The Sex Worker's Programme of Pink Triangle Foundation (PTF) is organizing the JOM KE CHOW KIT! carnival. KL Legal Aid Centre and MyConstitution will be there alongside Suhakam and Ministry of Health (OoOoo!) It'll be an evening of fabulous performances, lots of info and really reeeaally about Sex and Sexuality in general.
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Tags: AWAM, HIV/AIDS, KL Legal Aid Centre, MyConstitution Campaign, Pink Triangle Foundation, PTF, safe sex, sex workers, WAO
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Regarding the dynamics of the Government notion of "consultation" when it comes to the Orang Asli and why it needs to think out-of-the-box and stop pigeon-holing the community.
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Tags: Aboriginal Peoples Act 1954, Barisan Nasional, customary land rights, MyConstitution Campaign, OA, Orang Asal, Orang Asli Land Policy
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The 15th Malaysian Law Conference will take place at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre from 29 - 31 July 2010. Register now to get the Early Bird rates on registration fees.
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Tags: Haris Ibrahim, Malaysian Law Conference, MyConstitution Campaign
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LoyarBurok will be teaming up with PerlembagaanKu/MyConstitution at the all day creative arts festival, Urbanscapes @ KLPAC. Come spend a creative cool Saturday with us - there will be performances, cool stuff to grab, and plenty to do!
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Tags: Kempen PerlembagaanKu, MyConstitution Campaign, Super LoyarBurok, The LB Tee, Urbanscapes
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Rights advocate, Wong Ee Lynn at Savoir Vivre in Kuala Lumpur, in her final post for 2009 (on December 30) interviewed 5 Malaysian activists - Edmund Bon Tai Soon, Brian Lariche, Loretta Ann Shepherd, Joe Yap and Ahmad Fansuri. LoyarBurok reproduces Edmund's talking points as they pertain to the MyConsti movement helmed by a...
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Tags: Adrian Chew, Ahmad Fansuri, Brian Lariche, Daniel Albert, David Siaw, Edmund Bon Tai Soon, Firdaus Husni, Grace Wong, Gregory Marimuthu, Joe Yap, Joshua Tay, June Low, Keith Chin, Kempen PerlembagaanKu, Kwan Will Sen, Leong Yeng Kong, Loretta Ann Shepherd, Low Boon Seong, Mahaletchumi Balakrishnan, Michael Loo, MyConstitution Campaign, Nadia Abu Bakar, Samuel Leong, Savoir Vivre in Kuala Lumpur, Selena Kong, Shamala Balasundaram, Sonya Liew, Syahredzan Johan, Tey Jun Ren, Wong Ee Lynn, Yap Yin May, Yeoh Tung Seng, Yip Xiaoheng, Young Ai Peng
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(UPDATED) The MyConstitution Campaign enters its 2nd phase: "Constitutional Institutions & the Separation of Powers", and the ConstiLC invites you to the launch!
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Tags: Bar Council, Cabinet Minister, Constitutional Institutions and the Separation of Powers, Constitutional Law Committee, Conversations on the Constitution: What is the Separation of Powers?, Dato’ VC George, Datuk Liew Vui Keong, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Deputy Speaker, Dewan Rakyat, former Bar Council Chairman, Judge, MyConstitution Campaign, Rakyat Service Advertisement, retired Court of Appeal Judge, Sunway University College, The Rakyat Guides, YB Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi bin Tuanku Jaafar
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June Low Cheng Yen was "called" to the Bar (i.e. admitted and enrolled as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya) on Dec 11, 2009. In open court, a "call" speech would be made by June's "mover" (i.e. a lawyer at the Bar) to persuade the presiding judge that June is...
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Tags: "No Silver Lining: The Perak Crisis", Bar activists, Edmund Bon Tai Soon, Gan Khong Aik, Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur, Loyarburok.com, Majlis Peguam Malaysia, Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, Mr Justice Ariff Yusof, MyConstitution Campaign, Noraisha Bte Roslee, Peguam Negara Malaysia, Petitioner, Preetha Pillai, Rakyat Service Advertisements, Raphael Tay, S-ploited, Saha Deva Arunasalam, Separation of Powers
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Introductory remarks by Edmund Bon, Chairperson of the Bar Council's Constitutional Law Committee, on 29 October 2009 at the inaugural dialogue in MyConsti's "Conversations" series with Anand Grover, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health.
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Tags: Anand Grover, Article 5, Constitutional Law Committee, Conversations on the Constitution, Edmund Bon Tai Soon, Federal Constitution, International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights 1966, Justice Gopal Sri Ram, Life, livelihood, Loh Wai Kong, Millennium Development Goals, MyConstitution Campaign, personal liberty, Sugumar Balakrishnan, Syahredzan Johan, Tan Tek Seng, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health
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Saya tersentuh…
Writer’s block. Is that what you call someone who wants to write but nothing flows out of the swish of the pen or the tap-tapping of the keyboard? A friend suggested to write in the Malay language but it’s been a while since I did that… probably in high school. Still it’s no...
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Tags: Article 152(1), arus politik negara, Badan Peguam Malaysia, Constitution, Daniel, Gan, Jawatankuasa Undang-Undang Perlembagaan, Kartikumar, Kempen PerlembagaanKu, masyarakat, Miss Shy, MyConstitution Campaign, official language, pakcik berketayap putih, Perlembagaan Persekutuan, progresif, tauke Cina, Universiti Malaya
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