Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 41)

Growing a Nurturing Ecosystem for Penang’s Creative Economy

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THE EXPONENTIAL RISE of creative industries worldwide in recent years has seen them drive substantial economic growth and provided extensive employment opportun...

by Bernard Loke

A Tale of Two Creative Cities: Reflections for Penang

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THOUGH THE WORD “creative city” might be in vogue, the term was already coined back in the late 1980s as a viable urban development strategy, particularly for p...

by Dr. Premalatha Karupiah & Dr. Khoo Suet Leng

Back to School: Making Learning a Lifelong Endeavour

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MY MOTHER WAS telling me all about the Saturday baking class that she has started attending – the new recipe that she has added into her repertoire, the occasio...

by Alexander Fernandez

Imagining National Culture: Lessons From Bangsawan

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IN THE FIRST half of the 20th century, Bangsawan, or Malay opera, started incorporating the latest Anglo-American dances and music into its already cosmopolitan...

by Prof. Dr. Tan Sooi Beng

Remembrance Day: A Reminder of the Folly of War

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IT WAS A chilly winter morning on 8 November 1918, in what was then known as the Western Front battlefield in northern France. Among the vast fields of poppy, c...

by Enzo Sim

The Evolving Office: Work Holidays Without End

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Photos by Arieff ZafirWHEN VACATIONING IN New Zealand, Farizan Sulaiman and Awatif Ismail, who were self-employed, found themselves, yet again, furiously tappin...

by Liani MK

The Young Are Emerging as the Sustainability Generation

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ACCORDING TO Deloitte’s 2022 survey, millennials and Gen Zs cite climate change and environmental degradation as one of their top concerns. More than 90% of tho...

by Ang Kai Jie

Doctors Without Borders Working in Penang

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A little Rohingya girl at the entrance of the family home, wearing a T-shirt with the French words C'est la vie.THE SECESSION OF Biafra – a southeas...

by Enzo Sim

A Woman, a Bike, and the World under Her Wheels

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AT HER FRIEND’S insistence, Lin Yeoh clambered on a Honda CB750 one day, slightly petrified at the thought of crashing. The experience instead opened up a...

by Regina Hoo

Music-makers Left to Fend for Themselves Under MCO

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MUSIC AND THE arts have always been a tricky national affair. It is recognised the world over as a symbol of a developed society capable of celebrating the fine...

by Kelvyn Yeang

An indie protest

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On September 29 and 30, hundreds of thousands of Malaysians showed up in defiance of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 and the Home Minister’s comical ban on...

by Ooi Kok Hin

University students used to be active in theatre clubs on their campuses. But all that ended during the 1970s. Students were no longer allowed to participate in politics; this limited their creative development but, happily, it led to theatres being started outside the universities.

by Izzuddin Ramli