Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 71)

107.6FM – Finally A Radio Station for Women in Penang

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It is Malaysia’s only English radio station for women, and in March this year, Capital FM, which has 121,000 listeners weekly, ventured north to Penang (previously it could only be heard in the Klang Valley). But what exactly does a radio station for women broadcast?

by Julia Tan

Hai Ki Xin Lor: Acknowledging Penang Hokkien

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This August, the George Town Festival will close with an original play that celebrates the Penang tongue.

by Julia Tan

It begins with the narrative...

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When Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak invented the phrase "human rights-ism" in May to denounce humanism, secularism and liberalism as ideological thre...

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What is the State of Freedom of Religion in Malaysia?

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Freedom of religion in Malaysia is a delicate matter – that is no secret. And with the marriage of religion and politics, along with “human rights-ism”, this freedom is slowly eroding.

by Danny Lim

Applause for the Penang budget model

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Regina Frey, head of the Gender Bureau, Berlin, Germany.The “People Oriented Model” of Gender Responsive Participatory Budgeting (GRPB), conce...

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The mystery we call development

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In the late 1970s, Canadian diplomat David Malone found himself in Sudan, tasked by his government to check in on its $30mil aid programme. Six big projects wer...

by Jeffrey Hardy Quah

Heritage Kept Right

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When it comes to heritage conservation, strictly maintaining an old building’s infrastructure is not enough. One must ensure that the essence, or the unseen heritage, remains preserved.

by Julia Tan & Yap Jo-yee

Working for ghosts

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Ornate paper effigy of the King of Hell.The best part of the Hungry Ghost Festival comes at the end of the seventh lunar month, when a melee of Chinese li...

by Marco Ferrarese

A chance to confront death

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August is usually a month full of taboos for many superstitious Malaysian Chinese. That’s when the Gates of Hell open for a whole month. During the Hungry...

by Julia Tan

For whom Malaysia’s highways toll

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Malaysia has come a long way since its rst tolled expressway or highway, the 33km Tanjung Malim-Slim River route (then known as Federal Route 1) was completed i...

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Improving medicine through trial

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“Do you work in a lab with rats?” is the most common question I get when I tell people I work in clinical research. There is a general misunderstand...

by Ch’ng Chin Chin

Leaning On No Man

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Will it ever be possible for a woman to exist on her own terms, or will cultural reinforcement beat that notion down?

by Yap Jo-yee