Khor Hung Teik

was a manager at the Penang Institute and has been tracking practical and workable green practices since 2000. He has also authored manuals on household composting and initiated several community composting projects in Penang.

6 posts

Welcoming The Old and Disabled to Penang

7 min read

For the distant traveler, Penang is unique to the region. It is not like Phuket or Pulau Perhentian where sun, surf and sea are the attractions, or like Kuala Lumpur or Singapore, where urban life pulsates late into the night. Penang is somewhere in-between.

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Whose rubbish is it anyway?

6 min read

This will soon be cleaned up by private companies, should the federal government have its way.The cabinet has decided that solid waste management (SWM) an...

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Turning disability into a national asset

8 min read

Malaysia is signatory to numerous conventions on equal opportunities and equal treatment for disabled persons. However, Malaysian society has yet to give adequate thought to the productivity factor of disabled persons and whether they can be gainfully employed.

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What’s up with Penang properties?

8 min read

What Are The Key Factors that are bringing investors into the property market in Penang?There have been some recent significant changes, as can be seen in how...

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Garbage Graves of Penang

8 min read

Most of us are happily unaware of where our garbage goes after leaving our bins. Very few of us on the island know that our rubbish takes a sea cruise from the Batu Maung Waste Transfer Station on barges to their final resting place on the mainland.

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Greening communities in Penang

7 min read

GOING GREEN IS no longer simply a buzzword, nor is it a passing fad. This is becoming obvious to more and more people. In this decade alone, many have come to realise that global warming and climate change are a stark reality and unavoidable phenomena due to anthropogenic activities.

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Khor Hung Teik