The recent Roundtable discussion jointly organised by SEDAR Institute, Sisters In Islam (SIS) and Centre for Public Policy Studies, ASLI was aptly entitled ‘Religion, Multi-ethnicity and Unity in Malaysia: Challenges and Prospects for Nation Building’.  The discussion, held at the Crystal Crown Hotel PJ on 22nd April, saw well-respected leading academics and political, religious and civil society leaders come together for constructive dialogue on a wide range of religious and civil society issues.

The Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI) and the Socio-Economic Development and Research Institute (SEDAR) jointly organized the ASLI-SEDAR Roundtable Discussion on Key Socio-Economic Issues Impacting on National Economic Resilience and Competitiveness on 14th January 2006 

About 1,000 people came to discuss the matter of ethnic unity and to listen to an impressive group of panelists, including many representatives of the Malaysian government, parliament and political parties, both of the ruling coalition and the opposition.