Bachelor of Economics (Honours) Degree, University of Malaya, Malaysia;
Master in Business Management, Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Phillipines.
Working Experience
Datuk Alias has had a long and remarkable career with the Government which began soon after his graduation from the University of Malaya as an Administration Trainee Officer in the Statistics Department. He subsequently joined the Prime Minister's Department as Administration Development Officer in 1970. Whilst still with the department, he completed his Master in Business Management course and assumed the position of Head of Department (Consultancy) at the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN) in 1975.
During the next 25 years with the Government, he rose through the ranks and has held various senior positions in several Ministries. Amongst them being, Deputy Director (Operations) in Public Services Department, Secretary (Administration and Services) in the Ministry of Works and Director of Industrial Development Division in the Ministry of Trade and Industry. He moved back to the Prime Minister's Department in 1990 as Cabinet Under-Secretary. In the year 2000, he was appointed Secretary General in the Ministry of Health, a post he held until his retirement in March 2004.
This book is the result of the author's many years of experience and observation throughout his 26 years in the stockbroking industry. It was written for general public to learn to invest based on facts and not on fantasies or hearsay....