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We seek to explore ideas and complexity within open societies. As a UNESCO World Heritage City, George Town is well placed to attract thinkers, teachers, students and doers in the world of science, social science, business, government and civil society.
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Roundtable Discussion: bottom-up inclusive community development using technology
The roundtable discussion chaired and opened by Dr. Nungsari Ahmad Radhi, KRI Chairman. The key discussants and presenters were Tan Sri Andrew Sheng, Chairman of the George Town Institute of Open and Advanced Studies (GIOAS) Wawasan Open University (WOU) and former KRI Chairman, Prof. John Crawford , Emeritus Professor of Sustainability and Complex Systems at the University of Glasgow, and Sneha Poddar, Head of International at GIOAS
Explore morePiercing the Myth of Central Bank Independence
Articles by Tan Sri Andrew Sheng on “Piercing the Myth of Central Bank Independence”, The Caijing-MayFlower, published 21.10.2025 in Chinese.
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