Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng - Penang Monthly (Page 13)

Generating Knowledge for a Multipolar World: Ooi Kee Beng in conversation with Danny Quah (Part 2)

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PENANG MONTHLY continues its interview with Penang boy, Danny Quah, recognised by Stanford University to be among the 100 most influential academics in governme...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

What Are We to Do With You Millennials?

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I HAVE TO admit something. Before returning to Penang to work in 2017, I had hardly ever used the word “millennial”. Looking back, I think that was because I wa...

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The Educational Origins of Penang’s Skills Mismatch and Brain Drain

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EDUCATION IS REGARDED as a human right today. Therefore, most modern states, barring those who expressly consider public education to be a threat to their conti...

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Physical Needs Set the Standard and Pace for Intercultural Relations

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THERE ARE CERTAIN aspects to human cultures which are more universal than others – largely by virtue of the fact that they deal with physical needs more than wi...

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A Digital Revolution in Healthcare Has Arrived in Malaysia

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On March 12, 2022, Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. Noor Hisham bin Abdullah, Director-General of Health for Malaysia, was awarded the inaugural Dr. Wu Lien-Teh Award for...

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Penang: Once Cosmopolitan, Always Cosmopolitan

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URBAN CENTRES, by their very nature of having concentrated populations, tend also to place people from different backgrounds in close proximity to each other. T...

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Of Urban Parochialism And Rural Cosmopolitanism

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The thing is, the line between urban and rural is no longer as clear as before, and therefore the association between urbanity and cosmopolitanism—a tie that has been shaky from the start in any case—becomes ever more tenuous.

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A Good State is an Inclusive and Caring State

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DEAR CITIZEN, who cares for you?Or more succinctly, who should care for you?When we talk about the Care Industry (as we are doing in this month’s magazine), we...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Penang Initiatives at Enabling Decentralisation

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Penang Initiatives at Enabling DecentralisationON 30 MAY 2022 at the newly renovated Penang State Assembly building, Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow released the I...

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Trusting Remains a Process that Takes Time in the Information Age

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ONCE UPON A time, information was generated slowly and carefully. The time and distance between thought, expression, dissemination and reception were substantia...

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What Do Straits Do—Separate or Connect? [Part One]

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DOES THE PENANG Strait separate Seberang Perai from Penang Island or does it connect one to the other?This question is not as glib as it may sound at first read...

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On Urbanity and Wealth, and the Future of the Countryside

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URBANISATION IS AN oft-cited sign of radical socio-economic changes in a country.The process at some point could be one of necessity, where the agricultural sec...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng