Pemergian Dr Mahani dirasai

Ekoran pemergian pakar ekonomi, Datuk Dr Mahani Zainal Abidin yang meninggal dunia hari ini mendapat pelbagai reaksi daripada pengguna laman sosial Twitter.

Beliau disahkan meninggal dunia di Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM) kira-kira jam dua petang Sabtu akibat penyakit kanser.

Bisnes Awani is deeply saddened by the demise of Datuk Dr Mahani of ISIS. She was a great friend. Al Fatihah.
— rizal zulkapli (@rizalzulkapli) June 22, 2013

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Datuk Dr Mahani will be remembered as a great Malaysian, kind and gentle. We mourn her passing.
— rizal zulkapli (@rizalzulkapli) June 22, 2013

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Al-Fatihah on the passing of Datuk Dr. Mahani Zainal Abidin. She will be missed.
— nadster (@nadster) June 22, 2013

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Ya Allah! Semoga idola aku ditempat kan di syurga. Dr Mahani pakar ekonomi :(
— kety yow♚ (@ilyNAZAIN) June 22, 2013

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Dato' Dr. Mahani of ISIS has passed away today. Had the chance to host her at @UKEC MSLS last year. Great loss. Al-Fatihah.
— Syawal Hafriz (@syawalhafriz) June 22, 2013

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Afatihah-Datuk Dr Mahani Zainal Abidin CEO ISIS meninggal dunia di HUKM sebentar tadi. Kita kehilangan seorang... http://t.co/zxrFDLetjD
— Shabery Cheek (@shaberyc) June 22, 2013

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Dr Mahani Zainal Abidin's death is great loss to Msia. I enjoyed her economic talks profoundly. Semoga rohnya dicucuri rahmat. Alfatihah.
— Abdul Rahman Dahlan (@mpkotabelud) June 22, 2013

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Mahani, yang memiliki ijazah doktor falsafah (PhD) dalam ekonomi pembangunan dari University of London pada 1992, pernah bertugas sebagai profesor di Jabatan Ekonomi Kendalian, Universiti Malaya.

Allahyarham yang turut bertanggungjawab bagi penggubalan dasar semasa krisis kewangan Asia 1997/1998 merupakan seorang pakar ekonomi cemerlang dan peneraju dasar awam.

Beliau juga terlibat dalam merangka Model Ekonomi Baru.

Mahani, yang juga Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Institut Kajian Strategik dan Antarabangsa (ISIS) meninggal dunia pada kira-kira 2 petang akibat penyakit kanser, di Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia pada Sabtu.

Allahyarham, 59, meninggalkan suami, Hamidon Howell Miller dan seorang anak lelaki James Imran Miller.

Jenazahnya akan disemadikan di Tanah Perkuburan Bukit Kiara selepas solat Maghrib malam tadi.