Contents
4 | VISITS IN 2017
PLF welcomes more than
1,000 visitors in 2017
6 | HONORARY
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
Tun Dr Mahathir
Mohamad turns 92
8 | ARTICLE
11 A DIALOGUE WITH TUN DR MAHATHIR
THE FUTURE OF
LEADERSHIP IN
THE DIGITAL AGE
Malaya, Malaysia in ‘The
Economist’ by Professor
Datuk Dr A Murad
Merican
16 | ARTICLE
Islamic Banking: A look
back to the original
idea by Dr Abdul Ghafar
Ismail
19 | INFORMATION
LITERACY
Three programmes
teach 267 students
research and
presentation skills
21 | WORKSHOP
Helping librarians
engage with users
22 | TRAINING
Learning strategic
thinking through play
23 | VISUAL TIMELINES:
A chronological
presentation of
Malaysia’s five-year
economic plans from
1956
30 | MERDEKA PHOTO CONTEST
24 | ON THE SHELF: 27 | ON THE SHELF: 29 | DIGITAL
31 | ABOUT
Delving deep into the PLF publications
PUBLICATIONS PERDANA
Malaysian economy
and merchandise
PLF goes digital
LEADERSHIP
and five-year plans
FOUNDATION
PERDANA MAGAZINE 2017
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