domestic abuse still affects women in our country, a survey was conducted by the department of SOS Femmes in Mauritius and Rodrigues in 1999. 300 people had participated in this survey and 84.3% were victims of physical abuse, 86% were abused psychologically and 55.3% of sexual abuse. This research proved that women are so blinded by cultural, religious systems and

.0 INTRODUCTION “You would not expect a scientific researcher inquiring into the cause of cot death to start his or her research without first reading about the findings of others cot death research” (Sunders 2003). 2.1 CHILD PROTECTION “Safety and security don’t just happen they are the results of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most valuable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.”(Nelson Mandela) As per the Interpretation and General

Zimbabwe and Botswana have faced instability because of frictions created in the veil of the Social Contract and by not being represented . This friction has weakened the Social Contract designed. 1.1 Social Contract Theory in Mauritius The constitutional framer of Mauritius has designed the constitution giving due respect to Rousseau Social Contract. This has been achieved through the Best Loser System (BLS), an aspect which makes our constitution and electoral system unique in the world. Over the

Mauritius being a developing country has also included inclusive education for children with disabilities in its education policy. This policy has the aim of providing equal opportunity of education; promote independence and social participation to all children with or without disabilities. From the statistical records of Mauritius an estimate of about 300-400 children with disability were registered in school in the year 2005 and 1862 were enrolled in year 2012. Although Mauritius has implemented

In Mauritius as well social media seems to be overtaking many employment spheres such as politics, education, and marketing among others. The internet and social media have now become a daily need for a major part of the population. After conducting the survey

However it is been hampered by the member countries lack of commitment and strong will and a deepening of the existing link to progress. EU is a good role model for COMESA, and Mauritius has a lot to gain in term of economic, environmental, financial and trade development. Regional integration can make governments adjust, increase negotiating power, enhance cooperation, and improve security. A whole new bloc of nation can be reconstructed

Andrea Cavalli Stone Historical Geology G11 21 November 2014 Life History of the Raphus Cucullatus The Raphus Cucullatus is the scientific name for the extinct animal also known as the Dodo Bird. This large, feathery bird lived in the Cenozoic era, but became extinct rather quickly due to many factors. In the 15th century, Wybrand Van Warwijck referred to the dodo bird by the name “Walgyogel,” when he was writing in his journal about his great discovery. The dodo bird’s name is unclear on how

The major cause of this change in labor was anti-slavery movements and finally the emancipation of all slaves. It caused the colonial powers to import contracted laborers from Asia. Most of the workers came from India and went to the island of Mauritius. (Document 4) Thousands of Asian Indian workers were needed because the quantity of work required to keep the plantations successful was massive. The work that could be provided by the natives was not nearly

establishment of a better, and fair society. In Mauritius, the Education Act of 1957 (amended in 1991, states in general terms, the right of education for all citizens. Mauritius is one of the rare African countries which has been able to achieve universal primary education as set out in the World Declaration on Education (UNESCO 1990). This small island in the Indian Ocean, which has always given education a very prominent place, is determined to make Mauritius a “republic fit for children…where every

Day Tsunami”,. The reason this is so scary is the fact that over 10 countries were affected by the tsunami. They were “Indonesia, Thailand, India, Sri-Lanka, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Maldives, Reunion Island (French), Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius, Somalia, Tanzania, Kenya, Oman, South Africa and Australia”. This was a copy and paste from the

5. CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 5.2 The Shareholder-Stakeholder debate There is no doubt that the shareholder and stakeholder theories are both dominant theories of corporate governance. Having already discussed the pros and cons of each theory, it is now important to analyse the debate arising to be able to determine which of the two will enable better corporate governance. First of all, it is important to highlight that this debate has emerged over the last decade and has always been a

Specific Objectives: • To identify and assess the formal social protection in Mauritius for old age persons. • To analyse if the social protection are effectively reaching the target groups. • The effectiveness of informal social protection than the formal social protection. Justification of the Study Mauritius has been experiencing large number of ageing population since past years which has been proved by the census report. The 2002 census