National University of Singapore
Faculty Of Law
Continuing Legal Education
GE2008 AND THE FUTURE OF MALAYSIA
17 October 2008, Friday
NUS, Faculty of Law
Convened by Associate Professor Tang Hang Wu
and Professor Michael Hor
It is beyond doubt that the Malaysian General Elections 2008 will be a watershed event in Malaysian history. Much analysis and commentary has already been offered on the possible reasons how and why the ruling coalition lost its two-thirds majority in Parliament, and control of 5 State governments – both for the first time in over 50 years of Independence. NUS Law School has gathered a distinguished and energetic panel of experts to gaze into the crystal ball to try to offer their view of how the various aspects of government – eg politics, economics, law, human rights, race relations – is likely to change in Malaysia in the future and to offer their opinion on what the lasting legacies of GE2008 will be.
PROGRAMME
REGISTRATION FEES
Normal Rate: S$85.60 per person (inclusive of 7% GST)
Free for NUS Law School staff and students **
NUS Staff (outside NUS Law School): S$21.40 per person ** (inclusive of 7% GST)
NUS Students (non-law students): S$10.70 per person ** (inclusive of 7% GST)
** Please RSVP by email clemail@nus.edu.sg and provide a copy of the matriculation card upon registration for verification.
I am worried. why would this kind of talk be allowed by the u-kno-who?
Oh, I know, the speaker may say things that are super ‘unbiased’. ;)
Wow.. at the rate they are charging, I doubt any non-law NUS students (aka the young) and the public (concerned citizens) will even turn up.
I strongly urge my Singaporean brothers and sisters to attend this one! Malaysia is experiencing democracy at its best and this is a great opportunity for you to experience the future of Malaysia :)
I understand that gov restrict foreigner from speaking in Hong Lim Park. Still it is expensive. Does the price include the Lee’s specialty, Mee Siam Mai Hum ? Maybe should price that lower. ($15-20 for public, > $50 seems prohibitive )
Wow, at this price, I really doubt many outside NUS will attend. Maybe NUS students can transcript what Anwar says or just make a recording to be put into Youtube. Look like the change has to be started from NUS, haha…
Where’s Dr Chee ? Is he going to visit Anwar at NUS ? That will be a good show. How can Anwar talk and share democracy without understanding what Singapore opp party facing ? I think having Anwar and Dr Chee and other opp party members, WP, SPP, (whatever P as long as not the one associating with $$$ and greed) together in QnA session will be great.
It’s timely to understand the dynamics of modern Malaysian politics in the 21st century.
Too expensive! I’m sure you don’t collect entrance fees for your ceramahs do you?
i’d like to go, but it’s a bit pricey. probably can hear them speak when i’m back in KL. haha
hmmm..
malaysia not bad…
at least win singapore le..
singapore,,we can:T lost…
battle..same as malaysia ba.
use vote. :)
Isn’t it ironic that NUS welcomes Malaysia opposition members on its ground while treating Singapore opposition members with disdain?
With the same note in an unrelated matter, isn’t it also ironic that DBS being a Singapore bank offers full compensation to Hong Kong investors over the minibonds issue while shunning Singapore investors?
What type of society are we?
According to the convenor, he invited representatives from the BN government to come to speak too, but all of them declined.
To play the devil’s advocate, NUS has invited local opposition members to speak as well at forums. During the last elections, the PS department held a forum where one PAP representative stood as a minority against representatives of other political parties. Recently, Dr. Chee was only disallowed from distributing phamplets, but was able to speak to students.
@Abi: Malaysian democracy at it’s best? Don’t be so quick to judge Malaysian democracy. While I do support democracy, it certainly is tumultuous and far from the institutions of civil liberties that build meaningful democracy, such as media freedom, freedom of association, legal recourse, etc. There’s a lot of work to be done.