Forum:An Islamic State after 50 years?
Date: 25 July 2007 (Wed)
Time: 7.30pm
Venue:KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall
Speakers:
Ambiga Sreenevasan, Bar Council President;

Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, HAKAM President;
Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, PKR Secretary-General;

Lim Guan Eng, DAP Secretary-General;

Lim Kit Siang, Parliamentary Opposition Leader.

Enquiries, call 03-79578022 (Lau Weng San)

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