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NOT MANY OUTSIDE the ethnic group is aware of the heterogeneity of Indian communities in Penang. The truth is, the different Indian communities here weave a ric...

IF MALAYSIAN national schools had implemented two mediums of instruction – English and Bahasa Malaysia, Rina* would not be at the “crossroads”, figuring out whi...

CHATTERING GUESTS WERE silenced by the pounding of the E Major chord on the grand piano, signalling rehearsal time. It was a routine every Thursday night in pre...

VISITORS TO PENANG often throng Armenian Street thanks to the numerous street art and cafés located in the vicinity. Lined with Straits Eclectic shophouses, the...

WHILE GEORGE TOWN may not have the enduring history of ancient entrepôts in the Malay Archipelago, it has nevertheless grown into a cosmopolitan centre in just...

In Japan, household and commercial waste from shops, offices and accommodation facilities are handled differently, and all recyclable items must be recycled or returned to the market as secondhand goods.

THE ARRIVAL OF the British to Southeast Asia in the 18th century brought significant changes to the political, economic and cultural contours of Malaya. The est...

MEE GORENG MAMAK is the perfect metaphor for cosmopolitan Penang, the undeniable love child of unfettered multiculturalism. Penang, as an entrepôt, had always b...