An analysis of the TPPA
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We provide the numbers on Malaysia and a comparative analysis between the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) countries on various economic aspects....
Malaysia’s music industry – Let’s make it real
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I have always thought of our national economy as an apple crumble – it looks nice and solid on the outside, but is in fact soft and gooey on the inside. A...
Seoul subsumes old and new
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Springtime in Seoul is glorious. Flowers are abloom, everyone spends long hours outdoors and even the protestors sitting in front of the Hyundai building seem l...
Art space expands in Penang
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The squat Art Decor facade that only seven years ago hid grease, grime and smoke, with behemoth stage buses trundling in and out, has undergone an unexpected ma...
Sabahans Defend Their Heritage
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Unlike George Town, history has never been a major tourist selling point for Sabah, and there’s good reason for this: a lot of Kota Kinabalu, or Jesselton as it was then known, was destroyed in the war.
George Town goes dark for Earth Hour 2014
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Earth Hour is a global initiative where individuals and businesses switch off their lights for an hour from 8:30pm to take a symbolic stand against climate change. And so, on March 29, George Town went dark.
Will change come by GE14?
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More Malays voted for Pakatan at the Kajang by-election held on March 23 than in the General Election in May 2013 (GE13). And in the meantime, according to a re...
Managing Bubble Economies
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Penang Institute held the fifth event in its “Penang in Asia” lecture series on March 17, 2014. The honoured speaker was Prof Kiyohiko Nishimura, who is currently the dean of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Tokyo.
Karpal Singh: Will For Justice
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The funeral rites for Karpal Singh ended with family members scattering his ashes in the sea off Green Hall, Penang, but the national soul-searching to understand his legacy and to commemorate it has just begun.
21st Century PAS
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On the eve of the 59th PAS Muktamar in November last year, outside Stadium Malawati in Shah Alam, three guitarists strummed furiously on a stage – one spi...
Keeping George Town’s golden goose strong and fat
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George Town has gained much from its Unesco listing. The inner city has been greatly revived – just go down Lebuh Armenian on weekends and see for yours...
Migrate for what???
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I am a Malaysian living in Melbourne, Australia. My brother, sister and I migrated here in 2004. Our parents came along as well. We applied under the “ind...