Youth Unemployment Expected to Worsen
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SOME ECONOMISTS BELIEVE that the ongoing economic crisis set off by the Covid-19 pandemic can rival the 1929 Great Depression. In Malaysia the national unemploy...
Students Make Do in the School of Covid-19
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MALAYSIA’S EDUCATION SECTOR is embracing e-learning, but this adoption also brings to the fore the nation’s entrenched socioeconomic divide. Online...
Gedebe: Being a Man in Kelantan
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ALMOST EVERYONE IN the small town of Kota Bharu knew who Mat Zin Korea was in the 1960s and 70s. He was born and bred in Kampung Padang Bemban, a small farming...
The Dubious Grouping of Ages
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I ASSUME THAT he who sees a cup as half empty will try to conserve what he has, while he who sees a cup as half full will proceed to fill it further. I also ass...
Patongko! Is Definitely Not a Swear Word
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SOMETIMES, WHEN I have nothing better to do, I wonder about how things are discovered. For instance, who was the first person who picked up an egg and thought,...
Mari Meme-ngundi: Taking a Look at Political Memes During Malaysia’s GE15
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ONE DOES NOT simply change the way politics is viewed in Malaysia. Unless you are a meme. In which case you would look something like this: Odd, odd times...
The Dubious Development of International Trade: The Case of Tea
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TEA AND TITTLE-TATTLE is a match akin to popcorn and movies. To be sure, the former accompaniment presents much more added value by heightening attention and im...
Malaysia’s TVET Ecosystem in Need of All-of-Society Engagement
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TVET IN MALAYSIA originated from the colonial and early post-colonial governments’ need for trained and skilled manpower to run state agencies and projects. Ove...
Thriving Businesses That Rely on Upgrading Knowledge and Skills
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Penang is a city of small businesses, and whatever living heritage George Town continues to exude relies heavily on craftsmen offering a surprising range of ser...
Vocational Studies Can Revive Traditional Trades and Heritage Gems
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MALAYSIAN FAMILIES are typically accustomed to thinking that vocational studies are designed for students who do not excel in a classroom setting – or at least...
What’s It Like To Be a VFX Artist, 3D-Generalist, Multimedia Designer, Videographer and Video Creator?
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ONE THING I have always loved doing is creating. Growing up in Alor Setar, my Penang staycation trips every weekend were something I looked forward to as a chil...
Migrant Workers Face an Ever More Challenging Present, and an Ever More Uncertain Future
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THE MONTH OF May witnessed a string of raids targeting migrant workers in specific areas around KL. The actions took place, almost in catch-up mode, to ring-fen...