When will we ever learn? Has Malaysia learnt the correct lessons from past crises? Public Lecture by the well-known public intellectual, Dr Jomo Kwame Sundaram of the United Nations’ Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Dear Friends,
Strategic Information and Research Development Centre and Youth for Change (Y4C) cordially invite you to a Public Lecture by the well-known public intellectual, Dr Jomo Kwame Sundaram of the United Nations’ Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Details of the lecture are as follows:
Title: When will we ever learn? Has Malaysia learnt the correct lessons from past crises?
Date: Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Hotel Singgahsana, Persiaran Barat, off Jalan Sultan, 46760 Petaling Jaya (next to Taman Jaya LRT Station) Admission: FREE
The Topic The world is still struggling to emerge from the longest and deepest financial crisis in six decades. For every piece of optimistic news about recovery there are stories of setbacks and worsening downturns. Asia has been here before. A decade ago, the Asian financial crisis swept across the region. It not only prompted some rethinking of how to ‘manage’ financial crises but also stimulated some serious rethinking about the character of the development model in Asia. Lessons were learnt and new policy and institutional frameworks were put into place. But the severity of the current crisis begs a question: did politicians and policymakers really learn the right lessons from ten years ago? This is the burning question that is addressed in Jomo’s important public talk.
The Speaker Jomo is one of the world’s leading thinkers on questions of development — not just development economics but also the policy commitments and institutional frameworks for international cooperation that are necessary to deliver both reform and sustainability. From his position at the United Nations he is able to shape debates and influence their outcomes. At the same time, he remains profoundly committed to building longstanding solutions to the most pressing problems that face the world today – environmental degradation and climate change, financial disorder and continuing uneven development. Come and listen to him offer important reflections on what has gone wrong and what might be done to advance a progressive agenda. Feel free to circulate this invitation and notice to your colleagues and friends.
延长扣留举动不可理喻，警方专业背受质疑
针对两名学运份子王泽钦及叶兴隆，因在昨晚进入马大校园会见友人，却遭马大校园保安人员，举报他们擅自闯入，并被警方扣留过夜的事件，动力青年（Y4C）认为警方要求延长扣留的举动简直不可理喻，其专业严重背受质疑。
根据报道，这两名学运份子是在马大校园会见友人，保安人员随后在王泽钦的摩多寻获一份欲提呈给首相纳吉的备忘录，因此怀疑两人有意搞抗议，结果就举报二人，完全没有给予他们任何解释的机会。
动力青年认为，校方援引刑事法典447条文控诉两人擅自闯入的举报让人啼笑皆非，因为马大校园是主要衔接八打灵与巴生谷的捷径路线，雪隆一带的公众人士几乎每天使用这条捷径穿行其间。何况两人被保安人员质问时，其实停在路旁修理摩托车，完全没有任何破坏校园的动机。
让人更难理解的是，据两人的代表律师拉兹兰（Mohd Radzlan bin Jalarudin），警方今早向推事庭申请延扣4天调查此案，不过推事拉兹曼（Razman）最后只批准了2天的延长扣留。警方口口声声说两人不肯给予合作，另一边厢却不肯让两人在代表律师陪同下录取口供，是违反了当事人的基本权益。警方这种不专业，任意扣留的办案手法着实让人不敢恭维。
首相纳吉上星期刚在上任100天集会上，宣布未来施政重点的6个关键领域以及11项利民措施，其中防范罪案及肃贪是打头阵的两个关键领域。然而，倘若警方继续沿用这种背受质疑的专业态度来处理事情，将让百姓对我国警力的信心大大打折。
动力青年呼吁警方马上无条件释放两人，否则这个案件将让首相赋予重任的警界蒙上污点，也将成为大马人茶余饭后的笑柄。马大校方更该马上撤销对王泽钦与叶兴隆的举报，立刻停止这场闹剧。
Merdeka Center poll: Youth well informed but politically disconnected
KUALA LUMPUR, 30th June 2009 – Malaysian youth in general seem to be well informed on current issues but they remain politically disconnected as found in a nationwide opinion poll released today.
The poll also found out that the youth of Malaysia feel that government decisions have a lot of impact in their daily lives but there is little that their votes can do to influence the government.
The opinion poll, National Youth Survey 2008, was conducted by the Merdeka Center for Opinion Research, with funding support from The Asia Foundation, to gauge youth perceptions of lifestyle, current issues, values, politics, and their own levels of civic and social involvement.
The poll was carried out between 13th November and 9th December 2008 and a total of 2,518 randomly selected Malaysian youth between the age of 20 and 35 years old were interviewed by telephone. Respondents were selected on the basis of random stratified sampling along the national population profile and specifically proportional to gender, ethnicity and state of residence.
News release – download
Poll report – download
KONVENSYEN AGENDA PEMBANGUNAN BELIA SELANGOR 2-4 JUN
KENYATAAN MEDIA
KONVENSYEN AGENDA PEMBANGUNAN BELIA SELANGOR 2-4 JUN
SHAH ALAM, 01 Jun 2009 – Kerajaan Negeri Selangor mengorak langkah proaktif dengan mengadakan Konvensyen Agenda Pembangunan Belia Negeri Selangor pada 2-4 Jun 2009 dengan majlis penutup pada 6 Jun 2009.
Program berbentuk forum selama tiga hari dengan dua forum setiap hari ini terbuka kepada orang awam khususnya golongan belia. Hasil perbincangan di konvensyen pada 2-4 Jun ini akan digarap dan dirumuskan untuk menjadi asas panduan kepada program-program pembangunan belia oleh Kerajaan Negeri Selangor.
Peace Vigil In Unity for the liberty of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
SUARAM, Tenaganita, KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall and Youth 4 Change (Y4C) is organising a vigil that is part of an initiative of coordinated vigils by various groups in Southeast Asia. While we have our vigil for Aung San Suu Kyi in Malaysia, other groups in other countries in Southeast Asia will also be having vigils at the same time!
Please come with your friends to show solidarity for Aung San Suu Kyi – one of the greatest leader of peaceful resistance against oppression of our time – and the oppressed people of Burma.
You can also make your own posters and/or banners that shout of support for Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of Burma. Spread the word!
Details of the vigil
DATE: Sunday, 31 May 2009
TIME: 6.00pm
VENUE: Meet at entrance of KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, No. 1, Jalan Maharajalela
Dress code: Wear YELLOW and/or RED
Map: http://www.scah.org.my/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=261&forum=16&jump=1
Public transportation: Maharajalela Monorail Station stop
Facebook event link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=91404626058
This initiative of coordinated vigils in the region is organised by MARUAH (Singapore Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism).
Peace Vigil In Unity for the liberty of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
This vigil is part of an initiative of coordinated vigils organised by groups in Southeast Asia. While we have our vigil for Aung San Suu Kyi in Malaysia, other groups in other countries in Southeast Asia will also be having vigils at the same time.
Please come with your friends to show solidarity for Aung San Suu Kyi – one of the greatest leader of peaceful resistance against oppression of our time – and the oppressed people of Burma.
You can also make your own posters and/or banners.
Details of the vigil
DATE: Sunday, 31 May 2009
TIME: 6.30pm
VENUE: Meet at entrance of KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall
Dress code: Wear YELLOW and/or RED
Local organisers are Tenaganita, SUARAM, Youth 4 Change (Y4C) and the Civil Rights Committee of the KL Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall.
Background:
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who won the democratically-held elections in 1990, has been under house arrest for almost two decades. On 18th May 2009, she was charged with breaching the terms of her house arrest by hosting an unauthorized visitor after an American man swam uninvited to her compound and refused to leave.
She has borne her trials with dignity. Yet they continue unabated. The world has honoured her with a Nobel Peace Prize and lobbied tirelessly for her freedom but there is a growing helplessness towards the situation as the Myanmar junta continues to keep her in detention without trial.
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‘Sampah Masyarakat’ Cleans Up Its Act
‘Sampah Masyarakat’ (initiated by a group of youth) aims to play a significant role in creating awareness to the general public. To lend a helping arm, Youth for Change endorsed them and hope everyone in this yahoogroup could help them to become volunteer on the event.
Event: ‘Sampah Masyarakat’
Date: 9th February 2009 (Mon)
Time: 6am – 7pm, 2 sessions (Break: 12pm – 3pm)
Volunteer: 100 ppl
Volunteer briefing: Thursday 9pm at TTDI Devi’s corner
