Ecstatic about short + sweet
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Short+Sweet Theatre Festival 2013.I still remember the rush I felt in the weeks leading up to last year’s Short+Sweet theatre Festival. It was my ve...
VIDDSEE, make south-east Asia films available
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It’s a Sunday a ernoon and Derek Tan and Ho Jia Jian are chatting with me via Skype (both of them are based in Singapore). Ho, the Malaysian half of the d...
Boxers in boxes, a different kind of Shaolin show
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The curtain swept aside to reveal a stark stage setting of 21 wooden boxes designed by Turner Prize-winning artist Antony Gormley, as the audience at Dewan Sr...
Penang's secret hash society
6 min read
I am a runner. I may not stride at a blistering pace, but I do run when and where I travel. I get out in the early mornings before it is too hot. Last summer my...
Homeless in Penang
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Penang is perceived as a food paradise, a world-class tourist destination and the all- round place to be. George Town is the cultural heart of the island state....
Earning the business in the airline business
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As Malaysia Airlines (Mas) senior vice president for global sales and distribution Duncan Bureau gave his presentation at the inaugural Asia Pacific Tourism, Ho...
Transforming transport the earlier the better
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Transport in Penang (and all around the world for that matter) relies on non-renewable sources of energy. Think 20 cars with one person in each vehicle, versu...
Letting Penang nurture creativity
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Let’s go back to your roots as a photographer. How do you envision photography contributing to society? Photography has been doing that for a long time, s...
The internet cloud-y future
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There comes a point in life when you finally have enough pieces of the puzzle to see the bigger picture. For Gary Thompson, this happened in 2009 when his wife,...
New housing policies to help Penangites cope
8 min read
The Penang state government has introduced a range of housing policy interventions which came into force on February 1, 2014. These are intended to protect exis...
PLAC – where the poor can seek justice
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The first time I met Teh Chin Lee, I noted that he wasn’t like most clients who typically marched into the office. He didn’t have the kind of swagge...
Nazi Goreng– A hard-hitting and entertaining story of a racialised Malaysia
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Marco Ferrarese is an animated fellow. The author of the controversially titled but highly entertaining and painfully truthful Nazi Goreng exudes high-octane en...
