Covid-19 Exclusives - Penang Monthly (Page 8)

One Man’s Food Waste Can be Another Man’s Meal

5 min read

UNCLE TEOH TAKES out his knife and cuts off the bottom end of the radish that has gone bad. He tears off the lettuce leaves that have browned and puts them all...

by Kristina Khoo-Rhodes

Women in the Informal Sector Hit Hard by the MCO

4 min read

NO DOUBT, businesses and employees in the non-essential sectors have suffered from significant income losses. But it is in the informal sector that workers have...

by Yeong Pey Jung

Caring for the Ill and the Dying from A Distance

4 min read

IN 2012 my sister passed away from breast cancer. Days before she passed, my uncle flew back from Perth while my twin sister, who was working in KL at the time,...

by Emilia Ismail

Reconsider the Entry Ban

4 min read

The government needs to justify, clarify and communicate with the public why the magic number “150,000” was chosen. On what scientific grounds do 150,000 Covid-19 cases in a country makes it “high-risk”? Are there no other factors that should be considered in identifying high-risk nations?

by Dato' Seri Lee Kah Choon

Diagnosing Covid-19’s Impact on Malaysia’s Medical Tourism

5 min read

OVER THE PAST two years, medical tourism has witnessed exponential growth, facilitated by the dissolution of travel barriers, the spread of internet usage, and...

by Yap Jo-yee

The Decade-old GTLF Migrates Online During Covid-19

5 min read

THE INITIAL PLANS for the 2020 George Town Literary Festival (GTLF) were for it to be celebratory – to look back on 10 years of work, while also looking f...

by William Tham

Bioplastics Needed More than Ever

7 min read

HUMANS TRULY ARE an innovative species. The use and control of fire; the simple yet sophisticated wheel; cars, ocean liners, aircrafts, spaceships; and the Inte...

by Jo-Ann Chuah

Jo-Ann Chuah

Making Penang More Resilient to Disasters

5 min read

WHAT IS “SUSTAINABLE GROWTH”?The Brundtland Report, known also as Our Common Future, was presented to the UN in 1987 and expounds sustainable deve...

by Lee Khiam Jin

Lee Khiam Jin

CEMACS’ Coastal Cleanup Month Nets Cigarette Butts, Face Masks and Gloves

3 min read

TAKE A LONG leisurely walk along Penang’s beaches. What do you see? Iterations of clustered seashells dotting their lengths perhaps, but among them as wel...

by Annette Jaya Ram & Dr. Abe Woo Sau Pinn

The Gig Economy Comes to the Rescue of the Retrenched, but at a Cost

6 min read

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...

by Yap Jo-yee

Top Policy Priorities in the Wake of the Crisis

4 min read

AS COVID-19 steadily dismantles the Old Normal, our uncertainties get more and more focused on basics. No longer do we worry as much about that continually post...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Hands-on Business Training for Home-based Chefs during Covid-19

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Asnita Abd Hamid sells baked goods for a living.THE FIRST MCO was especially paralytic for women from the lower tiers of the B40 and M40 groups, who sold...

by Braema Mathi

Braema Mathi