Tricia Yeoh

has previously worked with the Selangor state government and is now attached to a market research consultancy.

4 posts

Water Management: Selangor Can Borrow Buckets from Penang

7 min read

Selangor's water crisis highlights the failures of privatisation in Malaysia. Penang’s success in water management serves as a model, offering low tariffs and efficient services despite challenges in Selangor.

by Tricia Yeoh

Making Green Policies Sustainable

5 min read

The United Nations Climate Change Conference held in December 2009 in Copenhagen left little to cheer about. How should Malaysian urban centres position themselves on such issues?

by Tricia Yeoh

Betting On Better Public Transport

7 min read

Today, only 60% of the population resides within 400 metres of a public transport route. Anyone residing in Penang or the Klang Valley can testify to horrid traffic jams and endless hours wasted weaving through a daily gridlock on the road.

by Tricia Yeoh

Democracy Is Essentially Local

7 min read

Local government elections were abolished by the Malaysian federal government in 1976 despite suggestions to the contrary by the body set up to study them. Thirty four years later, the State governments of Penang and Selangor are asking for federal support to reintroduce them.

by Tricia Yeoh