A Forum Tomorrow to Rock You Bloggers!

and B2Bs -- yes, Bloggers-to-Be..

Just let you in on a secret: News break is that is that a Young&Articulate State Assemblyman-cum-Blogger -- I don't know which role he prioritises as first maybe he needs some help from his friends in Blogosphere throw a dice to decide! -- will be speaking on:

"How New Media Trumped Old Politics and the Road Ahead".

Isn't that exciting? And admission is FREE!
"And Supper to round up the do-da-da, and it's TGIF's night!" is the constant refrain from my socialist-cum-capitalist matey Sdr TS Chong of SIRD-GerakBudaya responsible for the Book Launch:)

So turn up mateys, solo or duet or aMore -- Desi assures it's a FUN EVENT of the Blogsworld of the Year -- OK, I exaggerate, make that FUN EVENT ...of the last Quarter of 2008!




Other programme details are plucked from a budding garden of knwoledge (IMHO)
called cpiasia.net:)


OPEN INVITATION TO ATTEND
Forum and Book Launch on "New Media and Democratization in Malaysia" in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, December 5, 2008

A Forum on "New Media and Democratization in Malaysia" will be held on Friday, December 5, 2008 from 8.00-10.00pm at the KLSCAH auditorium, Kuala Lumpur. The forum will feature as keynote speaker Yang Berhormat NIK NAZMI NIK AHMAD, a Selangor State Assemblyman, and Political Secretary to the Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim.

The occasion will also witness the launch of a book titled “"Blogging and Democratization in Malaysia", and its co-authors Prof. Wan Zawawi Ibrahim, and Sdri Jun-E Tan, will be present to speak about their work. Other speakers include representatives from the organizations collaborating in the programme.

Members of the public are invited to attend the forum which is jointly organized by the Centre for Policy Initiatives (CPI), SIRD-Gerak Budaya, the National Alliance of Bloggers (All-Blogs) and the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH).

The Forum was initiated mainly by the CPI YouthSpeak Section which has the objective of promoting discourse through writings and discussion at the CPI website coordinated by Wan Fadzrul and John Lee, and via public forums such as this current one, to encourage the youth of Malaysia to take part actively in the democratization process in the country.

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The Final Programme is as follows:

THEME: "New Media and Democratization in Malaysia".

*** Date/time of Forum: Friday, December 5, 8.00pm-10.00pm, with Tea to follow

*** Venue: KL and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall auditorium,
1,Jalan Maharajalela, Kuala Lumpur

**** (1) Welcome speech by Sdr YL Chong, Editor, CPI

**** (2) Keynote speaker: YB Sdr Nik Nazmi, PKR SA and Political Secretary to Selangor MB

**** (3) Sdr Wan Fadzrul Wan Bahrum, CPI YouthSpeak Coordinator

**** (4) Sdr Yeoh Lee Hin, CPI (Chinese) Web administrator

**** (5) Sdri Jun-E Tan, co-author of "Blogging and Democratization in Malaysia"

**** (6) Prof. Wan Zawawi, co-author of “Blogging and Democratization in Malaysia”

**** (7) Sdr Teh Yee Keong, KLSCAH Representative

***** (8) Sdr Ahirudin Attan aka Rockybru, Interim President, National Alliance of Bloggers

***** Q and A session
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NOTE: For further information, please contact

YL Chong: 012-9702285
Helen Ang: 013-2240985