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Thursday, March 18, 2010

CSM: for bumMY socialist Pak Chong's bookworm s(H)ake:)

Dear friends and colleagues,



Strategic Information and Research Development Centre
(SIRD) cordially invites you to the launch of the book No Cowardly Past in Petaling Jaya. On our distinguished panel of speakers are well-known personalities, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, Jomo K.S. and Dominic Puthucheary.



No Cowardly Past: James Puthucheary - Writings, Poems, Commentaries (Second Edition). Edited by Jomo K.S. and Dominic Puthucheary

Informed by a profound understanding of history and convinced by the need to construct a sustainable future for his country, Puthucheary spent a lifetime engaged with the most pressing problems of the day. The new edition of No Cowardly Past brings together some of his most important essays on political economy, the struggle for a progressive politics and the character of university education, as well as his lyrical and pungent poetry.



Date: Monday, 22 March 2010

Time: 8.00pm – 10.00pm

Venue: Auditorium, MBPJ Civic Centre, Jalan Yong Shook Lin, Petaling Jaya

Programme:

Welcome by Ismail Gareth Richards

Speakers

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah - The Malaysia We Want

Jomo K.S. - Half a century later: The relevance of the Merdeka generation for us today

Dominic Puthucheary

Discussion

Official Book Launch and Presentation



Light refreshments will be served

Book sale and signing



Please see the attached flyer for more information.



For queries please contact Chong Ton Sin 016 379 7231 or Clare 019 227 4473.



Feel free to circulate this invitation to your friends and colleagues.


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GB Gerakbudaya/SIRD
11 Lorong 11/4E
46200 Petaling Jaya
Selangor, Malaysia
T: +60 (0)3 7957 8343
F: +60 (0)3 7954 9202
W: www.gerakbudaya.com

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