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Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His recent books include The Eurasian Core and its Edges: Dialogues with Wang Gungwu on the History of the World (ISEAS 2016).
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Anwar Fazal: Seeing New Possibilities for Social Activism Post-Pandemic [PART ONE]
April 2021 Penang Profile Covid-19 Exclusives

Anwar Fazal: Seeing New Possibilities for Social Activism Post-Pandemic [PART ONE]

6 min read
A HEALTH PANDEMIC lays bare the bones of human society. So, if Covid-19 has not riled up your interest in how the world works, in how that world will now change...
by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
Fairness is the Virtue that Can Reset the World
April 2021 Picking On The Past

Fairness is the Virtue that Can Reset the World

4 min read
THE THINGS THAT split members of a society come in all shapes and sizes; but they all boil down to a play on the human sense of fairness. This sense can be indi...
by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
Amused at Fort Cornwallis
April 2021 Editorial

Amused at Fort Cornwallis

2 min read
AT THE WATER’s edge, my soul sighs. This has something to do with the sound of waves. Things may seem serene, but I cannot forget the power the sea withho...
by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
To Live and Let Live, You Need Sustainability Thinking
December 2020 Editorial Covid-19 Exclusives

To Live and Let Live, You Need Sustainability Thinking

4 min read
THERE IS A persistent trend in the thinking of the people of Penang which is not easily named, but discerning it helps explain why civil society activism is so...
by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
The SXI Spirit: Hard Work as Second Nature
November 2020 Editorial

The SXI Spirit: Hard Work as Second Nature

5 min read
Editorial-cum-book review: Francis Loh Kok Wah, Cecilia Ng and Anthony Rogers: The Xaverian Journey: The Story of a Lasallian School in Penang, Malaysia 1787-20...
by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
Can “The New Normal” be “The New Age”?
September 2020 Editorial Covid-19 Exclusives

Can “The New Normal” be “The New Age”?

3 min read
AS EXAMPLES INCREASE of countries getting new spikes in Covid-19 cases, and as some sustained green zones in Malaysia, like Penang, start turning yellow, it is...
by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
Refining Daily Social Behaviour is How We Individuals Get to Define the New Normal
August 2020 Editorial Covid-19 Exclusives

Refining Daily Social Behaviour is How We Individuals Get to Define the New Normal

3 min read
THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS that causes Covid-19 has been going about its deadly business for six months now. To date (July 10, 2020), 12,414,853 people have official...
by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
How Much of a Crisis is Covid-19?
July 2020 Editorial Covid-19 Exclusives

How Much of a Crisis is Covid-19?

3 min read
THERE ARE MANY levels to a crisis. What is sometimes called a crisis is often merely a serious problem. Personally, I would prefer that the word be reserved for...
by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
Redefining the Global “New Normal” After Covid-19
July 2020 Picking On The Past Covid-19 Exclusives

Redefining the Global “New Normal” After Covid-19

3 min read
PUNDITS ARE COMPARING the Covid-19 pandemic to the “Spanish Flu” of 1918 to tease out lessons for how to combat future pandemics.However, the worl...
by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
Balancing Mutualism with Legalism
June 2020 Editorial

Balancing Mutualism with Legalism

4 min read
THE NOTION OF “Rights” is as close to the essence of politics as one can come in a word.This is because “Rights”, like “Respect&...
by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
Fighting Covid-19 Helps Penang Take Charge of its Digital Future
May 2020 Editorial Covid-19 Exclusives

Fighting Covid-19 Helps Penang Take Charge of its Digital Future

3 min read
THE PENANG STATE Government has adopted “Next Normal” as the working term to denote the immediate post-Covid-19 era. This is exciting in that it pro...
by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
A Sport is an Ongoing Search for Common Ground
April 2020 Editorial

A Sport is an Ongoing Search for Common Ground

4 min read
IT IS STRANGELY hard to decide what a sport is; and when we do settle on a definition, it is only acceptable if we do not consider the many forms of human activ...
by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
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