Posted in Activities, Human Rights, Talks on Jun 18th, 2008 3 Comments »
Photo with Ashvin Raj, a friend from Facebook who attended the forum
The ISA Forum last night (17 June) was attended by about one hundred people. I don’t think the ayttendance correlated with the level of support for the issue. On the contrary, I can confidently say that a majority of Malaysians do not support the […]
Posted in Human Rights, Talks on Jun 17th, 2008 1 Comment »
I will be giving a talk in the forum on Internal Security Act (ISA) tonight (17 June 2008). The forum is organized by Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI), Civil Rights Committee and Bar Council’s Human Rights Committee. Other panelists include: Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan (President of Bar Council), Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh (Chairperson of GMI) and family […]
Posted in Politics, Talks, Visual on May 16th, 2008 3 Comments »
Last Thursday (15 May), I was invited by Astro Awani (Channel 501) to participate in the “Sudut Pandangan” program, hosted by Kamarul Bahrin Haron. The broadcast was live at 20:30hr.
On the same stage, purportedly my ‘opponent’, was Datuk Saifudin Abdullah. The new deputy minister for Entrepreneurial and Cooperative Development was once the chairperson of Malaysia […]
Posted in Activities, Party, Talks, Current Issues on Jan 6th, 2008 3 Comments »
The majority of Pantai Remis’ inhabitants are fisher folk. Some of them are small plantation holders. The parliament constituency is under the MP of Bruas Lim Keng Yeik who is also the Minister of Energy, Water and Communications. Despite being under the patronage of a minister and president of a BN party, the community remains […]
Posted in Activities, Party, Talks on Aug 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
I was thrilled to have received an invitation to give a ceramah in Pekan 27 July. It was organized by PAS Pekan division which wanted me to speak.
Well, this is not any pekan, but the Pekan with a capital “P”.
I thought it must be exciting to have a ceramah in Najib Razak’s hometown. I readily […]
Posted in Politics, Talks on Jul 8th, 2007 No Comments »
The video presents the book launching program on 1 July, held in Southern College Johor Baru.
The event witnessed the launch of two memoirs by two veteran Singapore’s politicians, Said Zahari and Huang Xin Fang.
The clip also includes segments of the speeches by Said and Lim Hock Siew.
Posted in Politics, Talks on May 21st, 2007 2 Comments »
I had been worried about what to say in a bloggers gathering on 19 May. The forum was called Embrace & Engage, sound cozy enough. Worse, we were told to compare the degree of press freedom under Dollah and DrM.
Nonetheless it was an honour to be invited to speak at the forum. I normally […]
Posted in Activities, Politics, Talks on Feb 7th, 2007 No Comments »
Shahrir Samad was the last speaker. In the end he attracted the most questions from the audience. Shahrir has often been perceived as a ‘rebel’ in Umno. He might be ‘liberal’ in certain issues, however Shahrir is a traditionalist when come to Umno basic tenets.
Throughout the night, Shahris played the role of chief apologist for […]
Posted in Activities, Talks on Feb 7th, 2007 No Comments »
Y4C (Youth for Change) had its last session of the Courses for Critical Thinking (Kursus Pemikiran Kritis) on New Economic Policy yesterday 6 February.
The final forum held in Bar Council Auditorium at 20:00hr 6 February, was titled ‘Adakah Dasar Ekonomi Baru mampu menghadapi globalisasi?’ (Does NEP have the ability to face challenges of globalization?). […]
Posted in Activities, Talks on Jan 18th, 2007 No Comments »
Public Forum “The Implications of Utusan-NST Merger: Challenges for Malaysian Media under Globalization”
Strategic Information and Research Development Center (SIRD) organized the public forum on the evening 17 January. It was held in the Selangor Chinese Assembly. Quite a number of ex-editors and journalists of TV3, Utusan Malaysia, New Straits Times and mainstream presses were among […]