Youth for Change – Rethinking Malaysia NEP

Sometimes I wish the stupid bullet train can be built quickly so that can be in KL within 1 hour. You don’t get much of these things here in Singapore, JB or Batam.

Critical Thinking Series – Alternative courses regarding the New Economic Policy (NEP)
(based on the promotional language, I think the discussions are going to be in Malay…)
Organizer: Youth For Change (Y4C)

Organizing Partner: Humanity Library dan National Young Lawyer’s Committee (NYLC)

Time: 8:00pm – 10:00pm

Course Venue: Bar Council Auditorium (No. 13, 15 & 17 Leboh Pasar Besar, Kuala Lumpur)
There are 4 dates:

1) 11 Jan 2007 (Thursday)
Imagine Malaysia without NEP
Dr. Lim Teck Ghee (The now (in)famous Ex-Director of the Centre for Public Policy Studies ASLI)
Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim (Ex-Chief Executive Director of Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd and Permodalan Nasional Berhad)

2) 18 Jan 2007 (Thursday)
How does the academics view NEP?
Dr Dzukifli Ahmad (Director of PAS Research Center)
Prof. Rajah Rasiah (Professor of Technology and Innovation, University Malaya)

3) 25 Jan 2007 (Thursday)
NEP: better ethic relations or otherwise?
Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj (Malaysia Sosialist Party and Coalition Against Health Care Privatization)
* Datuk Mustafa Ali (PAS Commissioner, Terengganu)
* YB Datuk Zaid Ibrahim (Member of Parliment for Kota Bahru)

4) 6 Feb 2007 (Thursday)
Can NEP face the globalization challenge?
YB M. Kulasegaran (Member of Parliment for West Ipoh)
Sdr. Tian Chua (Information Chief, People’s Justice Party)
* Sdr. Martin Khor (Director, Third World Network)
* YB Datuk Kamaruddin Jaafar (Member of Parliment for Tumpat)
* YB Dato’ Shahrir Abdul Samad (Member of Parliment for Johor Bahru)
(* awaiting confirmation)

etc. Continue reading their post.

You will have to register to attend this forum. Get the registration form here. Bar council map from malaysianbar.org.my: