PhDExpert, I have read your various posts and your comments about the local higher learning environment.

It is commendable that you're thinking of teaching locally but I do think you must prepare yourself for the culture shock. Yes, you are dismayed at the situation here regarding publication by lecturers, you want to work in a top flight uni environment and get your intellectual challenge, etc. Unfortunately, many places in Malaysia are not there yet. Academia in Malaysia is still a long way off from the overseas examples you quoted. It is changing though (albeit too slowly in my opinion). Anyway, the point is that the situation in Malaysia needs to be improved, but at the moment it is what it is. You will need to adapt to it otherwise you will be quite disappointed and eventually quit and teach overseas.