Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 34)

FREPENCA: A History of Innovative Industrial Support Measures

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PENANG’S industrialisation started when Bayan Lepas, the “rice bowl” of the island, was turned into a Free Industrial Zone (FIZ) in 1972. This first free-trade...

by Rachel Yeoh

The George Town Literary Festival Persists through the Pandemic

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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

Saving SMEs is Key to Economic Recovery

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TO FLATTEN THE recession curve, and to save SMEs and preserve jobs, the organisation Research for Social Advancement (REFSA) convened policy experts and industr...

by Noorhasyilah Rosli

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...

by Ooi Tze Xiong

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...

by Aliya Abd Rahim & Noorhasyilah Rosli

Aliya Abd Rahim

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...

by Izzuddin Ramli

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...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

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,...

by Izmil Amri

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...

by Farhan Shahmi Abdullah

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...

by Sherra Yeong

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...

by Fauwaz Abdul Aziz & Nadya Subramaniam

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...

by Morana Lefilliatre