Manifesting the Box Out of Which We Should Think
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Dreamer Series – Constitute by Low Chee Peng.Boxed In I (top) and Boxed In II (bottom) by Aboud Fares.WANTING TO THINK “outside the bo...
Udini House: The Decaying Mansion of a Kedah Prince in Exile
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Portrait of Tengku Kudin at the Kedah State Museum. Photo: Enzo SimWITHIN THE COMPOUNDS of the Marine Police living quarters in the busy suburb of Ge...
Support Needed to Complete the Renovation of Penang’s Greatest Iconic Structure
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DESPITE BEING a Category I national heritage monument, Fort Cornwallis has for a long time been an underperforming tourism asset. That time may soon be over. Cu...
Introducing the Seberang Perai Local Plan 2030
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SEBERANG PERAI IS a sizeable 73,841 hectares, or to be precise, it makes up 71% of Penang State’s total land mass. With the Island being well developed, l...
A Sea Odyssey that Led to a New Home
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Jim, the watermaker repairman, working in small-space conditions under the starboard settee.Asylum's navigation station.IT WAS ALMOST 22 years ago,...
Covid-19 in Penang: Part Three
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2020November 14Two clusters are detected in Penang. The Assumption cluster involves the North and Central Seberang Perai districts, as well as Kulim, Keda...
Doctors Without Borders: Providing Aid to Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Malaysia during Covid-19
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FOR MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES, or Doctors Without Borders (MSF), renowned for providing immediate medical care to those most in need, the Covid-19...
Malaysia’s Covid-19 Cases at A Glance
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JANUARY 2020January 24The first suspected Covid-19 case is detected in Johor Bahru among eight Chinese nationals who had earlier come into contact with an...
Sepak Takraw, the Malay Heritage Sport, is Alive and Kicking
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ONE FINE AFTERNOON back in the mid-15th century Tun Besar, the son of Tun Perak, a prominent palace official at the Malacca Sultanate, was playing sepak takraw...
Sport Injuries are Common, but Avoidable
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WHETHER RECREATIONAL OR competitive, doing sports involves risks of injury. But this can be easily prevented, if precautions are taken, says Dr. Vejayan Rajoo,...
Print Media: Too Cherished to Fade Away
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IT IS A hotly debated subject: Does going digital spell the end of print media? Granted, the reading culture has gone through quite a technology shake-up, from...