Asialink, Asia Society AustralAsia Centre and the Australian Institute of International Affairs invite you to a forum with Barry Wain, former Asian Wall Street Journal editor and current Writer-in-Residence at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore.
Barry will discuss leadership in Malaysia. He will draw on his political biography of Mahathir, a definitive history of the former prime minister’s life and career. Barry’s book, "Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times", by Palgrave Macmillan was released in December 2009.
Barry will discuss Mahathir’s success due to a number of contradictions "a Malay champion who was the Malays’ fiercest critic and an ally of Chinese-Malaysian businessmen; a tireless campaigner against Western economic domination who assiduously courted American and European capitalists; a blunt, combative individual who extolled the virtues of consensual Asian values."
Barry will also discuss the continuing legacy of Mahathir’s time in office – corruption. There is no evidence that Mahathir was ever involved in corrupt activity but in his drive to foster a Malay entrepreneurial class, he allowed a culture of corruption that blights the country to this day.
Malaysia on trial along with Anwar, Barry Wain, 5 February 2010, The Age (online)
Read a review of Barry Wain's book, The Age (online)
DATE: Tuesday, 16 February 2010
TIME: 6pm-7.30pm
VENUE: Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room, Level 1, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Gate 4, The University of Melbourne, (Cnr Monash Road and Swanston Street)
ENQUIRIES: Florence Wong 613 8344 0389, f.wong@asialink.unimelb.edu.au
REGISTER ONLINE
Barry will discuss leadership in Malaysia. He will draw on his political biography of Mahathir, a definitive history of the former prime minister’s life and career. Barry’s book, "Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times", by Palgrave Macmillan was released in December 2009.
Barry will discuss Mahathir’s success due to a number of contradictions "a Malay champion who was the Malays’ fiercest critic and an ally of Chinese-Malaysian businessmen; a tireless campaigner against Western economic domination who assiduously courted American and European capitalists; a blunt, combative individual who extolled the virtues of consensual Asian values."
Barry will also discuss the continuing legacy of Mahathir’s time in office – corruption. There is no evidence that Mahathir was ever involved in corrupt activity but in his drive to foster a Malay entrepreneurial class, he allowed a culture of corruption that blights the country to this day.
Malaysia on trial along with Anwar, Barry Wain, 5 February 2010, The Age (online)
Read a review of Barry Wain's book, The Age (online)
DATE: Tuesday, 16 February 2010
TIME: 6pm-7.30pm
VENUE: Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room, Level 1, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Gate 4, The University of Melbourne, (Cnr Monash Road and Swanston Street)
ENQUIRIES: Florence Wong 613 8344 0389, f.wong@asialink.unimelb.edu.au
REGISTER ONLINE