Secondary Cities are An Untapped Resource
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Cebu City, Philippines.With the slowdown of the world economy, many growth estimates across the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) are being...
Digital Art to Promote Heritage
7 min read
Digital Art+Culture (DA+C) was a pioneering event that took place at Suffolk House, and was held in part with the George Town Festival in July 2011. Central to...
In A State of Reform
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There was a time when people used to worship authority. Tellingly, in those days, there was only one post office in town and...
The Value of Ethnic Diversity
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Studies in Europe and the US have shown that areas and organisations with a highly diverse workforce are also innovative and productive. Ethnic diversity in particular is seen as an asset for developing a knowledge-based economy.
"Better Penang": The First City App in Malaysia, A Vision in Action
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Penang has always been a close-knit community. The close physical proximity of the different urban centres with George Town serving as the hub means that both p...
George Town: A Ghost Town of The Future?
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For now, it seems that only prosperity and wealth await George Town. But what are the long term implications of this change?
What The Higgs Happened?
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What did we discover?The jury is still out! The measurements we have made have not yet achieved sufficient precision to say conclusively whether or not this i...
The Guardian of The Hill
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Lee briefing visitors at the reopening of the bypaths.With its magnificent panoramic views and its cool climate, Penang Hill has always been a popular ret...
A Post-Industrial Future for Penang?
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The advent of the digital era, characterised by seamless and instantaneous transfer of information and unprecedented levels of global interconnectedness, has se...
Wireless in George Town
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It may be the top man’s vision but it is people like Jeff Ooi who are pounding the pavement in order to fulfil the promise of free WiFi service for Penang...
Shark Savers
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Shark conservation work is heavily based on science and empirical studies. And if we talk about sustainability, there is a plethora of evidence in proving and making that point.
PDC's New Plan to Attract MNCs – Build and Lease
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As the global economy grows more and more uncertain, the last thing the Penang Development Corporation (PDC) needed was a multinational corporation telling them...