Plan, plan and you will succeed
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“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” From small undertakings to the creation of cities, this holds true and many have found themselves in unfort...
Penang’s mainland – Seberang Perai by the numbers
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The recent Permatang Pauh parliamentary seat by-election and announcement of the Penang Sky Cab cable car system have cast the national spotlight onto Seberan...
Art thefts are big business
6 min read
The theft of well-known Indonesian artist Affandi’s Self-Portrait With Pipe (1973), which was sold at the Sotheby’s Hong Kong auction for 5 billion...
A Muslim woman answers the call to travel
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The Haj pilgrimage is familiar to most Malaysians who would have seen photographs of the millions of Muslims who make their way to Mecca to pay homage. But how...
The Birthday Party – Pinter’s play about power remains relevant
6 min read
Fifty-seven years ago, in late May of 1958, the play The Birthday Party closed after only eight performances of its London debut. It was, of course, a commercia...
An air ferry for Penang
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The announcement, in all honesty, came as a surprise. With work on an RM6.3bil undersea tunnel slated to begin next year, few were expecting news on any further...
Building Batu Kawan Brick by Brick
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The vast and vacant territory of Batu Kawan – formerly a backwater – is now buzzing with activity and anticipation. It lies at the start of the Seco...
Bukit Mertajam offers some rare authenticity
6 min read
If you ask any of George Town’s foreign tourists what they think of Bukit Mertajam, at best you’d get a vacuous stare. “Bukit what? Is that a...
Butterworth beckons A bright future awaits East Penang
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It lies just 3km across the North Channel from George Town, but for most islandside Penangites, Butterworth is a world away.Seemingly limp and lifeless, the m...
Renminbi rising – slowly but steadily
8 min read
Most indicators and financial analysts observe the recent rapid expansion of Renminbi (RMB)-denominated trade to be a reflection of the growing clout of China&r...
Penang on the verge of a revolution in waste management
7 min read
The things you first notice arriving at Campbell Market in the early morning are its Victorian facade and the lively atmosphere pervading it.The site has an o...
Increasing drug reliability through collective action
6 min read
One evening in 2009, a patient walked into a pharmacy with a prescription, demanding a drug called Tamiflu. “Everyone I know who has the flu is taking it,...