Xenophobia signals crisis
3 min read
A clear connection seems to exist between an economy’s health, on the one hand, and that society’s handling of religious and ethnic minorities, on...
Building Penang, Inspiring Malaysia
39 min read
In honour of Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu who passed away in November 2010, Penang Economic Monthly presents in this issue a list of articles on the second chief ministe...
Trapped multiple times
2 min read
This month’s cover is about Malaysia’s brain drain; and what is fascinating is how old – and yet how current – the story reads.Indee...
Funeral for a true son of Penang
2 min read
The morning was soft and cloudy – but only for a while. By 10am, the sun was blazing and having its usual relentless way with Penangites. Perhaps as man...
Retaining the ability to enjoy simple abilities
2 min read
This month’s article about the endless hunt for energy to power modern man’s countless machines leads me to think about the psychological conseque...
Of Yin & Yang, Qi and Immune Systems
3 min read
Do you know that we start rotting as soon as we have breathed our last breath? This is a fascinating reminder that decay is the default situation for the human...
The importance of being Inspirable
2 min read
It’s always a bit disconcerting when a notion forms in your mind and you cannot find a good word for it. Memory going bad? Mental energy running out? Ba...
The sustaining of social disharmony must end
2 min read
We have just entered a new year, so allow me to kick off this magazine’s fifth year in its present form with some observations about the central importa...
India In Our Minds
2 min read
Today, when we talk about the rise of China and India, we lazily think of them as similar items – ancient and rich civilisations coming into their own i...
All the World’s a Stage, and Who Else but We are Responsible for the Upkeep of the Theatre
3 min read
All things change. We can all agree on that. But what the density and swiftness of change in modern living have taught us is that there are harsh limits.We ar...
We all need Over Exposure
2 min read
Since our cover story for the month is about the future of education in Malaysia, I would like to take up the issue of exposure as a necessary element in the...
Now that Cavemen Have Conquered the Earth…
3 min read
When we were cavemen, we lived in caves.And in the thousands of years since then, we have lived in everything else – from lean-tos to tents to log cab...