Poetry Reading by Salleh Ben Joned

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

Date: Saturday, July 24, 2004
Time: 8.00 pm to 10.00 pm
Event: Poetry Reading

Poet: Salleh Ben Joned

Introduction by: Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dato' Awang Had Salleh

Venue: Rumah Universiti, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 59100 Kuala Lumpur. If lost, ring Tel: 03-7956 0286 for directions.
Directions: Nearest LRT station as Putra Stesen Universiti, then take a bus or taxi (they are plentiful outside the PUTRA LRT Stesen Universiti)
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Entrance: by donation at the door
Light refreshments will be served

Organised by
Young Professionals Consultative Society (YPCS)
in aid of
United World Colleges Scholarship Fund

International DebutMalaysian journalist and essayist Salleh Ben Joned will read selected as-yet-unpublished poems from his forth-coming book called Adam's Dream and also poems from the second edition of Poems Sacred and Profane, signed copies of which will be available on a first-come-first-served basis as well as limited copies of his controversial books of social commentary and essays As I Please: Selected Writings 1975-1994 and Nothing is Sacred.

Salleh Ben Joned is one of that rare breed; the literary street fighter who does not hesitate to be controversial or shocking in order to make his point.

PLEASE KEEP THIS DATE FREE IN YOUR DIARY!

Venue is confirmed at Rumah Universiti, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, 59100 Kuala Lumpur.

Background This is what another Malaysian writer says about Salleh Ben Joned: "...another poet writing in English--and Bahasa Malaysia--worth mentioning, but he has written too few poems. Strong poems, but only a handful."
~ Poet Wong Phui Nam in MANOA, A Pacific Journal of International Writing: Land Beneath the Wind.

The Young Professionals Consultative Society (YPCS) aims to be a conduit for both the interests and responsibilities of professionals across the country. We are first and foremost committed to the idea that as professionals, we have an attendant responsibility to give something back to our community. And that includes, as how we have come to understand it, the process of educating, exposing, exchanging and ultimately involving both professionals and other members of society in improving and bettering our lives individually and collectively. We believe that creating a better society is a collective effort and that young professionals are in a position to help tremendously in achieving those aims. We hope to share some of these aspirations with you. YPCS has "adopted" United World Colleges as its flagship education project and has decided to help raise funds for Malaysian students to attend a United World College.

United World Colleges (UWC) is the only global educational movement which brings together students from all over the world at pre-university level (or tertiary level, in the case of one College), regardless of their ability to pay. Students are selected on merit and live together in an environment designed to foster international understanding, tolerance and peace.

~ UWC Mission Statement

AGENDA 7.30 pm Arrival of members and guests. Opportunity for mingling and networking. Salleh Ben Joned will sign copies of his various books, which shall be on sale.

8.00 pm Welcome address by Khaldun Malek, President of YPCS.

8.10 pm Introduction by Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dato' Awang Had Salleh, Chairman, UWC Malaysia National Committee.

8.30 pm Introductory Remarks and Poetry Reading by Salleh Ben Joned.

Question and Answer Session.

Announcement by Khaldun Malek, President of YPCS of total amount of donation collected from audience.

10 pm Salleh Ben Joned will sign copies of his various books, which shall be on sale. More mingling and networking.

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