PL F P o d c a st
“Tun Talks”: The Perdana
Podcast series featuring
Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
Perdana Leadership Foundation introduces the Perdana Podcast, a series
of audio excerpts from the Foundation’s
programmes. Perdana Podcast kicks off
with “Tun Talks: The Tun Dr. Mahathir
Series” featuring twelve ten-minute segments from Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad’s
speeches on a variety of subjects,
including Managing Crises, Political Stability, Education, Social Re-engineering,
Money Politics and The Role of the Media
in National Development. Find out what
the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia and
the Honorary President of Perdana Leadership Foundation has to say on these
subjects.
In many of the podcasts, Tun explains how Malaysia has dealt with issues
such as ethnic relations, distribution of
wealth and gender equality.
“I am glad that the recordings of
speeches I gave are not gathering dust in
the library. Whether or not people want
to listen to my opinions on these topics
is up to them. But my hope is that some
Malaysians – and maybe non-Malaysians,
too - will listen and will be able to derive
some benefit out of my experience.
There is a saying that those who don’t
learn from history are condemned to repeat the mistakes of the past. So if you
want to create a better future, you must
always go back and understand history.
These podcasts may be of help in that respect,” Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad said.
Perdana Podcast is available
for free on Perdana Leadership
Foundation’s website (http://www.perdana.org.my/perdana-podcast) along
with more than half a million digital documents related to the Prime Ministers
of Malaysia, including speeches, news
clippings and book excerpts.
“Given his vast experience as a pol-
itician and the Prime Minister of Malaysia, as well as his deep intellect, there is
much for Tun to share on a wide range
of topics. Unfortunately, not many people have the time to listen to hour-long
recordings. As such, we produced these
ten-minute episodes to condense the
most interesting points and arguments
of Tun Dr. Mahathir’s speeches. The podcasts are meant to be thought-provoking
and we hope they will provide some insights into Malaysia’s history as well as of
the speaker himself who was Malaysia’s
longest-serving Prime Minister,” said
Tan Sri Nik Mohamed Nik Yaacob,
Executive Director, Perdana Leadership
Foundation.
Tan Sri Nik added that the Foundation will be producing more podcasts under “Tun Talks” as well as other series in
2016, featuring speakers the Foundation
has hosted.
Perdana Podcast > Tun Talks > Tun Dr. Mahathir Series
S e pa r at i o n o f
Powers
This land used to consist of
feudal states and politics was
seen as something that only
the rulers should engage in. By
1957 though, when the country became independent, the
people wanted to have a say
in the running of the country.
So democracy was chosen. We
naturally chose a democratic
system based on the UK where
the separation of powers is
clearly defined: Legislative,
Executive, Judiciary, and Constitutional Monarchy. Nevertheless there are overlaps. It is
not perfect but at least there is
a separation of powers.
gan even during colonial times.
He laments how corruption has
spread even to the civil service
whereby someone might
withhold their signature for
some approvals in order to get
bribes. He thinks that having
laws and punishment alone will
not deter corruption.
MONE Y P O L I T I C S
In his talk about the impact
of political trends on the economic and social well-being of
a country, Dr Mahathir talks
at length about the scourge of
money politics. He says it be-
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He benefited from it when
he got a scholarship to study
medicine. This was because
the British, who ruled Malaysia
at the time, understood the
importance of having Malay
doctors. He talks about the
importance of having affirmative action so as to reduce the
economic disparity between
the Malays and non-Malays
but highlights that this should
not be regarded as a “permanent privilege”.
A F F IRMAT IVE AC T ION
Dr Mahathir has personal
experience in affirmative
action as a young man.
All podcast episodes
are on our website
www.perdana.org.my