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The purpose of this paper is to examining the impact of government ownership on firm performance and leverage in Malaysia. In this paper, we examine governance mechanism and firm performance and leverage of 200 Malaysian firms over 5 year periods from 2005 - 2009. We use fixed effect panel regression model in predicting capital structure of Malaysian firms. We use two indicators as independent variables which are debt ratio and debt over equity ratios. This paper is to determine whether after controlling firm specific characteristics such as corporate governance, agency cost, growth, risk and profitability, government involvement will influence decision on debt policy of the firm. This study may enable the firms to make better decision on their external financing. The inverse association of leverage and profitability implies that the firms are able to get the required capital easily due to the higher level of profits. The existence of government support and backup also will ensure the level in the firms is at the controllable. Therefore, the findings will be able to add new knowledge to the corporate managers and policy makers especially on decision-making on capital structure.

The pandemic COVID-19 has transformed traditional face-to-face learning into online learning. Implementation of online education is vital to stop the spread of the virus. Nevertheless, despite the advantages offered by online learning, it also presents challenges to students living in rural areas. The present study aims to explore the insight of online learning among rural students. Therefore, this study explores qualitative insight to obtain in-depth knowledge of online learning in rural areas. This study conducted an online survey with 21 students in rural areas. The qualitative content analysis produced four relevant themes of online learning: easy-to-find information, internet disruption, lack of focus, and difficult understanding. This study contributes to online learning literature in a rural area context.

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