Chevening Alumni Public Talk: Nation Building through Transparency, Accountability and Integrity

The Chevening Alumni of Malaysia will be hosting its second public forum for 2007 on the topic of Nation Building through Transparency, Accountability and Integrity on July 5. It is organised in cooperation with the Caux Initiatives of Business (CIB).
 

The speaker is Tunku Abdul Aziz, who has served at the pinnacle of the corporate world, the public sector and international diplomacy. A global crusader against corruption, Tunku Aziz is well known for expressing his thoughts frankly without fear or favour.
 
Details of the talk are as follows:
 
Date:    Thursday, July 5, 2007
Time:    7.00 to 9.00pm
Venue:  British Council, Wisma Selangor Dredging, Jalan Ampang Examination
Hall, 2nd Floor, South Block (walking distance from KLCC LRT station on Putra line)
 
Additional details on the event, Tunku Aziz, the Chevening Alumni and CIB are provided in the attached flyer. Due to the overwhelming response to the Alumni’s previous forum on May 23, the number of participants for this event will be capped at 80 on a
first-registered first-served basis. Details on registration are provided in the attached flyer.
 
I look forward to welcoming you at the forum.
 
Nithi Nesadurai
Hon. Secretary
Chevening Alumni of Malaysia
Mobile: 017-307-9313

Malthouse Theatre and Instant Café Theatre Company

present

Alias Grace
by MARGARET ATWOOD
Winner of the Booker Prize

Adapted for the stage and directed by
Laurence Strangio

This July, in conjunction with My.Oz, the Australian High Commission’s year-long cultural programme to celebrate 50 years of relations between Malaysia and Australia, the Instant Cafe Theatre Company presents Alias Grace, an award winning theatre production from one of Melbourne’s most prestigious theatre companies, Malthouse Theatre. The play, adapted for the stage from Booker Prize winner Margaret Atwood’s novel, has been performed in Australia to critical acclaim, winning the 2005 Green Room Award for Best Performer and Best Lighting Design as well as a nomination for Best Director. (The Green Room Award is Australia’s most prestigious theatre arts award).

Synopsis
In 1844, 16-year-old Grace Marks is convicted of the brutal murder of her employer and his pregnant mistress. Eight years later, she is offered the chance to redeem herself – but telling a story is never an innocent act. In her brilliant portrayal of the celebrated murderess in the play Alias Grace, award-winning Australian actress Caroline Lee
transforms into Grace Marks in a performance as intimate as it is dangerous. The character is based on the real-life Grace Marks, one of the most notorious Canadian women of the 1840s.

Venue Dates/Time

Pentas 2, KLPAC 4 to 8 July 2007
Sentul Park 8.30 pm (Wed to Sat)
Jalan Strachan 3.00 pm (Sunday only)
Kuala Lumpur

Tickets Box Office

RM 37 (Adult) KL Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC)
RM 22 (Students/Seniors) Tel: (03) 4047 9000

For more information go to www.instantcafetheatre.com or call  Andre at the Instant Cafe Theatre office on (03) 7960 2214

This production is co-presented by Malthouse Theatre with the support of the Australian High Commission Kuala Lumpur.

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY

Malaysia vs JamaicaDATE and TIME: 28th June 2007 (THURSDAY) at 8.45pm

VENUE: National Stadium, Bukit Jalil

SIRI PEMIKIRAN KRITIS II – Theme: “Rethinking Malaysia in Commemoration 50 Years of Independence”

Organizers
Youth For Change (Y4C)
National Young Lawyers Committee (NYLC), Bar Council

Venue:
Bar Council Auditorium, 13, 15 & 17 Leboh Pasar Besar, Kuala Lumpur

Time:
2000 -2200

Date: 27 June 2007 (Wednesday)

3. Re-thinking Malaysia: Media and Civil Society
Panel 1: Mr. Rehman Rashid (Former Leader Writer and columnist with the New Straits Times) *yet to confirm
Panel 2: Datuk Paul Low (Secretary General of Transparency International Malaysia)
Panel 3: Mr. Jeff Ooi (Prominent blogger in Malaysia)

 For more information, please click here