Book Review - Penang Monthly (Page 2)

Freedom of Political Speech and Social Responsibility in Malaysia

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THE CORE IDEA OF freedom of speech is the freedom to express and communicate ideas and thoughts without fear of the consequences. In political contexts, such...

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The Tiger That Lost Its Roar – A Tale of Malaysia’s Political Economy

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THIS BOOK BY Tony Pua, an Oxford-trained economist who currently is a Member of Parliament from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), is a collection of articles t...

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Heritage Trees of Penang

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When you browse through a bookstore to search for books on cultural landscapes, it is not uncommon to find many that deal with the built environment, and how...

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Honest Memoirs From An Extraordinary Lady

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This much-awaited volume lives up to all reasonable expectations and should be read by anyone – historian, lawyer or layman – interested in Penang,...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Master Photographers: The Professor & The Doctor

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Penang has an uncanny knack for being able to constantly surprise – both in art and Politics – and in Ismail Hashim and Dr Ooi Cheng Ghee, has thr...

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PKFZ: A Nation's Trust Betrayed

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This book is a comprehensive documentation of the sordid affairs of the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) which began in the early 1990s with a co-operative that comp...

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At Home with the Peranakan Chinese

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Hybridity is the essence of cultural development, and it is largely for political and economic reasons that the process of cultural definition is carried, large...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

A Convincing Case for Farquhar

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The present always becomes the past. And the past in turn is something that slowly settles, obscuring as often as it educates; and in time it becomes hardened t...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

An Ultimate Reference Guide to Penang Hill

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This comprehensive book will appeal to anyone who has plodded his or her way meditatively along a hill trail, or been driven in a buggy along Summit Road while...

by Louise Goss-Custard

Inspirational Lessons From Tony Fernandes

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It was fitting that I was flying high on a United Airlines flight to San Francisco when I read the new book by Tony Fernandes, group CEO of AirAsia, as he tol...

by Yeoh Siew Hoon

Revealing Complexities in the Practice of Faith in Malaysia

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Note: This book review contains spoilersFEAR. FATE. FAITH. Depending on your religious or cultural point of view, The Accidental Malay by Karina Robles Bahrin w...

by Rachel Yeoh

Two Perspectives on Late Colonial Life in Penang

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THE RECENT REPUBLICATION OF The Sara Saga and Hail Penang!, with new introductions and illustrations, marks the beginning of Areca Books’ valuable efforts...

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