Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 54)

Penang Philharmonic -Giving A Face to The City

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Today, the orchestra has some 80 members, playing everything from the violin to the oboe to the double bass. Its members consist of the young and the old, rangi...

by Jeffrey Hardy Quah

Penang's Maritime Potential

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Connecting oceansConnecting oceans Location at the entrance to the Straits of Malacca and its long coastline provide Penang with a substantial maritime ad...

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Housing in Penang

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Average house prices in Penang have increased 50% in the last five years, with even bigger rises seen on the island, particularly in the island’s north-ea...

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Building on The Past

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The Socio-Economic & Environmental Research Institute (SERI) has now changed its name to Penang Institute. The launch of the new moniker took place on Dec...

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“We are here to ponder the future of the world from Penang,” Penang Institute's executive director Liew Chin Tong explained in his opening remarks. “Penang Institute is a modest attempt to provide a platform for new ideas to flourish and bear fruit through implementation in Penang and beyond.''

by Inge Witte

Inge Witte

The GTGP – A Prototype for Urban Regeneration

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Just like Think City, the George Town Grants Programme (GTGP) is unique, and is the first grants programme of its kind in Malaysia. All applicants fill out a...

by Jeffrey Hardy Quah

Using the Arts to Communicate Science

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Today, a much greater diversity of artists and scientists promote the beauty and importance of nature in various ways, engaging audiences on an emotional level and establishing a cultural and environmental awareness.

by Dr. Chee Su Yin & Amanda Chong Kar Mun & Mohd Alif Ikrami bin Mutti

Developing The Hill Is An Uphill Climb

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Penang Hill remains one of the state’s more politically sensitive issues today. With renewed development efforts coming under fire from activists and the press, this is not about to change.

by Ong Siou Woon & Mohd Firdaus Habib Mohd

Mohd Firdaus Habib Mohd

Small and Medium Enterprises – The Drivers of Change

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Defining SMEs The substantial role of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the domestic economy as an agent of growth has generally been recognised througho...

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Saying It With Food: The Culinary Heritage of Penang’s Jawi Peranakan

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What’s culture without cuisine? And what better cuisine than that which developed through the fusion of varied culinary tastes? The dynamic life of the Straits Settlements could not but generate exquisite foods for transcending barriers.

by Wazir Jahan Karim

Wazir Jahan Karim

The George Town Literary Festival 2011 - A Storybook Success

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In November 2011, the weekend-long inaugural George Town Literary Festival got underway. It is indeed hard to believe that the 225-year-old city had never hoste...

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Peaceful Assembly Bill 2011 – A Further Blow to Democracy

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In his Malaysia Day message delivered on the eve of September 16, 2011, Prime Minister Najib Tun Abdul Razak announced what many initially thought was good news...

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