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Jeff Ooi

Location

Penang, Malaysia

Bio

JEFF OOI is the Member of Parliament for Jelutong. He has an MBA from the RMIT University, Australia, specializing in international management. Earlier, he graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in literature and political science from USM, Penang. • Jeff is an internationally sought-after speaker on Internet, New Media, Freedom of Expression, State-sponsored Internet Filtration, and Free and Open Source Software. Since 2004, he has spoken in the USA, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Tunisia, India, Singapore, Cambodia, the Philippines and throughout Malaysia. • He pioneered e-community in 1999 (www.usj.com.my) and social-political blogging in Malaysia in 2003. In June 2005, his blog (www.jeffooi.com) was voted by Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) as the FREEDOM BLOG ASIA. • 2001 – 2002, he was the founding member of Communications and Multimedia Content Forum and secretary of the Communications and Multimedia Consumer Forum, respectively, two bodies tasked to draft industry codes under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998. • Jeff contested in Malaysia’s General Election 2008 and was democratically elected as the Member of Parliament for Jelutong, Penang. • Before becoming a legislator, Jeff was an Internet and New Media consultant. He wrote a fortnightly column on K-economy in the Malaysian Business magazine, 2001-2006, and blogged on CNet Asia on consumer Internet and Electronics, besides being an Internet observer with FRANCE24 TV network. • He published his first book in 2008, titled “i-Witness”, which focuses on knowledge-based economy and technology-driven change in the business world. • He was appointed a member of the Board of Directors in Invest-in-Penang Berhad (InvestPenang), a state-owned agency formed to promote international and domestic investments. He is also a key mover in the Wireless@Penang project launched in 2008. • In social work, Jeff is currently a director at the Centre for Policy Initiatives, a think-tank for civil society, alongside Dr Lim Teik Ghee and Dr Azly Rahman.

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Joined

10/01/2009