Editorial - Penang Monthly (Page 8)

The UAE passes an anti-discriminatory law worth importing

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I was in Abu Dhabi recently for the first time. The UAE is a strange land; its citizens make up only 15% of the whole population. The rest are foreigners of o...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

An Intercontinental Trip A Year Keeps the Psychiatrist Away

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Not long ago, messages had to be written on physical media to arrive only after being carried across oceans and mountains. Now, with the Internet and the smart phone, we receive endless news and personal texts as if time and space do not matter.

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Noses Don’t Grow Back

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It is very sad that the state of Penang is being ignored in the 11th Malaysia Plan (2016-2020). None of the infrastructure projects the Penang government presented for financial support has been accepted by the federal government.

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Penang Monthly goes free in June

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Spread the good news!Penang Monthly will be a free magazine from June 2015 onwards. Next month, you will be able to pick up a copy at selected locations thr...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Let’s be cosmopolitan and leave multi-ethnicity behind

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It is fascinating how seemingly innocuous words actually are not. Especially those that sound neutral, even ethically positive. That is why the sage never think...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Towards substantive democracy

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Democracy is a big word, and like all big words it is given to controversy and misuse.Since the magazine’s cover story this month and in April will be...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

To excel is to stay curious

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This is not strange given how our brain, no matter how complex it may be, is one highly interconnected organ that never stops working. It seeks to integrate,...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Education is not only for building a common identity

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Education is a key issue in nation building; in no other country has it been more evident than in Malaysia where so much contestation since the 1950s has been...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Proficient Multilingualism is the future

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Let’s get serious about global communication.In the Age of Nationalism, which is what we continue to live in, we tend to forget that communication bet...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Let’s globalise wisely

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There is much to worry about in the world today, 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which should give us reason to pause and consider what the long-t...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Growing Old and Staying Young in a Brave New World

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The ICT revolution has been taking place all my adult life: I bought my first home computer in 1990 when I was 35, my first mobile phone a decade later, and t...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

The interplay between Form and Flair

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Watching the recent World Cup matches brought to my mind the snug relationship between Form and Flair. Football seen on the TV screen shows clearly how differ...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng