Author Archives: Tricia

Happy Malaysia Day! (“Looking beyond race” in theSun)

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Tricia

My comment for theSun in commemoration of Malaysia Day was published today, which can be found here. In the article, I make a reference to 1Malaysia. It was meant to be sarcastic in nature, but unfortunately that little quip was … Continue reading →

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In Memory of Teoh Beng Hock

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Tricia

Much has already been said about the death of the late Mr. Teoh Beng Hock, political aide to Selangor State Government Exco member YB Ean Yong, and I understand the great anger and sadness being expressed by the public to … Continue reading →

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1Malaysia and all Reformist speeches all down the drain

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Tricia

This is Sivakumar being forcefully dragged out of the Speaker’s Seat from the Perak State Assembly House by the Police; before Zambry is put on the seat like a little puppet of BN (not like, but is) and Raja Nazrin … Continue reading →

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Reforming Institutions and Separation of Powers

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Tricia

I was invited to speak at the Perdana Leadership Foundation’s Discourse Series. The title of the day was “The Role of the Judiciary, Executive, Legislative and Constitutional Monarchy in the Governing of Malaysia”. Some people thought I was too oppositionist … Continue reading →

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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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