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Hungry Ghost FestivalThe Hungry Ghost Festival is celebrated on the seventh month of the lunar calendar. During this time, the gates of hell are opened...
Buses bring economic benefits
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IntroductionIt is not customary for Malaysians to see cost and benefit reports for public investments, even though fiscal spending on development projects h...
What now, after Teng (Sr)?
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Chuah Siew Teng – spontaneous and abstract.Datuk Chuah Thean Teng, known as Teng (Senior) was Malaysia’s only artist acknowledged to have star...
EMC lab to encourage product designing
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From september 2010 onwards, Penang can boast an EMC laboratory of its own. This cutting edge technology determines whether or not a new electronic product desi...
Stronger states, greater progress
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The recent spat between the Penang Chief Minister and the State Development Officer heated up an issue that most people think about but dare not discuss –...
Civil servants at an impasse
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Since taking over several state governments, one of the areas the Pakatan Rakyat has had to contend most with is the civil service. A majority of the bureaucrat...
Secrets only ghosts can know
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Director Glen Goei.Drama, intrigue, satire and revelations of family secrets await those who are lucky enough to get a chance to watch director Glen Goei&...
Putting Penang’s waterfronts to work
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The Prangin Canal, Penang.Penang’s history and development has always been linked to the sea. Since the British East India Company sailed into Penan...
A man who always made an impression
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I was stunned when a friend called from Penang on June 19 to tell me that Gan Teik Chee had just died. As far as I knew, Teik Chee had been health-conscious, wa...
New dynamics demand new directions
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When i took over as executive director for the Socio-Economic and Environmental Research Institute (SERI) 10 months ago, my goal was to bring the Penang think t...
On vibrant port cities and anomalous nation states
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Ho Eng Seng returned to Penang in 1986 from Stanford University with degrees in Anthropology and Economics. The timing was bad, however. The country was in th...
Turning disability into a national asset
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An intellectually-disabled person working in a retail outlet.Disabled people in the Malaysian workforceMalaysia is signatory to numerous conventions on...