Tun Sharifah Rodziah binti Syed Alwi Barakbah Born in 1920, Tun Sharifah Rodziah Binti Syed Alwi Barakbah was the daughter of Syed Alwi Barakbah of Alor Star. Tun Sharifah was also the younger sister of Syed Omar Barakbah, who turned out to be Tunku Abdul Rahman’s college mate when he was studying in London. Tun …
In March 2015, as part of our Oral History initiative, the Perdana Leadership Foundation had a conversation with Tan Sri Dato’ Utama Nor Mohamed Yakcop, the former Minister of Finance II for Malaysia and Special Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister who is now the Deputy Chairman of Khazanah Nasional and Chairman of Khazanah Research …
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Today would be the 114th birthday of the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra. Better known as the Father of Independence, Tunku was born on this date, 114 years ago in Alor Setar, the seventh prince of the Sultan of Kedah. He qualified as a lawyer, served in the Malayan Civil Service, …
A PLF Publication: Service and Governance Quality of Malaysian Local Authorities What is the relationship between service quality and trust at local government level? If your local council delivers high quality service to you, would it increase your trust in the local authorities? Well, the Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Dr. Teh Hong Piow Resident Fellow …
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41 years ago today, Malaysia lost one of its most prominent leaders. Tun Abdul Razak Hussein drew his last breath after several years of battling leukemia. He kept his illness a secret, one that only a handful of people knew about. His strong devotion to the country helped him to continue working with undiminished sacrifice …
Malaysia’s first Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, passed away on the 6th of December, 26 years ago. He was known as one of the key negotiators of our Independence and a leader who once said he was the “happiest Prime Minister in the world”. Sadly, this changed after the May 1969 riots. Check …
On 28th August 2016, the Perdana Leadership Foundation organized a Corporate Social Responsibility program at Pusat Jagaan Kanak-kanak Yatim/Miskin Rukaiyah, a privately-run, registered orphanage at Sg Merab, Kajang. The event was a combination of Perdana Leadership Foundation’s corporate social responsibility program and Perdana Library’s 19th Info Literacy Programme. Around 20 children and teenagers, from the …
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TUN DR. MAHATHIR SHEDS LIGHT ON THE HISTORY AND CURRENT STATE OF FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS IN MALAYSIA AT THE PERDANA DISCOURSE SERIES On 24th of August 2016, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad delivered a keynote address on Federal-State relations at the 20th Perdana Discourse Series themed “The Federal & the States: Federal-State Relations in Malaysia”, organized by …
PUTRAJAYA: Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the trend towards stressing “state citizenship” could break up the unity of Malaysians. He stressed that all states should promote the idea of being Malaysian, rather than the idea of being people of different states, saying that only by unity could Malaysia prosper. “The Federal Constitution …
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