Rocking For Our Rights
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With the elections around the corner, a group of musicians got together to spread the word on what our rights really are.
Selangor Passes Two Key Reform Bills
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POLICY REFORMS CAN be a drawn-out and laborious process, but once in a blue moon you get a sudden windfall – and this makes it all worth the wait. In the March 2011 Selangor State Legislative Assembly sitting, two significant things took place.
Innovating Up To Speed – Measuring Penang’s Innovative Capabilities
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RECENTLY, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced the plan for the development of Greater Penang, which would comprise the state of Penang and extend to the Kulim High Tech Park and Perak industrial parks.
Is The CPI Vulnerable to Mood Swings?
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The consumer price index or CPI measures price movements from one year to the next, giving us an indication of inflation. A variety of consumption items goes into computing the CPI but each is given a different weight.
Straits Muslims: Diasporas of the Northern Passage of the Straits of Malacca
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MARITIME SOUTH-EAST ASIA WAS – and is – a region filled with port cities. Such urban centres tend to concentrate both power and money. But more th...
Rising Commodity Prices – Alarm Bells For Malaysia?
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INTERNATIONAL BODIES INCLUDING the G-20, the FAO, the IEA, the IMF and the IBRD are worried1. These agencies rang the alarm bells recently, stating that risin...
Trying to unmask Khoo Sui Hoe
9 min read
He’s the painting himself. He’s all over the canvases, one way or the other, there in personifications or in his worldview projections which co...
Penetrating The New Frontier of Medical Devices
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PENETRATING THE medical devices industry sits high on the wish list of many local manufacturing entities. However, the stringent quality standards associated with the medical and healthcare industry act as natural deterrents.
Marking George Town
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Labourers tasked with road repair in Transfer Road, back in the day. (Picture extracted from Penang Postcard Collection 1899–1930s by Khoo Salma Nasutio...
Muslim Mercantile Activities in George Town Before The Second World War
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BUSINESS AND TRADING ACTIVITIES were not foreign to the Malays at the time when Francis Light occupied Penang on August 11, 1786; various bazaars were opened by Chinese, Indians and Muslims from Kedah to sell essential goods like foodstuffs, rice, spices, clothing and other items.
Fishermen of Teluk Bahang
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Sometimes they leave as late as 10am; sometimes at 2am, or even earlier than that. Their boats range from large fishing boats to small two-man sampans.In the sl...
Literally Peaking
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Indeed, becoming literate used to be one of the best career moves anyone could make. In ancient China for example, extended families would concentrate their r...