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Supporters of our Writing Competition!

On the judging panel of our competition…

Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam, author of Where To, Malaysia?

He was an economist with the Malaysian Treasury for 27 years, where he rose to become its deputy secretary-general. During that time, he also served as alternate director on the board of directors of the World Bank in Washington, D.C. A graduate in Economics from the University of Malaya in Singapore and a postgraduate of Harvard University, the 71-year-old is also the author of nine books, the Sunway Group corporate adviser, and recently elected president of Transparency International Malaysia.

Click here to read an interview with him.

Supporting our competition… FNF Malaysia!

Dr. Busarin Dusadeeisariyawong, Programme Manager (Malaysia) of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation will be a judge, too!

The Friedrich Naumann Foundation is a foundation for liberal politics from Germany. Its programmes at home and abroad aim to promote the principle of freedom of the individual in human dignity.

The Foundation’s activities in the field of civic education consists of seminars, conferences, and publications aimed at promoting liberal values and principles, and the international political dialogue provides a discussion forum for a wide range of liberal issues.

They have an exciting competition open to all Malaysians, too! Check out their Cartoon Drawing competition here!

The winner of the first prize will find his/her cartoon on the cover of a 2007 calendar by FNF - Anak Malaysia, which is widely distributed to many politicians, government institutions, and the Malaysian media. Twelve other cartoons will be selected for each month of 2007. All 13 winners will receive RM 500 for their entries!

Also judging our competition: Jeff Ooi!

TheCICAK “Write It!” 2006 Judge, Jeff Ooi

On the sidelines, he is a freelance ICT consultant, an avid photographer, and a tech junkie. But Jeff Ooi is far from being a regular Joe; he is one of the biggest names in the Malaysian blogosphere. His blog, Screenshots, clocks up to about 250,000 hits a month.

A passionate and sharp socio-political commentator, he is well-known among the media and political circles as a crusader for alternative opinions, bold in the face of the mainstream culture of conformism.

Apart from his blog, he writes on Malaysian current affairs for CNET Asia, and is active in founding and maintaining his USJ community web portal. His fame has brought him to many places such as Harvard University, San Francisco, Bangalore and London as an international speaker. He also gives talks in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and has been awarded the Reporters sans Frontières’ Freedom Blog Award for Asia.

At the end of the day, he is a man with a mission. “I’m on a crusade to produce more bloggers,” he was quoted in Chrome, “lone voices don’t get heard.”

Click here to see more details about the “Write It!” 2006 competition!