Harapan, really

ARCHIVES 2010

By admin-s On Apr 6, 2010

Is that KJ unabashedly displaying SABM’s “Semua anak kita, ngapa harus beza?’ T-shirt?

By Saya Aanak Bangsa Malaysia

For a Sunday morning, in slow-to-wake KL, 9am would be a very cruel time to start deep discussions. But a group of young Malaysians had the cheek to think otherwise and even convinced some of the country’s most radical and progressive minds to come participate. Sigh…the things people do for a good cause.

Hello New York! Webcam transmission of the audience at Columbia University.

These youths are from Malaysia Forum, “a global community that seeks to engage each other in ‘civil conversation’ on Malaysian issues”. What’s interesting is the group was founded by Malaysian students studying abroad, and the succeeding batches remain the main engine today. Malaysia Forum organises a conference each year; this year’s theme is Harapan, and the conference was held at Columbia University, New York. The plan was to have live internet broadcast from KL – hence the unkind hour – so that anyone keen on the issues discussed could tune in.

The venue: Rumah Anak Bangsa Malaysia. Yep, our home.