Aiding the Autistic
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Dato' Dr Lai Fong Hwa.To Dato’ Dr Lai Fong Hwa, a retired consultant psychiatrist at Penang General Hospital, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) refers...
Education in South-East Asia: Disruptions Are Happily at Hand
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Dato' Dr Ooi Kee Beng.I am very happy that the first Asean-Australia Education Dialogue (AAED) is held here in Penang, my hometown. We like to think of Pe...
Heng Ee: A School that Practises Inclusiveness
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From his experience in China, Father Julien was inspired to set up a school in Jelutong for social outcasts and school dropouts after observing the large number of youngsters in the area who failed to receive a basic education owing to poverty. And so, the idea to establish Heng Ee was conceived.
The Travel Industry Will Never Be the Same Again
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WIT Indie, the latest edition of Web in Travel (WIT), Asia’s leading digital travel media and events platform, was held on April 13 at Penang Institute. O...
Prominent Mosques of Penang: The Enclave of George Town
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Apart from being important places of worship, mosques function as points of orientation in time and space for Muslims. They are places where social ties, religi...
Malaysia’s Demographic Shift Poses Big Challenge
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People are having fewer babies today. There has been a steady decline in fertility rates worldwide since 1950. Live births have shrunk by half, from five babies...
Celebrating George Town’s History of Diversity
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The George Town Heritage Celebrations (GTHC) is an annual celebration done to commemorate George Town’s inscription as a Unesco World Heritage Site on Jul...
The City After Dark
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Every last Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the month (i.e. the last entire weekend that falls within the month), Penang's Tourism Office arranges a panop...
Thinking of Doing Business in George Town?
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Many buildings in George Town are used for commercial purposes, and certain activities in specific areas are highly encouraged under the implemented George Town Special Area Plan (SAP). However, not all buildings can be converted for commercial use and such a procedure can cost a huge sum.
Small Community, Big Legacy
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Eustace Nonis.Economist Eustace Anthony Nonis was born and raised in Penang, and has St. Xavier’s Institution as his alma mater. It was also in Pena...
The Nyonya Craze Continues
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It has been a decade since the Singaporean drama, The Little Nyonya, hit airwaves in 2008. Set in the 1930s and spanning a period of 70 years, the melodrama fol...
A Guardian of Acheen Street
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Sheikh Omar was a man with many social roles: he was a religious and community leader, scholar and trader. He is famous for the fatwa he issued in 1867 which prevented the influence of secret societies from seeping into the religious order.
