Learning Heritage From Penang
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A DELEGATION FROM the Indonesian National Heritage Trust, made up of architects, planners, archaeologists, heritage property owners, government officers, acad...
The Past Is The Present
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Somehow heritage became an unquestionable value in itself in the everyday life of George Town ever since its UNESCO World Heritage listing, and often there is no further attempt to conceptualise what exactly is “inherited”.
Rivers of Tears
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George Town’s built heritage is a great example of design moderated by cultural context. We notice this in the city’s morphology, the building typologies lining the streets, and the spaces between the public realm and private sanctuaries.
The Face of A Movement
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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.
Bersih 2.0 A Desire For Democracy
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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.
Addressing The Housing Issue
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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...
A Vertical Road to George Town
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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.
Economic Ripples of July’s Rally
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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.
No Two Ways About Integrity
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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.
Transcending Dualism In Public Administration
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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...
Optimistic Economic Outlook For Penang and Malaysia
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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...
Develop by All Means, But Not by Any Means
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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...