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IDEAS does study on lessons from 1MDB affair

News By admin|October 24, 2016 |0

Published in Free Malaysia Today Online 24 October 2016 KUALA LUMPUR: The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) has released a study on the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) controversy “to help improve regulations on GLCs [...]

Press Statement: SMJKs joining the Dual Language Programme is a good development

News Press Statements By admin|October 13, 2016 |0

Kuala Lumpur, 12 October 2016 – The government’s announcement that 76 Sekolah Menengah Jenis Kebangsaan (SMJK) will be joining the Dual Language Programme (DLP) is a positive development that must be applauded. This is a choice made by pare [...]

Press Statement: IDEAS appoints Professor Tan Sri Dzulkifli Abdul Razak to look into university autonomy

Press Statements By admin|October 10, 2016 |0

IDEAS appoints Professor Tan Sri Dzulkifli Abdul Razak to look into university autonomy Kuala Lumpur, 10 October 2016 – Professor Tan Sri Dato’ Dzulkifli Abdul Razak has been announced as Chair for the programme on autonomy and [...]

Malaysia ranks 26 among 128 countries in the International Property Rights Index 2016

News Press Statements By admin|October 7, 2016 |0

Kuala Lumpur, 7 October 2016 – Malaysia ranked 26 out of 128 countries and 7 out of 20 in the Asian and Oceana regions in the International Property Rights Index (IPRI) 2016. Commenting on the results of the report, Institute for Democracy [...]

Change rules to ensure racially-mixed seats, says academic

News Newspaper By admin|October 5, 2016 |0

KUALA LUMPUR: A Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia lecturer said the proposed redelineation by the Election Commission recently has strengthened further the ethnic politics that has always existed in the country. Associate Prof Faisal Hazis said the m [...]

Middle-income trap spells graver racial conflict for Malaysia, Singapore don warns

News Newspaper By admin|October 5, 2016 |0

Published in The Malay Mail Online 24 September 2016 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 — Malaysia needs to liberalise its economy to escape the middle income trap soon or risk seeing its growth levels cut, which will affect the spread of wealth and lead to di [...]

IDEAS offers help to support government’s open data efforts

News Press Statements By admin|September 28, 2016 |0

Georgetown, 28 September 2016 – At a conference held today, IDEAS announced that it would offer free consultation for the federal government and any state governments interested to adopt open data as part of their good governance agenda. This is i [...]

No proof Chinese schools are a stumbling block to national unity

News Newspaper By admin|September 22, 2016 |0

Published in Malaysiakini 22 September 2016 COMMENT Recently, Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) CEO Wan Saiful Wan Jan said, “… those who want to campaign for Chinese schools cannot do so in a defensive and narrow wa [...]

Property Rights Alliance condemns the United Nations Secretary-General’s High Level Panel (UNHLP) on Access to Medicine as an assault on Intellectual Property Rights

News Press Statements By admin|September 15, 2016 |0

Washington, DC – The Property Rights Alliance (PRA) condemns the new Report by the United Nations Secretary-General’s High Level Panel (UNHLP) on Access to Medicine as an assault on intellectual property rights and the free market economy. T [...]