Creating cyber-communities

WITH nearly 18,000 members, over 9,000 discussion threads and around 304,000 posts, the ReCom: The WorldWide Malaysian Students Network website (http://www.recom.org) is probably one of the most active websites on Malaysian education on the World Wide Web.

Started in 2003 by then University of Southern California, USA, students Syamsul Hani Hasran and Mohd Yusuf Abdul Hamid, the duo envisioned the website as a bridge between Malaysian students and the rest of the world.