an informal 'after speech' meeting

Dr Mahathir always enjoys meeting
those
who have shown an interest in what he has to say
and here he relaxed after his speech with
Teddy Chen and Peng Kiong Chou..............
both Malaysians based in London.............. with their businesses here
part of the group of Malaysians who I meet quite often,
some formalise the arrangement by being Members of OMEC
or the British Malaysia Society

Labuan the book from the island

After I was hosted in the island of Labuan
many times
by Dr Mahathir, first... then ..The King Iskander,
The Chief Minister of Sabah and many others
I wrote down many of my thoughts
took a great number of photographs........ completed two books
then left........ as I had so many commitments
and invitatons ....and
the one which I did accept was from The New Zealand Government to go to
THE UNITED NATIONS

...........and so all my work was packed away .............
then recently when the High Commissioner Datuk Aziz asked me about a second Malaysia book
...one of many such enquiries...................... I decided that the small one on Labuan .....
updated of course.............. could be published
on 11th March I gave copies to all of my Guests at My Malaysia Dinner ..including Sir Patrick Cormack
I met Edward Savarimuthu ..Media Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Malaysia at the RCS
and after we had looked at my

Official book Malaysia Terima Kasih................I presented him with a copy of LABUAN..........

G20 comments London

interested in Mahathir's comment on G20

I was interested
having been his guest on a number of occasions....
heard him so many times ..........
read his main book The Malay Dilemma
when I was first asked to be Advisor to The Malaysia Government
and then to be Bilateral Aid Advisor tot New Zealand and Malaysia Governments

to hear his comments on the G20 meeting being held in London

Victoria at Royal Commonwealth Society

This week I returned to London
for the visit of Dr Mahathir to the Royal Commonwealth Society
During my time as Bilateral Aid Advisor
to The New Zealand and Malaysia Governments
Dr Mahathir was Prime Minister
and he hosted me on a number of occasions
at his Official residence, Sri Labuan
on the island of Labuan,
at Dinners at the Hotel in Labuan,
at a picnic at a smaller offshore island where
a visit was made and a meeting held to discuss the new status of the
Island as Federal Territory
..................................

and at other meetings which he held there
sometimes with Minister of Federal Territories Shahrir, The Chief Minister of Sabah,
with Government Officials, and others from Kuala Lumpur and Sabah

Biarritz Asiatica Museum

The personal collection of Michel Postel is housed in a splendid,
well designed, easy to find, Museum,
a few minutes drive from the centre of Biarritz
It features a range of oriental art and crafts which he chose
to show some of the history, culture and arts of the parts of Asia
which he frequented for many years
It is a great accomplishment, well researched, documented,
and displayed, giving education, pleasure and an insight into very different
cultures from that, in which it is located
I was delighted to meet the gentleman who has produced this excellent collection
to show in France
My own years, visiting, and living in Asia, have perhaps made me appreciate more, the work
and skills which have made this Museum very unusual