Logan's lasting legacy
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Ben WismenYOU MAY NOT notice it driving past the recently refurbished Penang High Courts on Light Street. But look closely and you will spot the memorial...
The role of think tanks is changing
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GOOD AFTERNOON colleagues from the Penang Exco, members of the board of the Socio-Economic and Environment Research Institute (SER1) and i...
PENANG ASSESSMENT RATES
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What are rates and property assessments?The locals call it mui poi soy (door number tax). Rates levied by the local government, such as the Penang City Coun...
Yesterday, today and tomorrow: Weld Quay
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WELD QUAY was once the centre of Penang Island's economic activities,to which ships from all over the world came to trade. Originally a backwater island populat...
Rehabilitating social values
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IT IS SURPRISING how many conferences are actually held in Penang nowadays. We do discuss a lot of things a lot on this island. Don't believe anyone who says ot...
