Going down Abbey Road
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With a cosy atmosphere and quirky Beatles memorabilia studding the walls, Abbey Road Bistro Restaurant in Seberang Jaya ticks all the boxes for amazing dining a...
Making Space Truly Public
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A public space is not public by virtue of it not being private. What makes it public is that the public seeks it out as a place to be.
Khaw Sim Bee and The Na Ranong Family: A Shared History of Penang and Southern Thailand
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Penangites may recall catching a glimpse of a road sign bearing the name “Jalan Khaw Sim Bee” while passing Perak Road. This may very well be the only landmark in Penang reminding us of the Khaw family who once commanded a business empire which straddled Penang and southern Siam.
When in Rome...
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H.H. Lim certainly looked pensive when I met him briefly in Kuala Lumpur and again a week later at his contemporary art space, Izu Zone, in Penang. He talked ab...
Can Our Economy Withstand a Political Transition?
4 min read
The highly anticipated 13th General Election (GE13) was finally given a date, May 5, 2013. The question that most citizens are asking with regard to GE13 is: will our economy be able to withstand a change in government?
I Musici
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One ensemble, 12 musicians and over 60 years of making history – I Musici is the world’s oldest active chamber music group and will be performing at...
Surely Not Another Cold War!
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In the many workshops on US-China relations that I have attended in the last decade, one very popular view about the future of US-China relations is based on th...
Time to Free the Mass Media
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Tears came to my eyes when I was watching a documentary on Martin Luther King, Jr recently. This always happens when I watch programmes or movies portraying the...
Slowing Climate Change
10 min read
As the Norwegian Nobel Committee correctly noted when announcing its decision to award the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize jointly to the Intergovernmental Panel on Cl...
Raising Awareness in the Fight Against Cancer
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Members of the cancer support group.Major advances in medical science now mean that cancer is not necessarily a death sentence. What’s more, the num...
An Election by Manifesto
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The 13th General Election holds a very real possibility of change in the federal government. Most important is the fact that never before have policies played s...
A Little Island That Danced
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Oratnitza's Horhe on the didgeridoo.Music defines us. It gives us an identity, a culture. Flutes carved from animal bone, stone drums, goat-skin string in...
