Beyond The Liveability Checklist: Views From The Social Sciences
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THIS ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS liveability in Penang, and an initial word of warning is in order. A particular kind of misleading…
JUDY CHENG-HOPKINS : A LIFE OF SERVICE ACROSS THE UNITED NATIONS
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BORN IN PENANG in 1951, just six years after the creation of the United Nations (UN), Judy Cheng-Hopkins could…
Phor Tay's Dance Troupe: A Brewing Success
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ADAPTING A CHINESE FOLK DANCE
Leung cha (“cooling tea”) has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat a…
Cashless In Penang
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CONVENIENCE AND CHALLENGES A YOUNG LADY slips into a George Town café and scans the QR code, where the payment…
Revitalising A Vanishing Tongue: Dear You And The Politics of Teochew Heritage
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IN A MALAYSIAN cinema hall, the silence is heavy as the credits roll on Lan Hongchun’s 2026 Teochew-dialect…
Khoo Suet Leng: Is Penang Liveable And Loveable?
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I HAVE YET to meet a Penangite who is not proud of their state (I’ve met some who are…
Meeting Michelle Grimsley - The Quintessential Connector
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WITHIN MINUTES OF Michelle Grimsley sending out her Spiral Synergy newsletter, a bicycle might be accounted for, a dining set…
The Measure Of A System: Transforming Public Transportation In Penang
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A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW of Penang’s public transportation network charts the real-time movements of all buses traversing…
Penangites Appear Mature In Understanding Governance
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PENANGITES, IT SEEMS, do not evaluate government in the abstract. Their assessments are connected to what they can actually see…
Managing Success: Keeping Penang Liveable And Its People Satisfied
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WHAT DOES IT mean to be liveable? How should it be distinguished from satisfiability? Does it encourage us to think about what retirement looks like? And what will governance in Penang look like as a result? These are some of the questions that Penang Institute sets out to ask in this article.
