Author Archives: Tricia

Unfettered powers of the executive

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Tricia

Unfettered powers of the executive  (First published in Malaysiakini on 8th April 2009. This was a speech delivered to the UKEC 6th annual conference in London). Contrary to popular belief, I am not related to Michelle Yeoh, YTL or my … Continue reading →

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Dialogue between Selangor and the Orang Asli

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Tricia

The weekend was a busy one, and one of the mini-Everests we achieved was having an inaugural dialogue session between the Selangor Menteri Besar and the Orang Asli community in Selangor. I personally found it incredibly rewarding to be present … Continue reading →

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Selangor MB meets the Bloggers

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Tricia

It is interesting to observe the different takes that the bloggers took, on the recent “Dialogue with the Menteri Besar” on Sunday evening. You can view their reports of the event to get a holistic picture of what happened and … Continue reading →

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Water, Water Everywhere

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Tricia

“Water, Water Everywhere and not a drop to drink” is the quote most often in my head these days. No, I haven’t been obsessing about Coleridge’s “Ryme of the Ancient Mariner”, but have been rather involved in the water restructuring … Continue reading →

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Universal Periodic Review of Malaysia’s Human Rights

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Tricia

There is a team of people comprising NGOs who are right now in Geneva, Switzerland, attending the Universal Periodic Review which is organised by the United Nations Human Rights Council. Malaysia’s national report is also being presented there. The UPR … Continue reading →

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Selangor to take over Water Concessionaires’ Assets

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Tricia

I will be putting up the Selangor press statements on my blog. The first one here is on an issue that is really quite an urgent one: the restructuring of the Selangor state’s water industry. I hope people will understand … Continue reading →

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Launch of Open Budget Index

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Tricia

How transparent is our Malaysian National Budget?  While I was part of the CPPS, I conducted the country-level research on the Open Budget Initiative. This fed into an international index, which will be launched this Friday. The Open Budget Index will for … Continue reading →

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Selangor Girl

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Tricia

It has been almost one full month since I’ve taken a slight career shift. Some would know already that I decided to leave from my previous employment at the Centre for Public Policy Studies (CPPS) and move onto something different … Continue reading →

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What is a Nation?

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Tricia

Today’s column at the Nut Graph: What is a nation? 19 Nov 08 : 9.00AM By Tricia Yeoh MY recent trip to the US was to primarily observe their historic presidential election, but it triggered a deeper question about what … Continue reading →

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Bleak Times Ahead – CPPS forum

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Tricia

The Nut Graph, present at the recent CPPS forum, reported on it with a gloomy title (understandably so). Still, with all the pessimism coming up, one must still hold onto some glimmer of hope for self, family and country. Tighten … Continue reading →

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