Surely Not Another Cold War!
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In the many workshops on US-China relations that I have attended in the last decade, one very popular view about the future of US-China relations is based on th...
Time to Free the Mass Media
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Tears came to my eyes when I was watching a documentary on Martin Luther King, Jr recently. This always happens when I watch programmes or movies portraying the...
Raising Awareness in the Fight Against Cancer
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Members of the cancer support group.Major advances in medical science now mean that cancer is not necessarily a death sentence. What’s more, the num...
An Election by Manifesto
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The 13th General Election holds a very real possibility of change in the federal government. Most important is the fact that never before have policies played s...
Shale Gas – A Game Changer for the Energy Industry
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In November 2012, while the world focused on the US presidential elections, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released the World Energy Outlook 2012 that...
Penang has decided – time for fulfilling the promises
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Penangites have shown their preferences. Notwithstanding accusations of fraud in certain constituencies, there is no doubt that the final election results in Pe...
Carmageddon is not inevitable
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London, 1983. I’m cycling down St John Street, a busy main road adjoining the city. Attempting to squeeze my bike alongside the cars, I tap the wing-mirro...
Selangor remains Pakatan's stronghold
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On May 5, 2013, the people of Selangor voted resoundingly for the return of the Pakatan government. Results of the recently held 13th General Elections clearly...
Co-working spaces – a working option for Penang
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For 20 and 30-somethings, working all day in an office cubicle is increasingly becoming an antiquated concept especially since, for a lot of people, all that...
An independent music scene for Penang
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Backstage at IndiePG, the members of The Electric Min’z Project are trying to define what their band sounds like. Guitarist Angelo Manuel has a go at it:...
A lean, mean, “Startup” machine
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Giovanni, one of the workshop participants, pitching his idea during the opening session."Excuse me,” Priyesh cornered a mother who was pushing a st...
Electoral system – options beyond First-Past-The-Post
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Just as fishes are not conscious of the water they live in, many of us take our electoral system for granted. Some consider that one ballot for a nominal choice...