Embracing the Joy of Having Toys
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AS KIDS NOWADAYS gravitate towards tablets and gadgets, the toy market is being kept afloat mostly by adults. According to data from NPD Group, a huge number of...
Reverse Culture Shock: A Tale of Two Homes, Penang and York
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“IT’S GOOD THAT you’re back, it’s better to be home,” my grandmother said, as I told her about my time in the UK.Her words came from a place of love, after not...
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Exhibiting Fashion’s Potential to Empower the Disabled
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UNDERNEATH THE GLITZ and the glamour of the fashion industry lies a dark underbelly. The textile and garment sector alone contributes 10% of humanity’s carbon e...
Penang through the Eyes of Young Resident Foreigners
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HAILED A RETIREE’S paradise, Penang welcomes expatriates from all over the world to call the state their home. But curiously – and excitingly &ndash...
Will the Pandemic Raise Awareness of Penang’s Need for a Proper Concert Hall?
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THE PENANG PHILHARMONIC Orchestra (PPO) held its last publicised concert on March 1 before its plans for the year ahead was forced to be on a momentary interlud...
The Smartphone and the Elderly
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THE SMARTPHONE BECAME a liberator of sorts for many of us when in-person connection was rendered impossible by lockdown restrictions and social distancing measu...
Using the Net in Urban Fishing
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UPON FINISHING HER diploma studies in programming and networking in 2010, Syahifah Hawa Zamzuri returned to her hometown of Penang. During one of her beach ambl...