Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng - Penang Monthly (Page 26)

When the Artistic Impulse Becomes a Key Economic Asset

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“Creative Industries” is an elusive term. It reflects the postmodern condition, unsettling notions of modernity while signalling socio-economic and cultural shifts tied to 21st-century globalisation.

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Liveability Lies in Public Spaces being Properly Planned and Maintained

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Urbanity changes our relationship to space and loosens our link to Nature. As societies grow in size, they acquire space that then needs to be planned, managed and endlessly maintained.

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Fostering a Sense of Conjoint Fate One Teh Tarik at a Time

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Not many peoples in the world discuss what they want for dinner while eating lunch. Malaysians do, and we like to laugh about that fact – taking it to mea...

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Meeting a Legend that Grows and Grows

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This article first appeared in our February 2010 issue. In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we put together for you in this issue some of our most memorable...

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The View Gets Better the Longer the Journey Lasts

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There are tipping points. Key instances past which the world changes. The effect is often immediate, shocking and irreversible. And then there are changes that...

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Freedom Socially Anchored is a Formidable Thing

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Ooi Kee Beng.When a process of liberation has actually succeeded in emancipating a category of humans, subsequent generations should find it hard to imagi...

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Should We Aim for A United Nation? Or Simply A Just State and a Healthy Economy?

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Malaysians use “Nation-building” as an umbrella term for all the processes required to turn a given territory into a secure, prosperous and united...

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Mind the Young Mind

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It is often claimed that traditional Asian ways of teaching encourage students to memorise facts – so-called rote learning. The Western way, in contradi...

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Editorial-Good to see credit go to the deserving

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As individuals, we will do well to remember that not all things are within our ability to achieve. All we can do is our best. The rest is Fate.

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Towards a post-racialist Malaysia

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Yes, it is time for change in Malaysia. And with the advent of church burnings, time may be running out. At the same time, what is it that must change, and why only now?

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Biases in Technology: The Case of The Bicycle

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Most of us are prepared to accept the notion that Science is objective. The application of Science, however, is another story. Technology is driven not only by...

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What brain, what drain?

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Migration was the norm in South-East Asia. From founders of city ports like Parameswara down to the common Minangkabau, migration was a necessity.

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