Putra Lecture 2019

THE TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN PUTRA LECTURE 2019 You are cordially invited to The Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Lecture 2019 Saturday, 22nd June 2019, 11.00am at Penang Free School Hall, Jalan Masjid Negeri, 11600, Penang Lecture Title Entrepreneurship: Creating the Future You Want Speaker Dato’ (Dr.) Anwar Fazal Director, Right Livelihood College (RLC) Dato’ (Dr.) Anwar Fazal is often described as a “Multiversity” for his vast and diverse interests. Trained in Economics, Business Administration, and Education at the University of Malaya, he also received Honorary Doctorates in Law and Philosophy from the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) respectively. He commenced his public interest activism and social entrepreneurship 55 years ago as President of the University of Malaya Students Union and the National Union of Malaysian Students. He has been a prime mover of “start-ups”, over a dozen local, national, and global civil society groups including the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP), Transparency International Malaysia, Penang Gandhi Peace Centre, Pesticides Action Network, Health Action International, Dr. Wu Lien-Teh Society, and the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA). He served as President of the International Organisation of Consumers Unions, the first third-world person and, at age 37, the youngest ever then. He was also the Chairperson of the Environmental Liaison Centre International based in Kenya. He worked with the United Nations Development Programme as head of their Urban Governance initiative for Asia and the Pacific and also with the Universiti Sains Malaysia as a Visiting Professor. He is currently Chairperson of Think City, a subsidiary of Khazanah, which is a creative platform for rejuvenation of cities and has done some 500 projects. He is also Founder and Director of the Right Livelihood College, an innovative global network of academics and activists with nine campuses present in Argentine, Chile, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Nigeria, Sweden, Thailand and the United States of America. For his work on the social entrepreneurship and actions on environment, consumers’ rights, interfaith issues, corruption, and health, he received several awards including the United Nations Environment Global 500, the Gandhi-Luther King-Ikeda Peace Award and the Right Livelihood Award, popularly known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”. Anwar studied at the King Edward VII School in Taiping and later moved to the Penang Free School (PFS). While at the PFS he obtained the “Colours” awards for four games; cricket, rugby, hockey and athletics, a rare achievement. He held the school records for the half mile and one mile race and also the Penang State athletics record for the 1,500 meters. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of PFS. Admission is Free The Lecture is open to the general public but seats are limited and early registration is advised. Kindly provide your name, contact number and email when registering with the following, preferably not later than noon of Monday, 17th June 2019 Email: putralecture@gmail.com OR Putra Lecture Coordinator C/o Penang Free School Phone: 604-2815814 Fax: 604-2817737 About the Lecture The Lecture is named in honour of Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, the first Prime Minister of Malaya, and later of Malaysia. He studied at the Penang Free School from 1916 and then proceeded in 1919 to Cambridge University. Previous distinguished persons who have delivered the Lecture include, in chronological order, Tun Musa Hitam, Professor Dr. Wang Gungwu, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, Dato’ Dr. Mazlan Othman, Mr. Marcus Langdon, Dato’ Seri Lim Chong Keat, Tun Hanif Omar, Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir, Dato’ Saifuddin Abdullah, Prof. Dr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Datuk Dr. Anis Yusal Yusoff and Dato’ Emeritus Prof. Mohamed Ghouse Nasuruddin. This is the 13th Lecture in the series. About the Organisers The Penang Free School Foundation & the Penang Free School. The PFS Foundation was launched in 1996 by the alumni of the Penang Free School in Malaysia with the aim of promoting education excellence and to assist students of the school and elsewhere to aspire toward the best. The Penang Free School is the oldest school in Malaysia and celebrated its 200th Anniversary in 2016.   Programme 10.30am: Arrival of guests                                                                                                                                 11.00am: MC welcomes guests Address by Headmaster of PFS Tuan Omar Abdul Rashid Address by President of Yayasan Free School & Introduction of Speaker by Dato’ Mohd. Mahyidin bin Mohd. Mustakim Lecture: “Entrepreneurship: Creating the Future You Want” by Dato’ (Dr.) Anwar Fazal Q & A session Closing remarks by President, Yayasan Penang Free School Presentation of gift to speaker                                                                                                                                                           12.30pm: End