Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 54)

The Vast Potential of Gender Responsive Budgeting

8 min read

Governance is more than being transparent, accountable and competent. It is about allocation of resources as well. You need clear goals in your budgeting. Gender is a parameter that should be prioritised, since policies cannot help but affect men and women differently.

by James Lochhead

James Lochhead

Rocking For Our Rights

5 min read

With the elections around the corner, a group of musicians got together to spread the word on what our rights really are.

by Daniel Lee & Neoh Lik Chuen

Neoh Lik Chuen

Is The CPI Vulnerable to Mood Swings?

3 min read

The consumer price index or CPI measures price movements from one year to the next, giving us an indication of inflation. A variety of consumption items goes into computing the CPI but each is given a different weight.

by Amirul Syakirin Ahmad Jamil

Amirul Syakirin Ahmad Jamil

Muslim Mercantile Activities in George Town Before The Second World War

9 min read

BUSINESS AND TRADING ACTIVITIES were not foreign to the Malays at the time when Francis Light occupied Penang on August 11, 1786; various bazaars were opened by Chinese, Indians and Muslims from Kedah to sell essential goods like foodstuffs, rice, spices, clothing and other items.

by Mahani Musa

Mahani Musa

Sao Lim Comes to Penang

5 min read

Many Penangites grew up with some connection to some martial art. But few realise that there are more than 50 Chinese martial arts schools to be found in the state.

by Yong Check Yoon

Yong Check Yoon

Penang As A Knowledge Hub

4 min read

STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT industrial clusters enhance the competitive advantage of states or regions. The clustering of related industries reduces transaction costs, stimulates innovations, and drives development.

by Hans-Dieter Evers

Hans-Dieter Evers

George Town Festival 2011 schedule

4 min read

This is a home-calling movement for the youth of Penang to explore and redefine what "home" means to them. Art enthusiasts from the late 1980s and early 1990s were invited to participate in this movement by producing artwork from March until June.

by Yap Soo Huey

Yap Soo Huey

Predicting Economic Turning Points

4 min read

I DO NOT KNOW about you, but I would like the economy to be just good; stable, and rising steadily. But in reality, we know that this is not the case. We know all about the business cycle when economic expansion reaches a peak and then slumps into a recession.

by Pauline Khoo

Pauline Khoo

Sarawak Election Diary

9 min read

I jumped on the bandwagon of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) campaign in Sibu, as I believe in change for the good, and for the country; as much as I would like to be perceived as neutral, I believe in getting involved.

by Yap Soo Huey

Yap Soo Huey

No Easy Answer to Environmental Sustainability

5 min read

FREAK WEATHER PATTERNS, environmental disasters and climate-modelling predictions – these are constant reminders of the global urgency to address climate change.

by Yap Soo Huey

Yap Soo Huey

Dell Celebrates The Arts

4 min read

FOR DELL MALAYSIA managing director Datuk Simon Wong, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an important facet of Dell’s corporate culture. Given Del...

by Penang Monthly

What's Your Penang?

2 min read

A LONG TIME AGO, I was standing on a London tube platform watching rats scurry under the rails. Something caught the edge of my eye, a vaguely familiar beach scene on a giant billboard where the shapes of the rocks and the hills all triggered off tiny electric currents in me.

by Rosalind Chua

Rosalind Chua