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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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

I talked to Reuters about my responses to Najib’s recent announcement about easing the 30% requirement for companies that want to list publicly on the stock exchange. When I said that he is a pragmatist, I meant that this decision … Continue reading →

My latest in The Nut Graph, where I drew parallels between the political landscape of both countries in Malaysia and the States. US-Malaysia political parallels 12 Nov 08 : 9.00AM By Tricia Yeoh –> BARACK Obama’s presidential victory has been … Continue reading →

Where will Malaysia stand in the next few years? This is from Singapore Business Times, something I’m not sure our local papers would report: KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 — Malaysia’s international reserve position shows a further US$7.4 billion decline to … Continue reading →

Barack Obama is the 44th President Elect of the United States of America. It was rather difficult to contain my excitement and happiness at this outcome, although I am after all supposed to be “independent”. A week ago today (how … Continue reading →