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FNF Malaysia In cooperation with our partners promotes Liberalism and Democracy, Rule of Law and Human Rights, Economic Freedom and Market Economy. Our civil society partners in Malaysia share FNF’s vision. Some of our NGO-Partners work on human rights issues, others promote democracy, freedom of expression or the rights of women in Islam.
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Digitalization in Education Workshop
What is the obstacle that we need to remove before talking about digital education? Who is the main stakeholder? The Covid-19 pandemic makes us realize the importance of digitalization in education – where we can see there are still a lot of weaknesses in implementing online learning in Malaysia.
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Malaysia Journey on Battling the Covid-19 Pandemic
2020 has been tough for all of us, for a year we have been battling Covid-19 together, the government do whatever they can to push the number down and we do whatever we can to prevent the virus to spread by using Mask, Wash our Hands, and keep our distance and stay away from crowd. Let’s do time travelling to 2020 and see what is happening throughout the year.
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Malaysia Freedom Summit 2020
The event took place online this year due to the pandemic, hosted by Institute for Leadership and Development Studies (LEAD) the event held from 20 – 23 November 2020. The political turmoil of the country never stopped even though the Covid-19 pandemic crisis threatened the economic situation of the country and society. The discussion divided into 4 forum and talks about diverse issues.
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Political and Pandemic Plight: The Future of Liberalism?
2020 has been a year of great change and instability for countries all around the world. The COVID-19 crisis has posed tremendous challenges for all communities, putting immense stress on governments, economies and institutions. The pandemic has also posed an important question for policymakers striking the right balance between public health and civil liberties.
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Spreading Fake News will turn you into Pinocchio
Have you ever heard about the term “infodemic”? The term that born when covid-19 is born, they like siblings walking side by side, but infodemic spread faster than his brother with the help of advance technology – “Social Media”. Click, Share, Tweet and Comment could spread the infodemic faster without any restriction. Check, verified before you share it.
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#FreedomFightsFake Gallery
The pandemic has forced us to #stayhome #dudukrumah to prevent it to spreading even wider. During stay at home, people do a lot of creative activities so they don't feel bored and then upload on the Internet, starting from playing music with neighbours, imitating certain paintings, and a lot of creativity that they think they could do at home. Drawing is also a way
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Mitigating the Economic Downside of COVID-19
On 27th March 2020 markes as Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) first ever webinar. The webinar discussed the steps that must be taken to deal with the negative impacts that stems from the ongoing pandemic, including the support and protection for individuals and businesses affected. The webinar was moderated by Tricia Yeoh
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Building SME digital resilience: What have we learned from the MCO?
The SME retail sector has seen significant changes in consumer trends and spending patterns accompanied by rapid digital adoption. Although e-commerce platforms provided an avenue for sales, retailers continued to see vulnerability in the face of twin health and economic crises.
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The Future of Malaysia’s Energy Mix
The online discussion intended to discuss energy policy, increasing share of sustainable energy in Malaysia’s energy mix, usage of coal and natural gas, international climate agreement and renewable energy. the challenge of energy policy making by the lawmakers, which is to expand energy supply at an affordable cost while reducing carbon emissions, and without political backlash. - said Dr. Renato Lima de Oliveira from Asia School of Business
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COVID-19 Stimulus Package: Supporting SMEs with an Exit Strategy
Should the government rescue all businesses? and how long can the businesses be sustained by fiscal and monetary reliefs? The online discussion also raised concerns towards the government’s policy direction and tools to mitigate massive insolvency in the near term while preparing domestic production capacity for an eventual recovery post-MCO lockdown.
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Post COVID-19 Recovery Plan: The Role of the Economic Action Council
Economic Action Council was established right after the Perikatan Nasional government was formed. The main objective of the council’s establishment was to monitor Malaysia’s economic development. The council was also expected to respond very quickly to the situation and come up with comprehensive strategies when it comes to economy and development. The council has come up with 2 stimulus packages, in addition to 1 package announced by the Pakatan Harapan government. They also have been getting feedback from the ground especially B40 group and micro enterprises.
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Reopening Malaysia’s Economy: The Role of Government Ecosystem in A New Normal
The webinar aims to tackle the questions of GLCs and GLICs supporting industrial development, how SMEs and Bumiputera companies can adapt to new normal, and the long-term implications to fiscal health and economic competitiveness.
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Freedom of The Press
After attending the seminar and meet with fabulous fellow colleagues from different country and background, journalist to TV presenter and NGO’s as the liberal support and advocate for free press, it is indeed sad to see some journalists succumb to intimidations, slurs, lawsuit and event death – he explained.
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30 Facts on 30 Years of German Unity
October 3, 2020 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Day of German Unity. In a few years Germany, which was reunited in 1990, will have existed longer than its divided predecessor.
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Safeguarding Freedom in the Digital World
Digitalization and democracy are two things that related together, and they will always develop even if we try to evade them. In the digital world, it is important for civil society to monitor closely the movement and development of digitalization implemented by the government. If checks and balances from civil society not happen, then the government is able to manipulate all forms of personal data or information they have, in order to stay in power
Social Media
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YouTube is working with top health organizations to create authoritative medical videos for the platform in an effort to crackdown on Covid-19 misinformation. The new health partnership team will be headed by Dr. Garth Graham, YouTube’s new director and global head of healthcare and public health partnerships. Graham was most recently the chief community health officer at CVS Health. YouTube will work with organizations including the American Public Health Association, Cleveland Clinic and the Forum at the Harvard School of Public Health to make “high-quality health content” for its users, according to a blog post. Like other tech platforms, YouTube has had to tackle the spread of misinformation about Covid-19. In October, the Google-owned platform said it would take down videos that include misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines. It previously took action on other content containing falsehoods about the virus, such as videos disputing Covid-19 exists. At the time, the company said it had removed more than 200,000 videos containing dangerous or misleading information about Covid-19 since February 2020. Source: www.cnn.com #freedomfightsfake #fnfmalaysia
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It's Open for public!🥳 We delighted to share with you that FNF Malaysia currently moving to a new website. We have been preparing this since last year and now we are happy to share it with you. We also have our German website. Come and see our new website : https://www.freiheit.org/malaysia
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On 12 January 2021, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah has consented to a Declaration of Emergency Proclamation based on Clause (1) Article 150 of the Federal Constitution. The action taken because of the growing numbers of covid-19. His Majesty also gave his consent for this period of emergency to take effect until Aug 1 or an earlier date if the number of daily Covid-19 figures can be effectively controlled and lowered. The declaration of emergency will allow Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to suspend Parliament and delay the Sarawak state election, where the term of its state assembly will automatically expire in June, until later in the year. A statement by Comptroller of the Royal Household Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin confirmed that the king had granted an audience with Muhyiddin at Istana Negara at 5.30pm yesterday on the matter. "At the 45-minute audience, Muhyiddin presented the cabinet's decision on the proposed implementation of the Declaration of an Emergency Proclamation as a proactive measure to curb and stabilise the rise in daily Covid-19 positive cases that has hit four figures continuously since last December." Read more: https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/558548
