Tunku Abidin Muhriz

‘Fortune favours prepared mind’

News Opinion Tunku Abidin Muhriz By admin|November 18, 2016 |0

Published by The Malay Mail Online on 18th November 2016 NOVEMBER 18 — When Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah asked me in 2013 to come on board as a trustee of his eponymous foundation which owns and governs the Sunway Education Group, I replied that it would [...]

Constituting a debate

Opinion Tunku Abidin Muhriz By admin|October 21, 2016 |0

By Tunku Zain Al-‘Abidin. Published in The Malay Mail Online 21 October 2016 OCTOBER 21 — After the third and final US presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, citizens of the United States of America have under t [...]

No monopoly in interpreting past

Education Opinion Tunku Abidin Muhriz By admin|September 30, 2016 |0

By Tunku Zain Al- A’bidin. Published in The Malay Mail Online 30 September 2016 Most young Malaysians first hear about the Portuguese in negative terms, as the invaders of the Sultanate of Malacca; the first of a line of imperialists who plu [...]

Tributaries of peace

National Unity Opinion Tunku Abidin Muhriz By admin|September 23, 2016 |0

By Tunku Zain Al-’Abidin. First published in The Malay Mail Online 23 September 2016 SEPT 23 — Many are curious about the true story behind the award-winning lady of substance who did not (as some might expect) attend the 71st session of th [...]

Patriotism without disability

National Unity Opinion Tunku Abidin Muhriz By admin|September 16, 2016 |0

By Tunku Zain Al-’Abidin. Published in The MalayMail Online 16 September 2016 SEPTEMBER 16 — The past few weeks have seen the country come together in pursuit of sporting excellence at the Olympics and Paralympic Games. In both cases our co [...]

A date to unite around

Newspaper Opinion Tunku Abidin Muhriz By admin|September 2, 2016 |0

By Tunku Zain Al-‘Abidin. First published in Malay Mail Online 2 September 2016 SEPTEMBER 2 — In recent years the term “Merdeka Day” for Aug 31 has been officially eschewed in favour of “National Day” — with Sept 16 (a nationwide public holi [...]

The business of nation-building

Opinion Tunku Abidin Muhriz By admin|June 8, 2016 |0

First published in the Malay Mail. By Tunku Zain Al-’Abidin, (c) 2016, Malay Mail Online (c) 2016 Last Monday, I spoke at the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM) Social and Economic Research Council (SERC) Glo [...]

SERC Global Economic Conference 2016

Events Previous Events Tunku Abidin Muhriz By admin|May 25, 2016 |0

SERC Global Economic Conference 2016 Date: 30 May 2016 Time: 9.30 – 11.00 a.m. Venue: One World Hotel, Bandar Utama, Selangor. Director Tunku Zain Al’-Abidin will be speaking with political analyst Mr. Alastair Newton, discussing geopo [...]

Some Politics Is Local

Opinion Tunku Abidin Muhriz By admin|May 6, 2016 |0

First published in Malaymail Online By Tunku Zain Al-’Abidin, (c) 2016, Malay Mail Online (c) 2016 Like probably thousands of other Malaysians who were students overseas, I have been to some foreign cities (or little towns) more often than I have [...]

Let Institutions Educate

Opinion Tunku Abidin Muhriz By admin|April 29, 2016 |0

First published in Malaymail Online By Tunku ‘Abidin Muhriz , (c) 2016, MALAY MAIL ONLINE (c) 2016 A recurring theme in this column is the importance of institutions in building the nation: in particular those preserved and established by the Fed [...]

Witnessing The Wheel Of Service

Opinion Tunku Abidin Muhriz By admin|April 15, 2016 |0

First published in MalayMail Online By Tunku Abidin Muhriz, (c) 2016, MALAYMAIL ONLINE (c) 2016 On Saturday, Rotaract District 3300 (Malaysia) asked me to be their patron for the year. It is the first time they are appointing one and I look forwa [...]

Conversations At The Crossroads

Opinion Tunku Abidin Muhriz By admin|April 8, 2016 |0

First published by Tunku Abidin Muhriz on April 8 2016 On Wednesday, Tan Sri Abdullah Ahmad’s Conversations with Tunku Abdul Rahman, the most important book about our first prime minister since 2002 (when K. Das & The Tunku Tapes was published [...]