Leaning On No Man
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Will it ever be possible for a woman to exist on her own terms, or will cultural reinforcement beat that notion down?
Penang targets non-traditional tourists
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Greg Caplan, the founder of Remote Year, was three seas and two continents away when I called him. His team of six was in Slovenia, with 75 Remote Year particip...
New Means of Public Transport That We Do Not Have to Wait for
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In 2010 the modal share of public transport was 3% in George Town, and 8% state-wide. Eight years later, those figures are still the same.The ideal is 40%, wh...
Penang’s Biodiversity in Numbers
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Biosphere ReservesON SEPTEMBER 15, 2021, Penang Hill was designated a Biosphere Reserve (BR) under Unesco’s Man and the Biosphere Programme. This is the state’s...
The Impact of Covid-19 on Life Insurance
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THE LIFE INSURANCE industry has changed considerably since the Covid pandemic. Over the past five years, the life insurance penetration rate, a common indicator...
Online Shopping in Numbers
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MALAYSIA’S INTEREST IN online shopping waxed and waned over the period of the pandemic. Combining this with household income data from the Department of Statist...
Diagnosing Covid-19’s Impact on Malaysia’s Medical Tourism
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OVER THE PAST two years, medical tourism has witnessed exponential growth, facilitated by the dissolution of travel barriers, the spread of internet usage, and...
The Gig Economy Comes to the Rescue of the Retrenched, but at a Cost
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THE YEAR 2020 saw seismic shifts in the job market structure. Soon after the MCO was announced last March, unemployment rates in Malaysia jumped significantly f...
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...
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...
Penang’s Heritage in Numbers
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Traditional Trades in George Town THERE ARE A total of 607 traditional traders in George Town, Penang. They represent 63 unique trades, and are members of the...
Women in Numbers
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Women in Parliament and Administration AS A SIGNATORY of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)...