Monthly Archives: March 2013

Ensuring growth to ensure sustainability

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Tricia

Ensuring growth to ensure sustainability  (First published in the Penang Monthly’s March 2013 issue) Photograph: My Train Pix / Flickr While Singapore’s government tries to convince its citizens of the wisdom of its population plans, Malaysia suffers instead from the lack … Continue reading →

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Peaceful Transitions

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Tricia

Peaceful Transitions (theSun, 29th March 2013) PRIME MINISTER Datuk Seri Najib Razak said this week that a weak government owed to a reduced parliamentary majority would mean instability and uncertainty, in a bid for greater support for his Barisan Nasional coalition. Surely … Continue reading →

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Economic Management under Political Transition: Radio interview

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Tricia

I was invited to speak on inspire.fm (an online radio) on what transpired during Institut Rakyat’s inaugural event on “Economic Management under Political Transition”. This is what I said, which can be listened to here on their website. The synopsis of … Continue reading →

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Towards a New Malaysia

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Tricia

Towards a New Malaysia First published in Selangor Times on Friday, 15th March 2013 THE term “think tank” may evoke images of stuffy bespectacled researchers sitting behind desks towering with stacks of paper. And whilst it is true that the … Continue reading →

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The Elusive Election

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Tricia

The Elusive Election (from theSun, 8th March 2013) RESOLVING the water saga in Selangor epitomises the frustration of the nation in waiting for an election that is ever elusive – just round the corner, but yet never quite visible. The Selangor … Continue reading →

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