Wednesday, October 15, 2014

IDEAS the latest October issue

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FREEDOM CONVERSATION
 
Freedom Conversation
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The Proclamation of Independence of Malaysia states that the nation should ‘be for ever a sovereign democratic and independent state founded upon the principles of liberty and justice and ever seeking the welfare and happiness of its people and the maintenance of a just peace among all nations’. In saying this, the forefathers of the nation wanted Malaysia to be a place where freedom is celebrated, and in which a government will be established to guarantee that liberty is granted to each citizen.
 


INTERESTING READS

 
You will pay for everything
You will pay for everything
by Wan Saiful Wan Jan

The Prime Minister delivered his Budget Speech last Friday. The speech started very well. I like Dato Sri Najib Razak’s admission that “The biggest challenge I face in administering Malaysia … is how to balance between policies that are populist in nature as compared to those policies based on economic and financial imperatives.”



Do boarding schools cause more problems than they solve?
Do boarding schools cause more problems than they solve?
by Tamanna Patel

I recently returned from an insightful trip to the northern states of Kedah, Perlis and Penang. This was part of our study on the strengths and weaknesses of an initiative created to help primary school children from underprivileged families by putting them into a hostel facility. We interviewed the children and parents who took part in that initiative.


Open up the government
Open up the government
by Wan Saiful Wan Jan

The Administration and Diplomatic Officers (Pegawai Tadbir dan Diplomatik, PTD) Alumni Association held their international conference on 9th and 10th September in Kuala Lumpur. PTD officers are the pillar of Malaysian civil service. Not everyone in the civil service belongs to the PTD category and usually many top government posts, in Malaysia and abroad, are held by PTD officers.


Inspirations from Raja Aziz Addruse
Inspirations from Raja Aziz Addruse
by Tunku ‘Abidin Muhriz

Raja Aziz Addruse was best known for being elected thrice to the Presidency of the Bar Council, founding the country’s first human rights NGO, and dealing with profound constitutional issues. To me, he was also a family friend: I knew him only as Uncle Aziz and only later realised his role in fighting for our democracy.


Govt and civil society: The gap widens
Govt and civil society: The gap widens
by Tricia Yeoh

AN Asian civil society summit I attended in Jakarta recently discussed the often times tenuous relationship between government and civil society in countries within the region. Civil society in many of our neighbouring countries face great challenges. Lack of funding, accusations of being anti-nationalist, or worse, anti-government, imprisonment and sexual harassment were some examples cited by colleagues from India, Myanmar, Cambodia and elsewhere.


MEDIA

 
Krisis MB Selangor: Halatuju PAS dan Kecelaruan Pakatan
Krisis MB Selangor: Halatuju PAS dan Kecelaruan Pakatan

Ketua Eksekutif IDEAS, Wan Saiful ditemubual mengenai Krisis MB Selangor dan ketegangan antara PAS dan parti komponen Pakatan Rakyat yang lain.



IDEAS Video: Implikasi pungutan suara Scotland
IDEAS Video: Implikasi pungutan suara Scotland


 


Tolerance: The French Experience at BFM89.9
Tolerance: The French Experience at BFM89.9


On 24-25 September 2014, IDEAS hosted Valentine Zuber, Historian, Ecole Pratique des Haute Etudes and Yves Teyssier d’Orfeuil, Deputy Advisor for Religious Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France. They are experts on the history of secularism and religious freedom from the perspective of France. Below is the podcast of the interview with BFM’s Sharaad Kutan for Nightschool.


Small Govt & Equitable Treatment: Big Wishes for Budget 2015
Small Govt & Equitable Treatment: Big Wishes for Budget 2015


In this Pre-Budget 2015 Grille, Tricia Yeoh of IDEAS & Azlan Awang of Blindspot discuss fiscal consolidation, key issues like GST, subsidies, wages, disposable income, risk of capital flight, bloated civil service, the idea of Small Govt, worker competitiveness, stagnating salaries, Supplementary Budgets and meeting deficit targets.


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