Penang Economic Outlook 2016
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Source: 2014 Petronas annual report and own calculations.Source: International Monetary Fund, 2015.Source: x-rates.com.Source: Labour force...
Baiting a Billion-Ringgit Aquaculture Industry
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Asia’s fisheries sector has been thriving since 1980, and the main source of growth has been aquaculture. Since the 1990s, the aquaculture sector has been...
Preparing for Challenging Times Ahead
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The external macro environment for 2016 remains challenging for Malaysia. Being a small and open economy, Malaysia – and Penang along with it – is h...
Will Malaysia’s Bullish Art Market be Bearing Downwards?
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Will the Malaysian art (auction) market slouch in 2016? New artists’ records may have been set in 2015, but the market did end the year with a comparative...
Towards Healthier Rural Living, One Solar-powered Water Filtering System at a Time
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It began as a final year assignment for engineering student Ganesh Muren. He had to work on a project to showcase what he had learned during his years at Inti C...
The Knowledge Economy is Penang’s Future
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On November 30 last year, news broke that four young inventors from SJKT Ramakrishna had won six international awards and a gold medal for their problemsolving,...
Is the Malaysian Extreme Music Scene Stagnant or Subtly Evolving?
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Ferrarese.To South-East Asia’s metal punk zealots, especially in Malaysia and Indonesia, Marco Ferrarese is no stranger. Travel writer, metal punk r...
Flip-flops Trip Key Education Reforms
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In September 2013 the Ministry of Education (MOE) launched the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025, a document touted by then Education Minister Tan Sri Muhy...
Time to Reform Public Universities
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It does look as if the momentum of reform in Malaysian higher education is gaining pace. The Malaysian Higher Education Blueprint (HEB)1 launched in April last...
Education – Ever The Political Victim
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Every political crisis inevitably claims its share of casualties. Normally, those who fall on the wrong side in the corridors of power will find their careers c...
Crowdfund Your Way to a Higher Education
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Co-founded by undergraduates from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and National University of Singapore (NUS), Skolafund is a recent online star...
The Luxury of Home-schooling
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The time comes when all parents have to begin thinking of their child’s schooling. For many, school itself is not the choice. Rather, which school it&rsqu...