Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng - Penang Monthly (Page 25)

Pandemic or Not, there is No Such Thing as “De-globalisation”

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WHILE THE COVID-19 pandemic is sometimes portrayed as globalisation hitting a wall, it has at the same time raised public consciousness that globalisation as a...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

A Synergic Platform is Something Penang Almost Already Has to Build Back Better

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THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC has obliged us to rethink the personal, the present and the proximate.Shaken by the arresting of our ambitions, stirred by disruptions t...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Fairness is the Virtue that Can Reset the World

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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

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

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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

Amused at Fort Cornwallis

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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...

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To Live and Let Live, You Need Sustainability Thinking

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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

The SXI Spirit: Hard Work as Second Nature

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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

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

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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

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

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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

Redefining the Global “New Normal” After Covid-19

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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

How Much of a Crisis is Covid-19?

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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

Balancing Mutualism with Legalism

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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