Category Archives: Outside Malaysia

The Help

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Tricia

On foreign workers, particularly domestic workers, in Malaysia. First published in theSun on 10th February 2012. The Help Hollywood movie “The Help” tells the story of a young white journalist in the early 1960s who writes a controversial book about … Continue reading →

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Financial Outflows Hamper Growth

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Tricia

I wrote this in 2011, but today again we have the Global Financial Integrity report now stating Malaysia is the third highest in the world in terms of illicit financial outflows, and second only in Asia, and first in terms … Continue reading →

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Managing Plural Societies

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Tricia

In this article, I look at just how a consociational a democracy our country is, based on reflections of a dialogue session that I participated in at the Centre for Dialogue in Melbourne. A version of this was published in … Continue reading →

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Malaysian Lessons from Bolivia

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Tricia

Having worked on a documentary last year, I truly appreciate the worth of the visual medium now. Documentaries add great value to the study of politics as well, as the “Our Brand is Crisis” documentary shows. This was first published … Continue reading →

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Same rules of the game

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Tricia

In October 2011, the Occupy Wall Street movement was rife, infecting many other cities in the US and England. We had a similar movement, although ours started even before theirs began, interestingly enough. A version of this was published in … Continue reading →

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SG Elections: After The Workers’ Party Rally & Further Thoughts

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Tricia

SG Elections: After The Workers’ Party Rally & Further Thoughts First posted in LoyarBurok.com on 4th May 2011 LoyarBurokker Tricia continues her Singaporean political tour, ahead of their 16th general elections. This time she attends a Workers’ Party rally in … Continue reading →

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SG Elections: Thoughts After The SDP Rally

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Tricia

SG Elections: Thoughts After The SDP Rally First posted on LoyarBurok.com on 4th May 2011. LoyarBurokker and Malaysian election tourist Tricia finds herself in Singapore, ahead of their 16th general elections. She tells us why Singaporeans are saying the elections … Continue reading →

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World Cup Project: Gol?

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Tricia

Amir Muhammad and team always seem to have some project or other up their sleeve. I appreciate their creativity in a Malaysian society that is just too willing to go with the flow, without any initiative on new and fresh … 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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Obama Wins! Democrats in Tulsa

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Tricia

Jubilation at the Democratic Party Watch in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after Barack Obama is officially announced as the 44th Elected President of the United States of America 2008. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgB08iIXBYU] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3sdW2QZRL8]   The Republican and Democratic Party Watch environments were completely different. … Continue reading →

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