Growing Scientific Minds
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Lazer Maze in the Optics gallery.Tech Dome Penang is listed on the top five science museums in Malaysia, along with the Petrosains Science Discovery Centr...
Scent of an Island
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Making Scents for a Hundred YearsSheikh Muhammad Badjenid.p>Located at the corner of Lebuh Pantai and Lebuh Chulia, S.M. Badjenid & Son is the co...
The Gutsy Little School by the River
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River Road Tamil School, like most schools, had humble beginnings. Established in 1947 by P. Gopalakrishnan, the state Tamil school coordinator at the time, it...
Jelutong, Home to Hearty Food
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Bukit Dambar.Today, Jelutong is a multifaceted place that is rich in history and peopled by folks of all races and creeds. At the same time, it is transfo...
Malaysia’s Dimensions of Conflict
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A discussion on the deeper dimensions of conflict and other aspects of the upcoming 14th Malaysian general election couldn’t be timelier, with the electio...
Penang Pushes on with Flood Mitigation
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2017 was a challenging year, and it was no exception for state executive councillor Chow Kon Yeow.Heading the Flood Mitigation portfolio for the state (along...
Can the Erasure of Malaysian Arts be Reversed?
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What does Malaysian literature mean today, and what is required for a work of literature to be considered national literature? Can literature in Chinese, Tamil...
Redefining and Refining Urban Living
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The World Urban Forum (WUF) was established by the UN in 2001 as “a nonlegislative technical forum”.1 Serving as an international conference focusin...
Energy Healing Comes in Many Forms
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The Asian traditions of energy healing have been around in one form or another for thousands of years. In modern times, it was until recently dismissed as a &ld...
Dialysis – A Path back to Normalcy
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Kidney disease is referred to as the “silent killer” because a person can lose up to 90% of his kidney function before experiencing any symptoms.&...
A Makeover for Batu Lanchang Market
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When one thinks of Batu Lanchang, its famous market comes to mind. Batu Lanchang Market opened for business in 1986, and was inaugurated in July the same year b...
Heritage in a Bowl of Bubur Kacang
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In 1945, at the corner of Jalan Dato Koyah, Nagore Merrah set up shop selling teh tarik. Nagore hailed from Kadayanallur, South India, and he started off laboring hard in cargo ships during pre-independence Malaya before moving on to sell the nation’s favorite beverage.