More than 600 people attended the two-day forum. They included business people, government officials, academics and university students. The distinguished guest of honour and keynote speaker for the first-day forum was Datin Paduka Zaleha Binti Ismail, Minister for National Unity and Social Development Malaysia (1999). The second-day forum's keynote speaker was Dr. J. Estanislao, Former Secretary of Finance The Philippines (1999). They both kindly accepted to make keynote speeches on the theme for the 3rd HYLI "Leading Dynamic Asia into the New Global Age" to show their support for the purpose of this program.
The forum sessions also covered panel discussions on the following three sub themes:
Strategies for Economic Development
Strategies for Education
Strategies for Social Welfare
The young leaders actively exchanged views with Asia's distinguished leaders. At the Question & Answer sessions, lively discussions were held between the speakers, young leaders and even the audience. The invited speakers and their speeches are as follows:
Yang Berhormat Datin Paduka Zaleha Bt. Ismail
Minister for National Unity and Social Development Malaysia
Tatsuhiko Kodama, Chair Professor
Department of Molecular Biology and Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Khunying Chodchoy
President of Taviset (Magic Eye Foundation)
Dr. Karlina Leksono
Founder of Suara Ibu Peduli (Voice of Concerned Mothers),
a Non-Governmental Organisation
Tan Sri Dato' Dr Awang Had Bin Salleh
Professor Emeritus, Universiti Utara Malaysia
Tan Sri Dr Syed Jalaludin Syed Salim
Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Dr Leo W. H. Tan
Director, National Institute of Education
Professor and Dean of Science, Nanyang Technological University
(Singapore)
Tan Sri Dato Ramon V. Navaratnam
Corporate Adviser to SungeiWay Group(Malaysia)
Dr Ghazali Atan
Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director Metrowangsa Asset Management Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
