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Medical tourism and the state in Malaysia and Singapore by Leng, Chee Heng

“…A striking feature of the medical tourist industry that has developed in Asia since the late 1990s is the involvement of States in supporting the private…”
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Ergonomic Risk Factors of Work Processes in the Semiconductor Industry in Peninsular Malaysia by CHEE, Heng-Leng, RAMPAL, Krishna Gopal, CHANDRASAKARAN, Abherhame

“…A cross-sectional survey of semiconductor factories was conducted to identify the ergonomic risk factors in the work processes, the prevalence of body pain…”
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Commercially arranged marriage and the negotiation of citizenship rights among Vietnamese marriage migrants in multiracial Singapore by Yeoh, Brenda S.A., Leng, Chee Heng, Dung, Vu Thi Kieu

“…Globalization and increased mobilities have multiplied cross-border transactions not only in the economic sphere but have also a major impact on human…”
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Guest editors’ introduction to the special issue: Why is medical travel of concern to global social policy? by Chee Heng Leng, Whittaker, Andrea

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From Client to Matchmaker: Social Capital in the Making of Commercial Matchmaking Agents in Malaysia by Chee, Heng Leng, Yeoh, Brenda S.A., Vu, Thi Kieu Dung

“…In the last two decades, there has been a dramatic rise in international marriages in East and Southeast Asia. A large proportion of these have been between…”
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Perceptions of an 'international hospital' in Thailand by medical travel patients: cross-cultural tensions in a transnational space by Whittaker, Andrea, Chee, Heng Leng

“…The growing trade in patients seeking health care in other countries, or medical travel, is changing the forms and experiences of health care seeking and…”
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Moralities in international medical travel: moral logics in the narratives of Indonesian patients and locally-based facilitators in Malaysia by Chee, Heng Leng, Whittaker, Andrea

“…This paper views international medical travel through the lens of medical migrations and contextualises it within regional historical linkages. Drawing from…”
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Body mass index and factors related to overweight among women workers in electronic factories in Peninsular Malaysia by Chee, Heng-Leng, Kandiah, Mirnalini, Khalid, Maimunah, Shamsuddin, Khadijah, Jamaluddin, Jamilah, Nordin, Nor Anita Megat Mohd, Shuib, Rashidah, Osman, Intan

“…Factors related to overweight were examined in a cross-sectional survey that included 1612 women workers from 10 large electronics assembly factories in…”
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‘Flexible bio-citizenship’ and international medical travel: Transnational mobilities for care in Asia by Whittaker, Andrea, Leng, Chee Heng

“…International medical travel (IMT) challenges the notion of health care as a responsibility of a nation-state to its citizens, tied to the territory of a…”
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Nutritional assessment of pre-school children in rural villages of the family dynamics, lifestyles and nutrition study (1997-2001) I. Socio-economic status of households by Chee, Jr, Heng Leng, Khor, Geoklin, Arshad, Fatimah, Wanmuda, Wanabdulmanan, Shabdin, Ahmadaffendi, Abusamah, Asnarulkhadi, Abdullah, Rohani, Bidin, Sitijamilah, Emby, Zahid, Mohdmarjan, Zamaliah

“…This paper presents the socio-economic profile of households in the Family Dynamics Study (FDS) (1997-2001) and makes comparisons with the earlier Functional…”
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Family Social Reproduction: Conflict and Compromise in Cross-Border Marriages between Chinese Malaysian Men and Vietnamese Women by Leng, Chee Heng, Yeoh, Brenda S.A.

“…In this paper, we use the framework of family social reproduction to investigate care relationships within cross-border marriages in Malaysia. Examining the…”
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Transnational marriage migration and the negotiation of precarious pathways beyond partial citizenship in Singapore by Yeoh, Brenda S.A., Chee, Heng Leng, Anant, Rohini, Lam, Theodora

“…While mixed marriage can act as a 'facilitator of integration' for migrants, feminist scholars have argued that in Asia, pathways to citizenship for marriage…”
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Medical travel facilitators, private hospitals and international medical travel in assemblage by Chee, Heng Leng, Whittaker, Andrea, Por, Heong Hong

“…International medical travel may be viewed as an ‘assemblage’ of various components such as infrastructure, hospitals, finance, transport, technologies, staff,…”
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Sociality and transnational social space in the making of medical tourism: local actors and Indonesian patients in Malaysia by Chee, Heng Leng, Whittaker, Andrea, Por, Heong Hong

“…We investigate international medical travel between Indonesia and Malaysia through the conceptual lens of sociality, transnational social space and therapeutic…”
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Managing risk, making a match: brokers and the management of mobility in international marriage by Yeoh, Brenda Saw Ai, Chee, Heng Leng, Baey, Grace

“…In the last decade, while scholarly work on international marriages within East and Southeast Asia has increased, the role and significance of marriage brokers…”
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Regional circuits of international medical travel: Prescriptions of trust, cultural affinity and history by Whittaker, Andrea, Chee, Heng Leng, Por, Heong Hong

“…Intra‐regional medical travel by patients from Indonesia to Penang in Malaysia is embedded in and facilitated by regional circuits. Although such movement is…”
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Ties that bind, lines that divide: Bangladeshi labour migrants, Malaysian spouses, and the new contours of racialization by Chee, Heng Leng, Yeoh, Brenda S.A., Lai, Wan Teng

“…We investigate the racialization of a migrant "other" centred, not on phenotype, but on nationality, in the context of Malaysia, an ethnically diverse host…”
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Ownership, control, and contention: Challenges for the future of healthcare in Malaysia by CHEE, Heng Leng

“…The recent history of healthcare privatisation and corporatisation in Malaysia, an upper middle-income developing country, highlights the complicit role of the…”
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Global householding and the negotiation of intimate labour in commercially-matched international marriages between Vietnamese women and Singaporean men by Yeoh, Brenda S.A., Chee, Heng Leng, Vu, Thi Kieu Dung

“…In their work defining the concept of “intimate labor”, Boris and Parrenas (2010, p. 8) cautioned against moral panics about the “commodification of intimacy”…”
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Ownership, control, and contention : Challenges for the future of healthcare in Malaysia: Future health systems by CHEE HENG LENG

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