IDEAS AND TUNKU'S SON

June 2012 No. 5 IDEAS welcomes YTM Tunku Dato’ Seri Ahmad Nerang ibni Almarhum Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj as Special Advisor by IDEAS. First published by IDEAS, June 25th 2012   Credit Image: IDEAS YTM Tunku Dato’ Seri Ahmad Nerang ibni Almarhum Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, the son of the nation’s founding father, has formally joined IDEAS as Special Advisor. Tunku Nerang and his wife Datin Seri Liliana have been long-standing supporters of IDEAS’ commitment to revive the vision of Almarhum Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra.   Read more INTERESTING READS   Dancing on cultural issues by Tunku ‘Abidin Muhriz Last year I attended a concert by the Negeri Sembilan Students’ Association at Universiti Putra Malaysia which included a memorable performance of nine long-barrelled drums ordered by size, accompanied by a gong and a flautist-singer. This was a Gordang Sambilan troupe, and I was told that these musicians were the incumbents from a lineage long based in a certain part of Selangor. Read more The myth of Cincinnatus by Keith Leong NO figure from antiquity was more revered than the Roman general Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (520BC – 430BC). A retired consul, he was called back in 458 to serve as dictator when the republic was under threat from foreign enemies. Cincinnatus defeated Rome’s foes and then promptly resigned the dictatorship, so eager was he to return home to harvest his crops. Read more Kenapa orang muda sinikal pada politik by Noor Amin Ahmad Ramai menisbahkan sikap orang muda yang melengahkan atau tidak mahu mendaftar sebagai pemilih sebagai petunjuk kurangnya kesedaran politik. Maka, ada cadangan mewajibkan pendaftaran automatik bagi sesiapa yang telah mencecah usia 21 tahun (iaitu usia layak mengundi di Malaysia). Read more V for Voting: Latest podcast IDEAS President, Tunku ‘Abidin Muhriz has been taking part in roundtable discussions for BFM’s V for Voting series with Tricia Yeoh and Ahmad Fuad Rahmat, a fellow at the Islamic Renaissance Front. Please click on the link to listen to the podcast. Read more NEWS & EVENTS   Promoting Market-Based Healthcare Training Workshop The popular view of healthcare is that it is a human right and a public good, and therefore should be both supplied and paid for by government, at no cost to the individual. For many commentators and policymakers, private provision of healthcare is seen as deeply inequitable and anti-poor. Read more IDEAS at the ASEAN conference on good governance IDEAS attended the Inaugural Conference of the ASEAN Coalition for Clean Governance organised by Penang Institute on 25 June 2012 in Penang. Read more Bengkel Perlembagaan dan PACA di Sri Aman Sarawak Pada 24 Jun 2012, IDEAS telah menganjurkan satu bengkel perlembagaan persekutuan dan pilihanraya di Hotel Mega Inn, Sri Aman, Sarawak. Sesi bengkel yang bermula pada pukul 10 pagi sehingga 5 petang ini disertai oleh seramai 37 aktivis politik PKR Batang Lupar. Read more Dr. Ferlito’s lecture on the European debt crisis at INTI International College Subang On the 28 June 2012, IDEAS Fellow, Dr. Carmelo Ferlito organised a lecture titled “The Causes of the European Debt Crisis” in Inti International College Subang. Around 100 students attended the lecture. Read more Discussion with former Chairman of the Election Commission Wan Saiful Wan Jan, chief executive of IDEAS, had an informal dinner discussion with Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman, former chairman of the Election Commission at Perdana Resort, Kota Bharu. Read more Know someone who may be interested in this? Forward it to them. GET UPDATED You're receiving this newsletter because you are subscribed to our mailing list. Don't want to receive these newsletters anymore? Manage your email preferences here, or unsubscribe. Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), D6, Taman Tunku, Bukit Tunku, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia