The mystery we call development
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In the late 1970s, Canadian diplomat David Malone found himself in Sudan, tasked by his government to check in on its $30mil aid programme. Six big projects wer...
The Art of Sonny Liew
9 min read
Comics are fun, but if one is to make a career of it, one needs luck and lots of talent. And one needs to take bold initiatives and to experiment. A very adult way to stay young, really.
Probing root problems with music, the Kareem Salama way
5 min read
Kareem Salama had what he called a “very traditional American upbringing” in Oklahoma. His Egyptian parents, both engineers, migrated to the US in t...
Highlights of George Town Festival 2015
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The Metamorphosis, Android VersionIn France sometime in the near future, as war rages in the background, Gregor wakes up one morning to find that he...
Taking Penang Chinese Cuisine Abroad
6 min read
Leong’s journey with food started at a very young age, when he helped sell hokkien mee in Chowrasta Market in the 1970s. He would get up at 7am to push the stall cart from Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah to the market, and helped to sell until 1pm.
A Sky of Stars: Penang Shines as a Sporting State
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Mention squash and Datuk Nicol David comes to mind for most of us. The longest reigning world No. 1 (a whopping 108 consecutive months!) until September last ye...
The Future Starts Now
6 min read
It’s almost 10pm, and Frederick Tan and I are still chatting in his office. Downstairs, the Penang Sports Council’s Chinese New Year celebration is...
The Remarkable Resurgence of Penang’s Hindu Endowment Board
6 min read
When Pakatan Rakyat took power in Penang in 2008, they inherited an underperforming Hindu Endowment Board (HEB) that was generating a mere RM3,000 a month in in...
A Revolution in Science Education is Upon Us
17 min read
Connecting the DotsThe Geodesic Dome at Komtar was one of the more iconic structures of its time. At the time of its construction it was considered an enginee...
A Model for Libraries of the Future
5 min read
As the Digital Age develops, we find ourselves constantly experimenting with new ways to improve what we are already doing: from publishing to manufacturing to...
A Museum that Sounds Like No Other
7 min read
I texted Paul Augustin that I would be a little late to our appointment, mainly because Komtar had closed off parking that day for some reason and I had to leav...
Talking about Ageing: The Greying Elephant in the Room
15 min read
We live in unprecedented times: more people are living longer and have healthier lives than ever before. The Department of Statistics Malaysia has revealed that...
