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The Post-Covid Crisis: Rising Food Prices

10 min read

Cooking used to be a fun passion project, but with rising food costs, it’s now a careful act of budgeting. This piece explores how inflation is reshaping how Malaysians eat, shop and survive.

by Sheryl Teoh

Will You Be Replaced by AI & Automation?

6 min read

Algorithms constitute the very heart of AI, whether it is shaping your Instagram Explore page or underpinning critical functions like fraud detection and disease prediction.

by Howie Chang

Getting Around in Penang: Managing the Transition to Better Public Transport

11 min read

A WELL-STRUCTURED bus system offers a wide range of benefits that go beyond mere transportation. It addresses the critical issue of affordability by providing a...

by Alexander Fernandez

Understanding Innovation and How It Drives Excellence

7 min read

BACK IN THE 1970S, if I wanted to communicate with my pen pal in Manchester a monthly labour of love I proceeded to the Gelugor Post Office with a letter in han...

by Prof. Dato' Dr. Zulfigar Yasin

Are You Reading This?

10 min read

In two studies published in 2006 and 2009, Mar et al. found that fiction readers empathise with people, understand them and can see the world from another person’s perspective better.

by Sheryl Teoh

A Life Between Sea and Land: The Clan Jetties

9 min read

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...

by Pan Yi Chieh

More Blue Than Green: Revelling in Penang’s Marine Biodiversity

9 min read

THIS YEAR, in recognition of the importance of marine biodiversity, Penang will host the 6th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity. The central theme, “Marine...

by Prof. Dato' Dr. Zulfigar Yasin & Prof. Dato’ Dr. Aileen Tan

For a long time, I wondered how I, for whom street food is at the core of my culture and eating habits, can find a diet that satisfies my cultural taste buds while still meeting present-day healthy eating guidelines.

by Lim Sok Swan

Handling the Intangibles: Heritage Management in George Town

14 min read

The road to becoming a World Heritage site was not easy for George Town and Melaka – the paperwork, inventorying, filing and so on all required exhaustive work.

by Julia Tan & Jeremy Tan

Jeremy Tan

Looking Seawards: The Benefits of the Blue Economy Await Penang

12 min read

Penang’s economy, culture and environment are defined as much by the water that surrounds its shoreline as it is by the land on which its people live an...

by Negin Vaghefi

The Future of Food is Digital

7 min read

COVID-19 HAS BEEN putting some strain on Penang’s food supply. Although the state managed well on the whole, this challenge should serve as a stark remi...

by Negin Vaghefi

The Motorbike – Symbol of Penang and its Economic Vibrancy

7 min read

SEE THE AUNTY puttering on the three-wheeler Honda C90, dragging a cart of triple-mixed iced soya bean, “leong fun” and milo; the beverages slushing...

by Kenneth Ooi

Kenneth Ooi