The conference, which was themed “Redefining the Federal-State Relationship in Malaysia”, consisted of six sessions that examined the dynamics of federalism, and saw the participation of LHAG’s consultant and partners:

• The Concept of Federalism

(featuring Dato’ Nitin Nadkarni together with Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi, Datuk Gan Eng Hong and Izhar Ismail)

• Federalism: The Negeri Sembilan Experience

(featuring LHAG consultant, Dato’ Seri Mohd Hishamudin Yunus, together with Justice Datuk Vazeer Alam, YAM Tunku Zain Al-’Abidin and Associate Professor Dr Khairil Azmin Mokhtar)

• Issues in Malaysian Federalism

(featuring Andrew Chiew Ean Vooi, together with Brenndon Soh, Justice Azizah Nawawi and Professor Dr Terence Gomez)

• Conflict Management Within Federalism and Inter-State Relations

(featuring Rosli Dahlan together with YB Charles Santiago, YB Hassan Karim, Datuk P Kamalanathan and Dr Francis Loh)

• Future of Federalism

(featuring Datuk D P Naban together with YB Gooi Hsiao Leung, YB Senator Liew Chin Tong and Ms Tricia Yeoh)

• Lessons From Other Jurisdictions

(Dr Intan Nadia, Ambassador Datuk Jojie Samuel, Daniel Slater and Dr Roy Anthony Rogers)

Datuk Aznam Mansor, who represented LHAG at the conference, received a certificate of appreciation from the royal patron. The organising committee of the conference was chaired by S Saravana Kumar.

If you would like a copy of the conference proceedings report, please email Saravana at sks@lh-ag.com

For queries on constitutional and administrative law, please email Rosli Dahlan, who sub-specialises in this aspect of the law, at rd@lh-ag.com

For the news reports, see Free Malaysia Today and theSun daily