The Longest Journey Starts with the First Step

By Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

July 2012 EDITORIAL
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The conference organised by Penang Institute and held on June 25, 2012 at the famed Eastern & Oriental Hotel is interesting for many reasons outside of all the fascinating things said by the impressive row of speakers.The participants were certainly an impressive lot, and included prominent leaders from Laos, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, and even China. The keynote speaker was Mr Abhisit Vejjajiva, the former Prime Minister of Thailand; the luncheon speaker was Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan, co-chairperson of...

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Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His latest book is Signals in the Noise: Notes on Penang, Malaysia and the World (Singapore: Faction Press) Homepage: wikibeng.com.

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