In the wake of the momentous events of GE14, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute invited Dr Rosli Yaacob, Economic Adviser to the NGO Persatuan Anak Peneroka FELDA (ANAK) to outline some of the roots, consequences, and possible solutions to FELDA’s deepening financial malaise.
Floods have been Malaysia’s most frequent environmental disaster. Despite increasingly heavy public outlays by Malaysian authorities on flood management measures, inundations have increased in occurrence and severity in recent times. Against this background, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute invited Assistant Professor Fiona Clare Williamson (Singapore Management University) and Professor Chan Ngai Weng (Universiti Sains Malaysia) to present historical and contemporary perspectives on Malaysia’s flood problems.
In this 19th instalment of the Politics of Art in Southeast Asia seminar series, Ms Cheng Nien Yuan, PhD candidate at the University of Sydney’s Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, examined Singaporean Tan Pin Pin’s film In Time to Come (2017) against her broader oeuvre.
The unexpected results of Malaysia’s 14th General Elections (GE14) came as a shock to most experts. Mr Liew Chin Tong, however, is a notable exception. In April 2017, Mr Liew gave a talk at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute entitled “Black Swans in Malaysian Politics”.
Leo Suryadinata, who recently received a Cultural Award from Indonesia for this contribution to the study of Chinese Indonesians, shared his insight on Beijing’s new policy towards overseas Chinese and its implications on the ethnic Chinese in Indonesia, a democratic Muslim-majority country.
ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute invited Mr Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, a prominent entrepreneur and political figure in Indonesia, to speak about the future of Indonesia’s economy. Mr Sandiaga shared his optimism regarding the country’s economy despite some challenges that the country currently facing.
Professor Lockhart stressed the importance of understanding Thailand’s monarchy to any effort to understand the country. As an historian, his approach is to take an historical perspective.
ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute partners Temasek Foundation Connects to present “GLC Governance: Singapore’s Experience and Lessons for Vietnam’s SOE Reform”, a 5-day programme to share Singapore’s experience in managing its State-Owned Enterprises or what is commonly known in Singapore as government-linked companies (GLC) with our friends from Vietnam.
Peter Borschberg, former Associate Fellow at NSC and Associate Professor at the History department of the National University of Singapore, delivered a seminar titled “Portuguese and Dutch Records for Singapore before 1819”.
The seminar “Rights and reforms under Pakatan Harapan: Islam, Gender, Shariah in “New” Malaysia” was organised as part of the Malaysia in Transition Series, which looks at post GE-14 situation in the country. Two distinguished academics spoke at the seminar, moderated by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute Fellow Dr Norshahril Saat. About 60 participants attended the seminar.