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MONTHLY LECTURE:
A MORNING WITH AUTHOR
CHUAH GUAT ENG
Wednesday, 4th June
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2nd June
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10.00am for 10.30am start
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Badan Warisan, 2 Jalan Stonor, 50450 Kuala Lumpur |
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RM 15 members, RM 25 non-members
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Chuah Guat Eng read English literature at University Malaya and German literature at Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, and has recently completed her doctorial thesis at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Most of Guat’s working life has been spent in the advertising industry, now she works part-time as a corporate communications consultant.
In 1994 Guat’s novel “Echoes of Silence” was published and was hailed as a “turning point in Malaysian literary history”. “Tales from Baram River” a collection of Sarawak folk stories for children was completed in 2001.
“Pandora’s Box” a monologue Guat wrote specially for the 1996 International Arts week has been performed in Kuala Lumpur and Pakistan.
“The Old House” - a collection of short stories written between 1992 and 2002 is Guat’s most recently published work. Numerous themes are explored through these stories including child abuse, hypocrisy, superstition and prejudice. Guat will read from the collection and will discuss these themes and life as an author in Malaysia.
Further insights can be found on Guat’s blog: http://chuahguateng.blogspot.com |
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TRAVEL TIPS - DISCOVER MALAYSIA:
No. 4
North Central and No. 5 Borneao
Thursday, 12th June
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9th June
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10:00am for 10:30am start
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National Museum Auditorium, Jalan Travers, KL |
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No Cost
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Today brings us the fourth and fifth episodes in the “DISCOVER MALAYSIA” series – join our guide, documentary filmmaker Michael Chick, as we continue this interesting journey exploring Malaysia. WE were forced to cancel the screening of episode 4 on 8 May as Michael was delayed in Indonesia and in fact we had no registrations for the event only a week before it was due to be held. Now is your chance to round off this interesting series before you disappear on summer holidays.
#4 Get lost in time while exploring cavemen drawings made by the ancestors of the Australian Aborigine. Live the life of a trishaw-maker while parading in the St. Anne's festival. Stop at a Dutch Fort, and visit the heartland of Malaysia. See how a RM10000 pillow is made after a shoe maker shares his trade secrets. This fourth instalment of Discover Malaysia rummages through forgotten trades and tradesmen and presents them unabashedly.
#5 From spying on head-hunter trophies to dancing in tune with the drone of bamboo dancers. Dive in the top five dive-sites of the world, after visiting a jungle alive with pit vipers. Climb the highest mountain in South East Asia and camp in a longhouse where the long-eared people reside. Celebrate the intoxicating Ghost Harvest festival, and visit the graves of the victims of Borneo's worst atrocities. This final instalment is the last leg of a 15,000 mile journey. Discover Malaysia presents Malaysia's finest hour in a world few know exist. Miss this, and you have not been to Malaysia. |
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THE INTEGRATION OF ETHNIC INDIANS IN
MALAYSIAN SOCIETY
and in particular
INTEGRATION OF INDIANS IN LOCAL POLITICS
Thursday, 19th June
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16th June |
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10:00am for 10:30am start
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Badan Warisan, 2 Jalan Stonor, 50450 Kuala Lumpur
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RM 15 members, RM 25 guests
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Ramanujan "Anuj" Nadadur is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School in Public and International Affairs. After graduating in June 2007, he was granted the J. William Fulbright Scholarship to spend ten months in Malaysia and study a topic of his choice - the integration of ethnic Indians in Malaysian society. The scholarship granted to Anuj was created in honour of Vijayashanker Paramsothy, a Malaysian student who lost his life in the September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre.
As part of Anuj's work in Malaysia, he has examined Malaysian politics and the relationship between the country's political system and the integration of ethnic Indians into the society. His thesis argues that while Malaysia has remained relatively stable for its fifty year history, the country's explicitly ethnic political system – where major political parties represent for an ethnic group (i.e. UMNO, MCA, MIC) – has not necessarily promoted integration and accommodation between ethnicities. Specifically, by continuing to identify its people as members of major groups and channelling society through this ethnic lens, the political system has deprived the Indian community of adequate representation. However, recent developments during the 1990s and the past decade indicate that Malaysia's body politic, and the country's Indian community in particular, have begun the call for an alternate more democratic and non ethnic politics.
Anuj will talk today about his research and present his thesis. This would not only include some remarks on Malaysian politics and the Indian community but also a summary of the history of Indian migration to this country.
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AFTERNOON TEA AT
CARCOSA SERI NEGARA
Thursday, 24th July
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21st July
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2:15pm for 2:30pm start
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Carcosa Seri Negara, Taman Tasik Perdana, KL 50480 |
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RM 70 - actual cost charged by Carcosa is RM 60++ which is equal to RM 69.30 so we have rounded for ease of payment - cost will be the same for members and guests on this occasion.
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We have a wonderful afternoon planned for those of you that will be in KL during the summer—afternoon tea at the Carcosa Seri Negara! The history of Carcosa Seri Negara is integral to the history and development of Malaysia.
In 1895, four Malay states were governed by hereditary Sultans with the ‘help’ of British advisors. Sir Frank Swettenham, the advisor to the Sultan of Perak suggested the four states form a single Federation. This was accepted by the Sultans and the British Foreign Office. Sir Frank was appointed the first Resident-General of the Federated Malay States.
Kuala Lumpur then, was a simple village inhabited mainly by Chinese tin miners. But Sir Frank had loved the site ever since 1888, when he visited a jungle area on the western outskirts. Feeling that the town needed a public area, he supervised the damming of a stream on that jungle site. The stream became a lake and the jungles became what is today the Lake Gardens.
In 1896, Sir Frank started constructing his official residence above the Lake Gardens. This was to become the Carcosa Seri Negara.
The Carcosa & Seri Negara buildings were built by Sir Frank Swettenham between the years of 1896 and 1904. From this time until the invasion by the Japanese in 1941 Seri Negara became the residence of the highest British representative to the Malay States.
We will be given a guided tour of Seri Negara (building on left as you go through the gates) followed by a delicious afternoon tea in the same building.
If you would like more information on Carcosa Seri Negara please visit their website at http://www.carcosa.com.my
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