A Pressman’s Progress

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Read the full story

Already have an account? Sign in

A Vertical Road to George Town

7 min read

Akram Khan: When you finally create something, the history of how it was made becomes vague and is lost. You forget the origins of the ideas, when they started as fragments.

by Rosalind Chua

Rosalind Chua

Making A City Liveable The Secret Is Economic Growth From Below

17 min read

According to the Economic Intelligence Unit of The Economist, Vancouver topped the World’s Most Livable Cities list in 2011 for the second consecutive year based on five main criteria: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.

by Chan Huan Chiang

Chan Huan Chiang

Household Debt in Malaysia – Is It Sustainable?

7 min read

ONE IMPORTANT LESSON from the financial crisis of 2007–2009 is that economic stability and financial fragility are not only influenced by consumer prices and wage inflation. Equally if not more important are asset price inflation, financial/corporate leverage and household leverage.

by Lim Mah Hui

Lim Mah Hui

August 2011 Penang Palette

UTARA –Still Zealous After All These Years

7 min read

IT HAS NO MANIFESTO, no annual subscriptions (initially RM400 fee with 15% from the proceeds of sales of works going to the group), no fixed meeting place or fi...

by Ooi Kok Chuen

August 2011 People Economics

Pricing The Homemaker

5 min read

TWO-THIRDS OF economic wealth is generated by human capital; and the catalyst in this staggering equation lies in the process of parenting. More interesting, a clear divide exists in terms of the expectations of fatherly and motherly duties.

by Poh Heem Heem

Poh Heem Heem