Category Archives: Selangor

Locating the Demos in Democracy

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Tricia

Hot off the press, the latest Penang Economic Monthly has my take on Local Council Elections. Go grab one off the stands today!  Locating the Demos in Democracy Local government elections were abolished by the Malaysian federal government in 1976 … Continue reading →

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Sustainable Cities: Environment Issues in Penang and Selangor

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Tricia

First Published in the Penang Economic Monthly, hmm.. either the February or March 2010 issue, I forget. One of those 😀  Sustainable Cities in Penang and Selangor: Are We?  (On Environmental and Sustainability Issues) Much has been said about the … Continue reading →

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CAT in action – Pakatan Rakyat States

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Tricia

First published in the Penang Economic Monthly, February 2010 Issue.  CAT in Action: Competency, Accountability and Transparency in the Pakatan States Tricia Yeoh One of the electoral themes that took the now-governing Pakatan Rakyat states by storm was that of … Continue reading →

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Federal-State Relations in Malaysia

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Tricia

First published in the Penang Economic Monthly. Revisiting the Federalist System: Federal-State Relations in Malaysia Tricia Yeoh Although Malaysia is officially a federalism, over the years the central government has responded to the opposition by tightening their terms of power … Continue reading →

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Water management: Selangor can borrow buckets from Penang

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Tricia

Water management: Selangor can borrow buckets from Penang (First published in Penang Monthly’s inaugural issue in December 2009). The new political situation in Malaysia means greater diversity in how problems are perceived and how they can be solved. Policy competition … 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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