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R E S E A R C H @ F A S S Issue no. 3 | 2022

Research Focus: UPUM Consultancies

Unit Perundingan Universiti Malaya (Universiti Malaya Consultancy Unit, UPUM) is the university’s unit managing
consultancy arrangements between expert academic staff and external clients. With UPUM-registered consultacties now
included within our SAPT requirements, it is highly encouraged for academic staff to register any paid consultancies
under UPUM. For this issue’s Research Focus, we are highlighting some of our academic staff’s UPUM consultancies that
are currently underway.
Georgetown Literary Festival (GTLF) 2022

Dr Florence Kuek has been appointed the Curator of the lights of the festival include
Georgetown Literary Festival (GTLF) 2022 on Chinese Zurinah Hassan (Malaysian
literature. This much-anticipated international literary National Laureate who won
event, boasting a line-up of 72 outstanding authors from the Epigram Books Fiction
18 countries, will take place in George Town, the World Prize 2022), Karina Robles
UNESCO Heritage site in Penang, from 24th to 27th Bahrin, Bora Chung (2022
November 2022. International Booker prize
finalist), Anton Hur (Booker
Themed “Taming the Wild,” the GTLF2022 explores the finalist), Nirwan Dewanto
paradox of wilderness and human nature that underpins (Indonesia poet and critic),
much of world literature today. Leading Pierre Joris Luxembourg-
American poet, essayist and translator), Habib Tengour
(Algerian poet), Andriy Lyubka (Ukrainian poet), ko ko thett
(Myanmar poet), Thuan (Vietnamese-French novelist), Cal
Flyn (Scottish writer) and B. Jeyamohan (Indian writer and
literary critic).

Malaysian Chinese and Tamil literary figures will also be
featured. During the GTLF2022, Dr Florence Kuek will also
launch her latest work, Tasik Itu Bagai Cermin—Antologi
GTLF2022 Press Conference on 13 September 2022 @ Jetty 35, Cerpen Mahua, a Chinese-Malay translation of 7 novellas
George Town, Penang. (From left) Dr Florence Kuek, GTLF2022 by seven award-winning Malaysian Chinese writers,
Curator; Pauline Fan, GTLF2022 Director; YB Yeoh Soon Hin,
Penang State Minister for Tourism and Creative Economy (PETACE); produced in collaboration with SM Zakir, winner of SEA
Mr Ashwin Write 2011.

ASEAN-Malaysia National Secretariat
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia)

Dr Khoo Ying Hooi with overall responsibility for promoting and protecting
has been appointed human rights in ASEAN. The study will map the legal
as lead researcher for framework related to the rights of water and sanitation in
a UPUM consultancy the ASEAN Member States (AMS), with an analysis of areas
project for the ASEAN- of commonality, differences, strengths, and areas for
Malaysia National improvement in the region.
Secretariat, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of The study will also construct a baseline ASEAN report
Malaysia, for one year using the legal commitments on access to water and
from September 2022-September 2023. The project, “The sanitation that a country has made through ratification of
Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation in ASEAN”, is treaties and promulgating legislation that enables
one of the thematic studies under the ASEAN measurement of progress on these commitments and their
Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). respective indicators and benchmarks. Incorporating the
ten country reports from the AMS, this study will include a
The AICHR is designed to be an integral part of the ASEAN regional overview that concludes with recommendations.
organisational structure and an overarching institution

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