Manifesting the Box Out of Which We Should Think
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Dreamer Series – Constitute by Low Chee Peng.Boxed In I (top) and Boxed In II (bottom) by Aboud Fares.WANTING TO THINK “outside the bo...
What You Need to Know about the Replacement Penang Hill Special Area Plan 2020
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Volumes 1 and 2 of the SAP 2020.PENANG HILL, the state’s crowning jewel, is a top tourism destination rich in colonial history, an exquisite green l...
Udini House: The Decaying Mansion of a Kedah Prince in Exile
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Portrait of Tengku Kudin at the Kedah State Museum. Photo: Enzo SimWITHIN THE COMPOUNDS of the Marine Police living quarters in the busy suburb of Ge...
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...
Recalling the Music Scene in 1950s Penang
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From left to right – Noel (Bull) Remedios, Jacob Chin, Leander Jeremiah, Frank Rozells, William Scully and Stevie Ooi, circa 1960s. Photo: Penang Ho...
How MBSP Keeps Seberang Perai Cleaner
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THERE IS A long-held perception that Penangites are averse to 3D (dirty, dangerous and difficult) employments. This opinion was put to the test when in 2011, cu...
Malay Folk Remedies Live On
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The therapy room at Bekam Klinikal Pulau Pinang.THE MALAY PROVERB tak lapuk dek hujan, tak lekang dek panas – not weathered by rain, not scorched by...
Penangite Launches Podcast Featuring Women Entrepreneurs
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MY LOVE FOR podcasts started almost a decade ago, when I bought my iPod from a duty-free shop at Changi Airport. Coming from an entrepreneurial background, my p...
A School for Forward Tech Thinkers
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Forward School is the brainchild of tech aficionado Howie Chang. It is aimed at equipping aspiring tech professionals with industry-ready skills required in the fast-moving tech sector.
Aga Khan Trust for Culture Aiding the Restoration of George Town’s Northern Coastline
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Islamic Cairo. Al-Azhar Park, a 60 ha garden near the historic city (completed 2005). Photo: AKTCIN LATE 2013 representatives of the Aga Khan Trust for Cu...
Support Needed to Complete the Renovation of Penang’s Greatest Iconic Structure
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DESPITE BEING a Category I national heritage monument, Fort Cornwallis has for a long time been an underperforming tourism asset. That time may soon be over. Cu...
Penang Aims for Broad and Deep Digital Adoption
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DIGITAL PENANG (DP) WAS formed by the Penang State Government in the early throes of the Covid-19 pandemic last year. Its mandate was clear: to capture opportun...
