Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 52)

The Face of A Movement

3 min read

AMONG ALL THE photographs taken during the Bersih 2.0 rally, one stands out. In it, a petite grey-haired lady clad in a yellow T-shirt is seen standing in front of Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) troops who have just drenched her with chemical laced water.

by Chung Hosanna

Chung Hosanna

Bersih 2.0 A Desire For Democracy

9 min read

THOESE WHO PARTICIPATED IN, or followed developments leading to the gathering organised by Bersih 2.0 on July 9, 2011 must have come out of it with mixed feelings.

by Toh Kin Woon

Toh Kin Woon

Addressing The Housing Issue

6 min read

Ong Ee LynnDEMAND FOR HIGH-END property in Penang has been robust and finding new houses or apartments on the island in the RM250,000–RM350,000 rang...

by Rosalind Chua

Rosalind Chua

A Vertical Road to George Town

7 min read

Akram Khan: When you finally create something, the history of how it was made becomes vague and is lost. You forget the origins of the ideas, when they started as fragments.

by Rosalind Chua

Rosalind Chua

Economic Ripples of July’s Rally

5 min read

AS GLOBAL MARKET STOCKS rise and fall, bringing with them more financial uncertainty and a likely global slowdown at least for the short term, it is important to examine how political conditions within Malaysia affect its economic performance.

by Bridget Welsh

Bridget Welsh

No Two Ways About Integrity

6 min read

On August 12, 2011, Tunku Abdul Aziz, the senator representing Penang in the Dewan Negara, was conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa by his alma mater, the University of Tasmania at Hobart, Australia. We proudly reproduce his acceptance speech here for all to read.

by Tunku Abdul Aziz

Tunku Abdul Aziz

Transcending Dualism In Public Administration

3 min read

THE OLD GREEK philosophy has a famous law, the law of non-contradiction, which says, a thing cannot be its opposite in the same time-space continuum. In pl...

by Steven Sim

Optimistic Economic Outlook For Penang and Malaysia

4 min read

CLUEDO SUSPECTS is a card game of logical deduction – information regarding a mysterious crime is spread within a few players and each player attempts to...

by Penang Monthly

Develop by All Means, But Not by Any Means

5 min read

I WOULD LIKE to touch on the issue of the type of development towards which Penang, in particular Penang Island, is headed.Let me begin with an anecdote. Rece...

by Lim Mah Hui

Lim Mah Hui

Chinese and Muslim Societies As Natural Allies

7 min read

Very little has been written on the existence of two Muslim secret societies in Penang, namely the Red and the White Flags, and their association with the Chinese secret societies, the Toa Peh Kong and Ghee Hin.

by Mahani Musa

Mahani Musa

Now Let’s See How Clean We Can Get

7 min read

Rats, crows, clogged drains, dirty markets… these characterised Penang urban street life for a long time. Over the last two decades, however, the situati...

by Penang Monthly

MPSP 2012: A Good Deficit Budget

5 min read

Maimunah Mohammad SharifIn our country, if there is any attention at all paid to government budgets, they are mostly focused on the annual budget of the f...

by Steven Sim