Category Archives: Civil Society

Featured on BBC World Questions Panel

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Tricia

I was recently invited to be a panellist at the BBC World Questions programme, recorded live in a studio with an audience of 150 people in Kuala Lumpur. This programme has been conducted in over 100 countries around the world. … Continue reading →

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IDEAS Announces CEO Transition: Farewell and Welcome

Posted on August 12, 2024 by Tricia

This press statement was released by IDEAS on 12 August 2024 here. Kuala Lumpur, 12 August 2024: The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) announces that Dr Tricia Yeoh will be stepping down from her role as CEO at the … Continue reading →

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Why are Asian thinktankers pessimistic about the future?

Posted on November 8, 2023 by Tricia

This op-ed was first published on the On Think Tanks website here, on 17 October 2023. In the Think tank state of the sector report 2023, Asian thinktankers were pessimistic about the future. Political challenges appeared to be driving this pessimism, … Continue reading →

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Reporting on the Reporters (in August Man Magazine)

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Tricia

Thank you August Man Magazine for including me in its feature in conjunction with World Press Freedom Day on 3 May. The full piece can be found on its website here. They also kindly sent me a PDF version of … Continue reading →

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Approve an interim protocol for government to work with NGOs — Altaf Deviyati, Tricia Yeoh

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Tricia

First published in The Malay Mail on 31 March, here. MARCH 31 — As the novel cornavirus (Covid-19) continues to spread in an unpredictable manner it presents a growing risk to all stakeholders involved in food assistance, particularly in the … Continue reading →

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Live Covid-19 Resources Page

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Tricia

Hi! I will be updating a live page on Covid-19 resources on my website. Feel free to make use of it and share the documents and links. There is too much information floating around that I hope this will be … Continue reading →

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The Fall of the Corrupt

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Tricia

First published in theSun here, on 17 May 2018. IN Ayi Kwei Armah’s book, The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born, the protagonist is a civil servant who chooses not to take bribes for favours at the expense of his children’s education … Continue reading →

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A new civil society-political relationship?

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Tricia

First published in theSun on 1 March 2018 here. OVER the last few weeks, speculation has been rife that several prominent civil society leaders will be making the leap into active politics. This was first prompted by Wan Saiful Wan Jan’s … Continue reading →

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Independent Institutions Needed Now

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Tricia

First published in theSun on 15 February 2018, here. AS the nation gears itself up for the 14th general election, it is inevitable that political parties will try to woo their electorate with promises. And try they should, to display policies … Continue reading →

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A wider asset declaration scheme

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Tricia

First appeared in theSun here, on 23 November 2017. IT is encouraging that 30 opposition parliamentarians recently agreed to declare their assets under a programme initiated by PKR body Invoke, many declarations of which can already be downloaded by the public … Continue reading →

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