A Decade Building The Creative Community At Hin Market
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CREATIVE MARKETS HAVE been steadily gaining popularity in Penang, becoming crucial platforms for creative startups and businesses to showcase their…
Chinese Language Publishing in Malaysia Shows Small Yet Vital Growth
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WHILE CHINESE LANGUAGE publishing has been long-standing in Malaysia, its market remains small. According to Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia, the total…
A Day in the Life of a Blind Person
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TANG HAS BEEN blind since birth. Following his primary and secondary education in Johor and Singapore, he majored in history at the Louisiana Tech University in...
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“The Islander Surge”: Exploring Cultural Uniqueness in Music
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An island’s cultural traditions and social contexts often render “islanders” with unique yet versatile identities. Hence, they are sometimes described as having...
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Are Chinese Religious Rituals Threatened by Porkflation?
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The costs of imported feeds and antibiotics have skyrocketed since Covid19. There is also additional cost incurred from state instructions to switch to a closed system. These, coupled with the drop in supply because of the swine flu and the continued demand for pork caused the price increase.
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Young People of Chew Jetty
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AT ANY OF the Clan Jetties, what is striking is the lack of younger residents. When asked, jetty residents themselves find it difficult to name young adults who...
A Life Between Sea and Land: The Clan Jetties
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One can still see small boats along the Clan Jetties today.THE CLAN JETTIES — rows of houses built on wooden stilts that jut out to the sea on the north eastern...
PenangPac’s Curtains Rise Once More
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Almost RM48,000 in donations have been raised since June.LAST JULY, the PenangPac warmly welcomed back its patrons for its first post-pandemic live show,...
Hungry Ghost Celebrations Hugely Downsized
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THE SEVENTH MONTH of the Lunar calendar is often referred to as the month of the “Hungry Ghost”. Believers hold rituals and ceremonies to pay respec...
Tourism Development is Now Everyone’s Business – and Responsibility
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To restore visitors’ confidence, hygiene and sanitation have been catapulted to the top of the to-do list for many countries, and more iron-clad preventive measures have been introduced to guard against unwanted outbreaks. Malaysia is no exception.
Kampung Selamat: A Resilient Village Inspiring in its Embrace of Economic Change
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KAMPUNG SELAMAT IS one of the few Chinese villages in Seberang Perai Utara. Over the decades, its transformation of economic activities bears witness to the dyn...
Saluting Our Warriors
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Peace never comes easy. In Malaysia’s case, the population had to survive the harsh Japanese occupation, the Malayan Emergency and Konfrontasi.Freedom a...