Merdeka Gathering |
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Malaysia Forum would like to invite you to a roundtable potluck gathering
in the lights the coming Merdeka day. The topic of
discussion, among other things, includes the issues
pertaining to the recent announcement of the "Agenda
Nasional Baru" - what it is about, how did we get
there and what would be the impact to all Malaysians.
| | WHEN: | 3-7pm, 28 Auguest 2005 (Sunday)
| | WHERE: | Omar's place
| | WHO: | Our host for the event,
Omar Khalid
| | RSVP: | Email
to get the address and direction to his house.
You can
also contact
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Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!
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Roundtable with Jeff Ooi |
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It is a our pleasure to introduce to you the most influential blogger
in Malaysia, Jeff Ooi. He will be joining us in a Malaysia Forum
roundtable discussion. We will discuss the topic of blogging. We will
learn about getting one's point across to a wide audience with
blogging, understand life of a blogger. Perhaps being inspired to blog
from all around the world as technology has shrunk the distance all
around the world.
| | WHEN: | 3-5pm, 9 July 2005 (Saturday)
| | WHERE: | Choon Ping's place
| | WHO: | Jeff Ooi
and our host for the event,
Choon Ping Chng
| | RSVP: | Email to get the address and direction to his house.
You can
also contact
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Light refreshment will be served.
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MF in New York:
Gomez and Higher Education |
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| WHEN: | 6pm, 25 June 2005 (Saturday)
| | WHERE: | Malaysian Village Restaurant
1 Doyers Street
| | WHAT: | - Makan throughout
- Introductions
- What is MF?
- Higher education discussion
| WHO: | Our guests for the evening are
Dr. Azly
Rahman and Dr. Mutiara
Mohamed, UUM lecturers who are on leave at Columbia. Dr.
Azly is
also a Malaysiakini columnist. Nick Choo and
Charis Quay will
present the 'What is MF?' bit.
| | RSVP: | If you plan to come, please let
know so that we can get
you the reading packet and also make a reservation for the correct
number of people.
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Malaysia Forum
Conference 2005 |
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A meet-up with... |
| 4 Malaysian Film Directors |
Amir Muhammad
The Big Durian(2003), Tokyo Magic Hours(2005)
Deepak Kumaran Menon
Chemman Chaalai/The Gravel Rood (2004)
Saw Teong Hin
Puteri Gunung Ledang (2004)
Woo Ming Jin
Lampu Merah Mati/Monday Morning Glory(2005)
Malaysia Forum presents a panel discussion on films and how Malaysians
see themselves.
| Date: | Saturday, April 30, 2005
| | Place: | Lyman TV Room (ground floor of Lyman Residence Hall, Stanford
University).
| | Program: | 12:30 - 2:00pm Film screening:
The Big Durian
2:00 - 4:00pm Panel discussion
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A meet-up with... |
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| Dr. Koh Tsu Koon |
| We are delighted to have the Chief Minister of Penang Dr. Koh Tsu
Koon meet with Malaysia Forum members. Dr. Koh will share stories on
how he got involved in public service, politics and his experiences in
serving the country, the state and the people. We can also keep
abreast of the current happenings in Malaysia. He may also talk about his
administration's interaction with civil society in Penang. Come grab
this rare opportunity to meet this remarkable person, join us in this
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Date: 3/20/2005 (Sunday)
Time: 2.00-4.00pm
Venue: Lyman TV Room, Stanford University (121 Campus Drive,
Stanford, CA 94305) map
Host: Theen Theen Tan
Contacts:
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Light refreshments will be served
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Special Film Screening
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We hope that this event will bring together MF old-timers
as well as those interested to know what the Forum is all about.
Quality snacks and drinks will be served
Some other pointers about the film
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AH KEW THE DIGGER
starring Lee Eng Kew |
When: Friday, Jan 28 2005, 8pm
Where: Mountain View, CA
How: To RSVP, and get the venue/direction, email
Something about the film
This highly-acclaimed file tells the true story of a self-taught
field historian by the name of Lee Eng Kew, whose research methodology is
unique. By studying the biographical engravings found on the tombstones of
lcoal figures, he forms a picture of their lives. Through this connection
with the past, he comes to understand the history of Taiping and its
vicinities.
"Ah Kew The Digger vividly recalls a time when people, instead of
waiting for hand-outs, carved themselves into the landscape, carved the
landscape around them." -- Pang Kee Teik, kakiseni.com
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Malaysia Forum 2 Brainstorm Session
Date:
12/09/04 (Thursday)
Time:
7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue:
Niny's Apartment
in Mountain View.
(Please RSVP Sim to
get directions)
Transportation:
If you need a lift, please
let
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know.
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Stanford Malaysia Forum is embarking another voyage to organize Malaysia Forum
2. We believe that building a civil society requires participation from the masses,
which include each and everyone of us. Therefore, we would like to
invite you to join us in this endeavor. It is through participation and
learning that we will grow the most.
Brainstorm topics:
- Why do we want to organize Malaysia Forum 2?
- What can we do in this second forum?
- How can we achieve our goals?
Please RSVP with
so that we know who is coming. Thank you!
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Stanford Malaysia Forum would like to welcome
the new students for fall 2004 in the Bay Area!
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A meet-up with John Pang
Date:
9/30/04 (Thursday)
Time:
7.00pm
Venue:
Charis's Apartment
(Please RSVP her to get address)
Topic of discussion:
Education / ICT Policies in Malaysia.
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Malaysia Forum is proudly organizing another gathering with an
outstanding Malaysian. He has close ties with the Bay Area. He is a
stanford researcher. He is one of the Malaysia Forum founder too.
After going back to Malaysia, he joined the Ministry of Education and become
the special officer for the Ministry of Education. His main task is to
advise Education Minister Hisamuddin Tun Hussein Onn. Now, he is an
important person who formulate and implement many of our important education
policies.
Malaysia Forum would like to welcome John Pang.
This is a gathering where old friends and new friends meet together.
We treasure the old relationship and we welcome new friendship. Light
snacks will be served. (Please have dinner before coming).
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Important! This event is in Los Angeles. (The next one is at Bay Area)
Merdeka Day - "Sessi Suai Kenal"
Location: USC
(University of Southern California)
Taper Hall of Humanity (THH) (room TBA)
Date: Sunday, August 29, 2004
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Time: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm (with break between 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm)
Directions to USC and
Map of USC
Contact: Please contact Syamsul.
Syamsul says:
From the 110 Northbound
Exit Adams
Take a left onto Adams
Take a left onto Figueroa (south)
Pass Jefferson and turn right into Gate 3
Park in the parking structure to the left, there is a $6 charge |
From the 110 Southbound
Exit Adams
Go straight, you'll hit Figueroa, take a right (south)
Pass Adams
Pass Jefferson and turn right into Gate 3
Park in the parking structure to the left, there is a $6 charge |
After you park
Once you've parked exit the parking structure the way you came in, and
turn left (i.e. away from the gate). Walk along the path and you'll be
walking toward three buildings. The one slightly to the left of the end
of the path is VKC, it has red brick, and a tall tower on top of the
building with a large golden globe on the top of the tower. On the
right of VKC is SOS, it's very short, and to the right of that is a
very tall building. Right behind these buildings is THH (Taper Hall of
Humanities). This is the building you want. It's very long, and
L-shaped. Towards the right is an overhang and some glass doors, go in
there and follow the signs to the correct room. Rooms beginning with 1
are on ground level, rooms beginning with 2 are upstairs.
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* Merdeka Potluck *
Location: Abdullah's home
Date: Sunday, August 29, 2004
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5pm: Keropok and tidbits
6pm: Real food, introductions, discussion to begin immediately.
Topic of Discussion: We're reading a draft paper by a UKM professor entitled Malaysia Dilemma,
Malaysian Despair. Send us an e-mail to get a copy of it. Be prepared to discuss the following
questions.
- What is your ideal Malaysia? What are the values that we would like to see manifested in our society?
- How do we, in a realistic way, move towards a greater discussion and implementation of these values?
How do we get politicians to move beyond racial based politics?
- How do we create a system which is flexible enough to accommodate future values that might be found
of more importance?
- What are the greatest threats to Malaysia? What are possible solutions?
Abdullah says: Please RSVP what you're bringing. Halaal main dishes preferred and
bring senduk for your food. If you can't cook, come anyway.
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Planning Meeting [ Bay Area 2004-2005 ]
The Stanford Malaysia Forum will be having its Planning Meeting for the
upcoming academic year.
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- LA trip. Brief update from people who were there.
- Logistics for next year. Open positions:
- Treasurer, to keep track of money and help the president deal with Stanford red tape.
- Webmaster, to help Jiin Joo and eventually take over web-related functions. This is the main part of the meeting.
- Hosts for various events.
(If you cannot make the meeting, but are interested, e-mail
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- Merdeka celebration, to be held on the weekend before Merdeka. Discussion of details.
- New student recruitment. Ideas so far:
- Setting up a booth at GOALIE (the grad students' activities fair) and the corresponding one for undergrads.
- Many orgs set up booths in White Plaza the first week before school. This is a bit labour-intensive for an org our size.
- What is M@S planning? Perhaps we can conbine.
- Anything else?
- 'Research-based community'. Discussion of Syamsul's proposal.
- Possible dinner conversation:
Questions: Changing role of Islam in Malaysia? How is this influenced and
influenced by recent international events? 'What can we do?'
Interested? The meeting will be held at Charis's apt on 1 August 2004, 4pm-6pm,
and dinner will be after the meeting. RSVP if possible!
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Planning for Malaysia Forum IIWeekend Camp at Claremont Graduate University
Date: July 10 - 11
Time: 10 pm - 2 pm next day (tentative)
Location: CGU, Claremont (30 minutes drive from Los Angeles)
After having a successful Malaysia Forum event in Stanford
University a few months back, a few inspired students have
approached us to have similar dialogues and forums in the
vicinity of Los Angeles. In order to impart our knowledge and
experiences organizing such an event, we're planning to have an
overnight camp at Claremont Graduate University on the 10th and 11th
of July.
This is promised to be an enjoyable weekend, but
be warn, it'll be intense and fun! We'll be doing multiple rounds of group
discussions, brainstorms, sharing, debating, and not forgetting a
full night of games and food!
As we're trying to come up with the actual cost
of the meet up, we would like you to tell us if you're interested
in attending. We're not expecting a large group (20 is plenty) so
you'll get a chance to interact with everyone by the end of the
day.
Therefore, if you think you're interested in organizing the next Malaysia
Forum event, please send us an e-mail at . We'll be sending out another e-mail about details of the event only
to those who have responded (as well as our annoucement mailing list).
Program, Details and Pictures
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National Service
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We'll be having a small reading group discussion on the recently implemented National Service in
Malaysia. Please RSVP. Details as follows:
When: Sunday 9 May 2004, 6:00 PM
Where: Chee Hoi's house, San Jose
Food: Potluck style! Bring food, (again, halal please)
Reading:
Government,
Participants,
Observers,
Foreign Media.
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Homestyle Sunday Dinner with Elizabeth Wong
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Malaysia Forum welcomes a special guest from Malaysia this weekend. Miss
Elizabeth Wong, a prominent
figure in Malaysian civil society, will be in the Bay Area for a few days. After graduating from Australia, she
turned down lucrative corporate jobs to work for non-profit organizations in Malaysia. Idealism and determination
have driven her to work relentlessly for the poor and the powerless. She's currently the Secretary-General of our
National Human Rights Society (Hakam) and she will be giving a
talk in Stanford
on Monday (Apr 5, 12:00pm - 1:15pm).
Details as follows:
When: Sunday 4 April 2004, 7:00 PM
Where: Charis's apartment - please send e-mail to
for address.
Who: Our host is Charis. If you need a lift, let her know
too!
Food: Halal dinner (Mainly roti canai, curry chicken etc.) You're encouraged to contribute some dishes, snacks
or drinks.
Please RSVP - we're limiting to 25 person only!
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Celebrate Malaysian Democracy!
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Join us as we chat about the ups and downs of this past elections. In the true spirit of Malaysian democracy, we'll be having
a potluck! Details:
What: Post-Election Analysis Potluck
When: Sunday 21 March 2004, 6PM
Where: Charis's apartment - please send e-mail to
for address.
Who: Our host is Charis. If you need a lift, let her know too!
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The Post-Mahathir Malaysia
Civil Society at the Dawn of a New Era |
| Venue: |
Bechtel International Center
Stanford University
422 Lagunita Drive, Stanford CA 94305
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directions)
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| Date/Time: |
February 29, 2004 (Sunday)
12:00pm - 4:00pm |
| Speakers: |
Professor Donald K. Emmerson
South East Asia scholar, Senior Fellow,
Stanford Institute for International Studies
Professor Patricia Martinez
Islamic scholar, Senior Research Fellow,
Asia-Europe Institute, Universiti Malaya
Dr. M. Bakri Musa M.D.
Surgeon, Malaysian political observer, Writer
Professor Bridget Welsh [NEW]
Assistant Professor, Southeast Asia Studies,
Johns Hopkins University - SAIS
Speakers' background
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| Focus: |
- Race
- Religion
- Political Economy
- Education
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Are you coming as a Student living Outside the Bay Area? Do you know that you can apply for some
financial assistance? Check out the Students Sponsorship Application right away!
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More overview on topics of discussion. This will be a highly
interactive workshop. Participants will get both the benefit of listening to experts on Malaysia today and
expressing their concerns and ideas on the four main issues above.
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Program:
UPDATED |
11:30am - Registration Begins
12:15pm - Panel Introduction
12:30pm - Panel Discussion
01:45pm - Group Discussion: Each group given a specific topic (race, religion, poli-econs or education)
03:00pm - Group Presentation: Each group presents their findings, Q&A follows each topic of discussion
04:00pm - General Discussion (e.g. on hot topic of the day)
04:20pm - End of Forum
04:30pm - Adjourn for dinner at Lyman Commons (map)
(until as late as 8:30pm)
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| Abstract |
Malaysia, the meeting point of Asia's greatest cultures, has been a unique
country. Instead of a cultural melting pot, different cultures have been
coexisting harmoniously and races of different backgrounds have been
working closely to create a nation that they can be proud of.
The path since independence has not been smooth, many tough lessons have
been learnt and the current issues plaguing Malaysia are of global
concerns: the interactions of religion, race, politics and economic
development; and the antidote developed will have great impact in the
course of all mankind. Western model has seen successful example in the
East, however, how such model could be adopted in Malaysia where the
diversity and dynamic interactions of the diverse components have had no
parallel in the West?
This event, with Malaysian civil society in focus, aims to promote greater
understanding of the civil society, foster constructive discussions and
provide avenues for greater participation of interested parties. The
social issues that Malaysia faces are universal issues that can be better
understood through the varied experiences of the global community. We
therefore welcome all interested individuals and groups (regardless of
religion, ethnicity or nationality) to participate in this endeavor.
Refreshments will be served 
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| Donations |
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We thank you for your generosity in advance.
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