Pakatan Harapan held its convention in Johor Bahru on May 17 to set the tone and direction for the coming general election. This series is a reflection on the political journey we have gone through together that allowed us to arrive at this juncture. In…
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝗸𝘆𝗮𝘁 Pakatan Harapan hosted its convention in Johor Bahru today on 17 May 2026. It is to determine the direction and next steps of the coalition as we approach the general election. Let me share some of the current political context…
I am delighted to join you at the 13th International Real Estate Symposium 2026 and to welcome you to Kuala Lumpur. This year’s theme, “Reshaping Real Estate: Innovations and Inclusivity in a Digital World,” reminds us the importance of innovation, which requires us to do…
I would like to give this presentation a title. I call this “The 2020s: Shaping the New Global Order From Asia”. We are now more than halfway past the current decade and this decade has shown to us that it is different from the preceding…
May I thank Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia (PIDM), together with the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) and the Asia-Pacific Regional Committee (APRC) for inviting me to speak at this important gathering of deposit insurers, resolution authorities and regulators from across the Asia‑Pacific region. Deposit…
May I thank the Royal Institute of Surveyors Malaysia for inviting me to officiate the National Real Estate Convention and to share a few thoughts on what the property sector could do to support nation-building in the context of the rapidly changing global economic order.…
In his book “As Empires Fell: The Life and Times of Lee Hau-Shik, the First Finance Minister of Malaya”, published during the Covid-19 pandemic, my friend Dr Ooi Kee Beng wrote that “(H.S. Lee’s signature) is the only non-Malay signature on the Treaty of Malaya…
May I thank Professor Duncan McCargo and the Global Asia Research Centre at Nanyang Technology University of Singapore, for inviting me to the “Asia Disruptors and Disruptions” conference. I truly enjoy the company of this very interesting group of scholars who, in my opinion, read…
The global energy crisis caused by the West Asia crisis as a result of the US-Israeli attacks on Iran which in turn forced the Islamic republic to close the Strait of Hormuz, despite a two-week ceasefire, may have lasting impacts on the global energy landscape.…
While the two-week ceasefire is a reprieve, the war is not over yet. The West Asia crisis – which only started less than two months ago on 28 February – is already moving towards a disruption as serious as the Covid-19 virus. The widely circulated…