A Sea Odyssey that Led to a New Home
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Jim, the watermaker repairman, working in small-space conditions under the starboard settee.Asylum's navigation station.IT WAS ALMOST 22 years ago,...
Dragon Boat Racing: A Growing Tradition in Penang
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The season for dragon boat races is once again upon us, a cherished bi-annual tradition in Penang that gathers local competitors at the Teluk Bahang Dam in June. But it is in December that the event is elevated to an even grander scale.
Helping Refugees Fight Covid-19
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In our February issue, we discussed the establishment of Médecins Sans Frontières in Penang and in Malaysia, its work with vulnerable communities...
Is It Not Time Yet for Motorists to Go Electric?
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IN THE DAYS just after the first MCO, when the clean air and clear skies that came with the lockdown started to fade and the air quality index climbed again, it...
Doctors Without Borders: Providing Aid to Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Malaysia during Covid-19
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FOR MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES, or Doctors Without Borders (MSF), renowned for providing immediate medical care to those most in need, the Covid-19...
Penang Institute Holds TechCamp 2020 to Raise Media Literacy in the Digital Age
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When the public is not adequately educated to distinguish between truths, half-truths and lies, mistrust of the media grows and people often then turn to and rely on information that suits their individual beliefs and stance without regard for accuracy.
Giving Due Recognition to Personalities who are Our Cultural Treasures
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THE LIVING HERITAGE Treasures Awards (LHTA), created four years prior to George Town’s inscription onto the Unesco World Heritage List in 2008, identifies...
A Good Time to Adopt the Industrialised Building System
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THE PANDEMIC PRESENTS an opportunity for structural improvements to the economy. In the construction sector, the time is indeed ripe for an evolutionary step to...
Discarding Language that is Hurtful to Persons with Disabilities
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RESPECTFUL DISABILITY LANGUAGE (RDL) is concerned with the subtleties of the terminology used to refer to, or to communicate with persons with disabilities (PwD...
Covid-19 Exclusives: Balik Kampung: The Lockdown Offers a Chance for a Sincere Return to Oneself
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A 300KM RIDE back home along the east-west coast highway connecting Penang to Kelantan usually involves three phone calls to be made: the first, an early mornin...
Ramadan in the Time of Covid-19
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THE SPREAD of the novel coronavirus Covid-19 has brought the world’s social and economic movements to a temporary halt. At the time of writing, Malaysia&r...
Sepak Takraw, the Malay Heritage Sport, is Alive and Kicking
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ONE FINE AFTERNOON back in the mid-15th century Tun Besar, the son of Tun Perak, a prominent palace official at the Malacca Sultanate, was playing sepak takraw...