Greg Lopez, ANU
Greg Lopez specialises in understanding the interaction between Malaysian society, its economy and its politics. He has spent more than 12 years researching these issues and providing in depth analysis on Malaysia’s democratic transition.
He is currently a visiting fellow at the Department of Political and Social Change, at the School of International, Political and Strategic Studies, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University.
He is also the editor of the New Mandala’s Malaysia section – an academic blog hosted by the College of Asia and the Pacific, at the Australian National University.
Hello Greg ! Seems you have a very critical and up-to-date writing on Malaysia’s politics, and I believe Malaysian need more people like you. Keep it up and cheers ! =)
Sincerely,
your reader.
Hi there,
Not critical – merely analysing the facts that I see. Many of the articles in this blog are actually written by experts on Malaysia from various fields.
Cheers.
Hello, I had a two-part question about “running amok”:
1) is it still a sociological phenomenon in Malaysia?
2) does it have Islamic origins, or does it pre-date the arrival of Islam in Malaysia?
Definition of “running amok”:
[Malay "impulse to murder"] a psychic disturbance seen chiefly in Malaysia, the Philippines,and parts of Africa, marked chiefly by sudden homicidal mania, screaming, and attacks on people and inanimate objects, tending to result in social retribution and leading to the death of the individual.
– from Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary (26th edition, 1985)
Thanks,
Hesperado (aka “snatchmaker”)
I’m unable to answer your question Hesperado.
It would be good to take it up with cultural or linguistic specialists.
Best
Greg
hello. I come accross your blog from google while i am searching some info to do my assignment.
I would like to ask for your help.
I am now working on a project on Macroeconomic issue 2012 in Malaysia,may i know which macroeconomic issues 2012 in Malaysia have more point to elaborate or more information to elaborate on? Or any article that is suitable for it? I’ve search around thestars.com.my but i din’t get the idea which article should i take and to elaborate on>__<
Hope that you can reply me.
Here are my question of my assignment.
Find an article (one article ONLY) in a recent newspaper or magazine (dated year 2012) that illustrates one macroeconomic issue in Malaysia.
Read and understand the article, then answer the following questions based on the article:
1.Briefly, with your own words, summarize the article. Be sure to include the date and source of the article.
2.It is an example of what kind of Macroeconomic issue? Explain the issue with related theories and graphs in economics.
3.What are the impacts of that issue to the Malaysian economy? Are there any challenges, advantages or disadvantages, and/or problems arises from that issue to Malaysia? Explain.
4.By using the analysis in question 3, what are your opinions/recommendations/forecasting/solutions to that kind of challenges/problems? Explain with a support from any related economics theories.
Hi Ying Ying,
I suppose your in one of our local universities.
Well, just look up issues related Malaysia’s economic growth performance for the past year, and discuss it.
There are plenty of information on this on the internet.
Good luck
Hi Greg, i follow usually your post abot Malaysia here or New Mandala and often i transaletd on my italian blog http://terresottovento.altevista.org. Pino
Thanks Pino.