Water is essential for life. Frequent water disruption in Malaysia caused turbulence in daily lives and   livelihood of thousands Malaysian. The water operators in Malaysia are facing serious challenges to ensure consumers have continuous access to clean water and to ensure a sustainable water future. River pollution in Malaysia had been identified to be one of the causes of water crisis in Malaysia. Hence, a continuous monitoring system utilizing the concept of Internet of Things had been proposed in this paper. Agile model is used due to its simplicity. The water’s pH measurement, turbidity, temperature and flow can be measured and the reading will be sent to end-user. The sensors that detects the pH value, turbidity, temperature and flow measurement of a water sample will pass through the information to the Arduino, and the result will be shown on the mobile devices via an app called Blynk. This portable and comprehensive prototype is suitable to be used in Smart Cities where WiFi signals is available as the transmission medium.

This study aimed to explore the factor job preferences among youth in marginalized and non-marginalized in Sabah. Preferences job four dimensions identified in this study, namely communality, job comforts, job goals and self-realization. The study will also explore the different job preferences by demographic background, namely gender and multi-ethnic. A total of 5954 youths was involved, ranging from marginalized (N = 4107) and non-marginalized (N = 1847). The study found no significant differences in job preferences among marginalized and non-marginalized youth in Malaysia as a whole. However, job comforts show selected key factor in the youth as job preferences. For multi-ethnic difference that there were no significant differences for non-marginalized youth, but there are significant differences in the dimensions of self-realization for marginalized youth. The implications of this study are identified factor can contribute to the implementation of government policies to help young people get jobs.

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Loitering among urban youth is often linked with group activities that occur in public places without having any specific purposes. The activity is conducted together as a group among those who share the same values and ideologies. This article analyzes the involvement of prosocial and antisocial activities among 636 young people (423 loiterers and 213 non-loiterers), aged 13 to 25 years in at-risk areas in Kuala Lumpur. The purpose of this study is to compare the prosocial and antisocial behavior of at-risk young people premised by loitering and non-loitering behavior. The researchers compared loiterers and non-loiterers in terms of their levels of self-integrity that may contribute to prosocial and antisocial behaviors. The results showed that at-risk young people who had high levels of self-integrity had lower risk of getting involved in group loitering. On the other hand, the results also indicated that group loitering behavior led to antisocial behavior. In addition, there was no significant difference between loitering and non-loitering behavior in terms of the level of participation in prosocial community activities. This finding supports previous loitering literature which suggests that loitering behavior among young people will lead to risky behaviors. In order to prevent more at-risk young people getting involved in group loitering which may subsequently lead to antisocial behavior, positive youth development programs should focus on boosting young people’s self-integrity. Future studies could focus on the effect of loitering behavior in other at-risk setting in rural area

Social networking among blood donors is important in sustaining the intention to consistently donate blood on a voluntary basis. The interaction between blood donors who share the same interest might indirectly increase the possibility of blood donation in the future. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the role of social capital among blood donors as a moderator to understand the blood donors’ motivation and intention to donate. This study hypothesizes that Social Capital among Blood Donors (SCBD) increases motivational aspects (attitude, self-efficacy, subjective norms, anticipated regret, self-identity as blood donor, social awareness, and humanitarian) in blood donation. A number of 431 respondents, registered as blood donors at the National Blood Centre, Kuala Lumpur were recruited via random sampling. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaires. Results from correlation showed that all motivational aspects, except for subjective norm, were significantly correlated with the intention to donate blood. Meanwhile, results from the regression test reflected that forming social capital among blood donors could strengthen the blood donors’ attitude and the sense of social awareness, which in turn strengthen their intention to donate blood. This finding implies that blood donation campaigns need to highlight the aspect of social capital in the networking of blood donors, such as encouraging them to bring other people to donate blood. This could help to promote the significance of social capital among blood donors. Future researches need to pay attention to the role of social capital as a mechanism that influences the motivational aspects, which help to sustain the intention in volunteering activities. Abstrak Jaringan sosial penderma darah adalah penting bagi membantu mengekalkan konsistensi niat untuk menderma darah secara sukarela. Interaksi antara penderma darah yang berkongsi minat yang sama secara tidak langsung meningkatkan kemungkinan terhadap penglibatan menderma darah di masa depan. Oleh itu, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji peranan modal sosial dalam kalangan penderma darah sebagai moderator bagi memahami motivasi dan niat menderma darah. Kajian ini menjangkakan bahawa Modal Sosial Penderma Darah (MSPD) berupaya meningkatkan motivasi (sikap, efikasi diri, norma subjektif, jangkaan penyesalan, identiti sebagai penderma darah, keprihatinan sosial dan ihsan) untuk menderma darah. Seramai 431 penderma darah yang berdaftar di Pusat Darah Negara, Kuala Lumpur telah dikenalpasti sebagai responden berdasarkan persampelan rawak. Data dikumpul menggunakan soal selidik. Hasil analisis korelasi mendapati bahawa semua aspek motivasi mempunyai hubungan signifikan terhadap niat menderma darah, kecuali norma subjektif. Hasil analisis regresi pula mendapati bahawa modal sosial mengukuhkan sikap penderma darah dan keprihatinan sosial terhadap niat menderma darah. Dapatan kajian ini mencadangkan bahawa kempen pendermaan darah perlu mengukuhkan aspek modal sosial penderma darah, misalnya melalui galakan menderma darah terhadap individu lain dalam jaringan sosial penderma darah. Melalui usaha ini, ia akan dapat membantu mempromosikan kepentingan modal sosial dalam kalangan penderma darah. Kajian akan datang perlu memberi perhatian terhadap peranan modal sosial sebagai mekanisme yang mempengaruhi aspek motivasi yang membantu mengekalkan niat penglibatan dalam aktiviti sukarela. Kata kunci: Niat, menderma darah, modal sosial, sikap, jaringan sosial.