Prof Wang Gungwu, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of ISEAS, officially launched the Temasek History Research Centre on 2 August 2019.
This article was first published as ISEAS Commentary 2019/66, 2 August 2019 “Anwar’s “needs-based affirmative action” has noble intentions but flawed perspectives” by Lee Hwok-Aun and adapted for publication by Channel News Asia on 4 August 2019.
Dr Lee Hwok-Aun is Senior Fellow and Co-coordinator in the Malaysia Studies Programme of the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
2 AUGUST 2019, SINGAPORE: Renowned Historian, and Chairman, Board of Trustees of ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, Professor Wang Gungwu, officially launched the Temasek History Research Centre, this afternoon at an event witnessed by guests from academia, government, diplomatic community, culture and heritage sector, and media. The Centre will start with three programmes supported by Temasek Foundation.
This article was published by Asia Times on 30 July 2019 and quoted from ISEAS’ Trends in Southeast Asia 2019/2 Vietnam’s Industrialization Ambitions: The Case of Vingroup and the Automotive Industry by Dr Le Hong Hiep.
Dr Le Hong Hiep is Fellow with ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
This article was published by South China Morning Post on 31 July 2019.
Dr Michael Montesano is Coordinator of Thailand Studies Programme at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
In this seminar, Mr Daljit Singh provides an overview of the United States’ hardening stance against China and the implications for Southeast Asia.
This article was published by Nhan Dan on 26 July 2019.
HE Hoang Binh Quan, Chairman of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations visited ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute on 26 July 2019.
To read the article, click here. Picture – ISEAS Director Mr Choi Shing Kwok with HE Hoang Binh Quan
This article was first published as ISEAS Perspective 2019/56 “Remitting Desire: Trans-Pacific Migration, Returns and Imaginaries in Vietnam” and extracted for publication by South China Morning Post on 27 July 2019.
Dr Ivan Small is Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Studies at Central Connecticut State University.
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“Anwar’s “needs-based affirmative action” has noble intentions but flawed perspectives” by Lee Hwok-Aun
2019/66, 2 August 2019
Anwar Ibrahim recently reiterated his policy stance that Malaysia should move away from race-based policies and instead focus on needs-based policies that target the poor. He further called for this shift to be accelerated. However, these spectres of reform, while popular with segments of Malaysia and the international community, are flawed, misguided and unrealistic.