This year, the Perdana Leadership Foundation once again invites students aged between 13 and 21 from secondary schools, colleges and universities to sharpen their writing skills and provide their thoughts on the future of Malaysia as well as youth leadership. The theme for the essay contest is “Nurturing the Minds of Future Leaders”and students can choose to write on any of the following:

(i) What is your vision for Malaysia in 2057 when the country celebrates its centennial Independence celebrations?
 

(ii)Describe what leadership means to you and the role that youth leaders play in shaping Malaysia’s future?

(iii) Describe the relationship among culture, education and leadership, and the factors that you believe are important in moulding the future leaders of Malaysand the factors that you believe are important in moulding the future leaders of Malaysia.
Your essay can be in either English or Malay; however, English is the preferred language. All essays must include references. The essays shall be of the following length (excluding footnotes and bibliography: 1,500 to 2,000 words for all categories of participants.
Grand prize is a Chevrolet Aveo along with cash, book vouchers and a two-week work stint, so start writing!
Competition ends 30th June 2008. Fort more information, please visit www.perdana.org.my.

Organized by the United Kingdom and Eire Council for Malaysian Students (UKEC), the summit will be a platform for intellectual and scholastic discourse between prominent local leaders and Malaysian student leaders from around the world.
 
This year’s prospective speakers include Y.A.B. Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, DYTM Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah, Y.B. Dato’ Seri Hishamuddin Tun Hussein, YB Senator Zaid Ibrahim, Dr Farish Ahmad-Noor, Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Ambiga Sreenevasan, Prof. Dr. Shad Saleem Faruqi, Dato’ Nazir Razak, Karim Raslan, Zainah Anwar etc, while issues discussed will include transparency and accountability in governance, the restoration of faith in the judicial system, race relations, the National Education Blueprint, religious diversity etc.
 
The Summit will be held at Nikko Hotel on the 2nd and 3rd of August 2008.
 
Admission is free.
Places are limited to the first 500 participants who register at www.msls08.com.
For pictures of last year’s inaugural Malaysian Student Leaders Summit, please visit www.ukeconline.com.
 

For those of you with no plans for the semester break or even if you have sometime to spare, keep a lookout of Empower’s “1-week-Internship-Programme”!  This live-in internship programme will have a series of activities as below:
Community Visits
Debunking Stereotypes
Introduction to feminism
The Malaysian Political Structure
Final Projects
Selected Readings

Tentatively this internship programme is scheduled from 9th-15th May 2008.  For more information, please contact:
Thency (Project Officer of Empower) @ thency@empowermalaysia.org
Empower (Also known as Pusat Janadaya)
No 13, Lorong 4/48E,
Seksyen 4,
Selangor,
Malaysia.
Tel: +603 7770 1475
Fax: +603 7784 4975
Email: empower05@gmail.com
Website: http://www.empowermalaysia.org/

Are you seeking for opportunity to experience an internship with a Malaysian NGO?

You are invited to apply for an internship programme with CIJ during your term break/summer break.

For those who are interested and wish to know more about the programme, please kindly contact:
Sevan Doraisamy @ sevan.cij@gmail.com