The Future of Work Will Include Clubbing
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IN THE FIRST decade or two following Covid-19, which parts of our daily life will go back to the way they were, and which will not?It’s anyone’s g...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...