Penang's Economic Performance
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Penang’s GDP and GDP per capita have been growing by 5.7% and 6% respectively over the last five years. Since 2010, Penang outperformed Malaysia in econom...
A Mountain is Much More than a Mountain
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AdvertisementJames Sum’s mountainscapes can be split into more traditional Chinese inkand-(limited) colour constructs, and more dialectical yet ly...
Imagined Communities, Real Women
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AdvertisementExpelled from school at 14 for social activism and then going on to set up a fiery women’s group; leading a march for independence be...
The Budget Speech is NOT the Budget (Part Two)
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Many parties, including my parliamentary colleagues and myself, have pointed out the shortcomings of our budgetary process in the past, such as Budget doc...
A Diverse Country Attracts a Diversity of Tourists
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AdvertisementSomething for everyone – this is what Malaysia can offer to tourists. With a veritable smorgasbord of events, natural wonders, cult...
Budget Cuts Wounding Public Health
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“Health is everything. As such, concerted efforts will be implemented to enhance the health levels of the rakyat and quality of the healthcare in the co...
Penang’s Manufacturing Sector Grows, Despite Some Headwinds
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Penang’s manufacturing sector has been the backbone of job creation and income generation in Malaysia since the 1970s. Its activities have evolved...
Politics is in the Blood of the Young
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“Give me 1,000 men and I will move a mountain. Give me 10 young men and I will shake the world.” (Sukarno)Where political involvement is c...
BM High Celebrates its Prominent History
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AdvertisementIn the early 2oth century, Province Wellesley, or Seberang Prai, was flourishing. Already an important agricultural area, Bukit Mertajam...
Conversations and Explorations: Pauline Fan
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AdvertisementTranslation matters. It always has, but perhaps now more than ever. It is a paradox that globalisation offers the technological means of...
Account of an Early Transit in Penang
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The following text is from a report written and submitted in 1796 by Captain Walter Caulfield Lennon. It is about his impressions of “Pulo Penang&...
Chronicling Nyonya Cuisine
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AdvertisementInspired by the multicultural influences that have for centuries shaped Peranakan cuisine, Dr Ong Jin Teong decided to undertake an in-dept...
