Category: Announcement

    Click on image to enlarge Panelists:       * Dr Awang Adek Hussin (Deputy Minister of Finance)    * Sivarasa Rasiah  (MP-Subang)    * Idris Jusoh  (Chairman, MARA; former MB, Terengganu)    * Dr Lim Teck Ghee (Professorial fellow, UCSI University)       Moderator: Prof. Chan Chee Khoon Dr Lim Teck Ghee: “The 10th Plan prolongs the… Continue reading The 10th Malaysia Plan: Policy, Politics and the New Economic Model

  Lebih setengah daripada golongan bumiputera di Sarawak tidak mempunyai kad pengenalan atau surat kerakyatan mahupun sijil kelahiran. Maka mereka-mereka ini tidak pernah mengundi. Pada masa kini, Sarawak mempunyai sejumlah 924,000 penghuni yang layak mengundi. Akan tetapi, Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya melaporkan bahawa seramai 470,000 orang masih tidak mendaftar sebagai pengundi. Justeru itu, walaupun pilihan raya… Continue reading ½Demokrasi, 2Bumiputera di S’wak

Joint statement of civil society on Jan 9, 2010 We civil society groups from different spiritual, cultural and ideological backgrounds condemn unconditionally in the strongest possible terms the arson against at least three churches following the controversy over the use of the word Allah.   We express our solidarity with  the Metro Tabernacle Church at… Continue reading Malaysia will not bow to acts of violence

  Foreword by Dr Lim Teck Ghee   Although more than 30 years have elapsed since the establishment of the National Culture Policy (NCP) in the early 1970s, the oppressive aspects of the policy have continued to exert a dominant influence over the way in which arts and culture policy is implemented in the country.… Continue reading Nurturing alternatives to officially approved arts

Multiethnic Malaysia: Past, Present and Future’ is now available. [See attached flyer.] Jointly published by UCSI University and SIRD, the book of some over 500 pages is edited by Lim Teck Ghee, Alberto Gomes and Azly Rahman. The editors have collated various perspectives from eminent historians, economists and sociologists such as Khoo Kay Kim, Terence… Continue reading Multiethnic Malaysia hits the bookshelves

 

  Scholarships for poor young Malaysians I will be providing scholarships to 50 poor students for the next academic year to study finance and accountancy in University TAR, Kampar, Perak. The scholarships will be given subject to the following conditions:- The applicant’s family combined income should not be more than Rm 2,000 per month. The… Continue reading Scholarship award offer

  Capt Yusof Ahmad, who ran the blog The Ancient Mariner, passed away last night. He was 64.

(also BUM2009 Organising Committee Chairman)   CPI is proud to be associate organiser of BUM2009   Kuala Lumpur, April 27, 2009: The Centre for Policy Initiatives is proud to be again associated for the second consecutive year in helping organise BUM2009 — marketed as the “Hap Bloggers Event of the Year 2009”.   BUM stands for Bloggers… Continue reading B.U.M 2009

  We welcome Mr William S W Lim on board as CPI columnist, starting with an inaugural titled “Let’s Get Real” on the subject of Eco-urbanism tomorrow. Presently mainly engaged as a visiting lecturer on the Asian circuit, Lim brings along a wealth of expertise and experience, especially in his field of specialisaton, i.e. architecture,… Continue reading Welcoming CPI’s new columnist: Introduction