Ng Kar Yong - Penang Monthly (Page 2)

Making Affordable Housing an Economic Enabler

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Housing is a basic need. However, the Median Multiple approach developed by Demographia International considers houses in Penang to be unaffordable.1 According...

by Timothy Choy & Ng Kar Yong

Timothy Choy Ng Kar Yong

Penangites, How are We Doing with Work-life Balance?

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WHAT IS THE state of work-life balance (WLB) in this unprecedented era of lockdowns and remote working? Penang Monthly asks Penangites their views through a s...

by Ng Kar Yong & Yap Jo-yee

Ng Kar Yong

Malaysia’s Creative Industry in Numbers

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AS DEFINED IN the National Creative Industry Policy (DIKN) 2009, the creative industry in Malaysia consists of three main categories which cover a total of 45 s...

by Ng Kar Yong & Yap Jo-yee

Ng Kar Yong

Penang’s Key Economic Indicators

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Gross Domestic ProductIn 2018 Penang registered a gross domestic product (GDP) of RM91.2bil, with a year-on-year (y-o-y) growth rate of 5.1%, which is 0.4% hi...

by Ng Kar Yong

Ng Kar Yong

Food Value Chain in Numbers

4 min read

A food value chain involves stakeholders who perform value-adding activities to produce food products.1 Table 1 shows the number of persons engaged and the amou...

by Ng Kar Yong

Ng Kar Yong

Chinese Associations in Penang by Numbers

4 min read

The formation of Chinese associations in Penang can be traced back to the early nineteenth century, when Chinese migrants began settling in the state; these ass...

by Ng Kar Yong

Ng Kar Yong

The Numbers on Food

4 min read

There are four main types of food-related licenses issued by the local councils in Penang. These include licenses issued to food and beverage hawkers, restauran...

by Ng Kar Yong

Ng Kar Yong