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Deconstructing Malaysia, Past And Present

Datuk Dr Ooi Kee Beng, Executive Director, Penang Institute

06-Feb-24 18:00

Deconstructing Malaysia, Past And Present

Datuk Dr Ooi Kee Beng, executive director of the Penang Institute and author of "Signal in the Noise" has spent three decades studying Malaysia, nation-building, and political philosophy. We embark on a wide-ranging conversation with him on his observations of Malaysian history, politics, culture, and where the country and it's people are headed.

Photo credit: Peter Ng, Pixabay

Produced by: Sudais Ferhard, Sharaad Kuttan

Presented by: Sharmilla Ganesan, Sharaad Kuttan


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Categories:  History/Heritage,  culture

Tags:  nation building,  malaysia,  history,  culture, 


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