The Wider Implications of Minimum Wage
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MTUC’s lobby on minimum wagesOn June 30, 2011, the National Wage Consultative Council Act 2011 was passed after four hours of debate. It replaces the Wage...
Living Life As Art
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SO OBVIOUS, yet so odd. Syed Ahmad Jamal: ARTIST – that was the title of his last major exhibition, held from October 2009 until January 2010.Maybe it c...
Medical Devices Manufacturing: Penang Pursues The New Frontier (Part 2)
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The healthcare industryThe healthcare industry is a robust and stable industry, comprising several sectors which are dedicated to providing healthcare services...
Economic Ripples of July’s Rally
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AS GLOBAL MARKET STOCKS rise and fall, bringing with them more financial uncertainty and a likely global slowdown at least for the short term, it is import...
No Two Ways About Integrity
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On August 12, 2011, Tunku Abdul Aziz, the senator representing Penang in the Dewan Negara, was conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa by his alma mater, the University of Tasmania at Hobart, Australia. We proudly reproduce his acceptance speech here for all to read.
The Spice Island of Penang, 1834
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PENANG HAS been a spice island from the period nearly of its first settlement. Pepper engrossed the consideration of capitalists for many years, and until...
Transcending Dualism In Public Administration
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THE OLD GREEK philosophy has a famous law, the law of non-contradiction, which says, a thing cannot be its opposite in the same time-space continuum. In pl...
Making Housing Affordable In Urban States
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MALAYSIANS LOVE to talk about property. Most opening conversations of late sound something like, “Property prices are so high these days! I am just w...
Optimistic Economic Outlook For Penang and Malaysia
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CLUEDO SUSPECTS is a card game of logical deduction – information regarding a mysterious crime is spread within a few players and each player attempts to...
The First Penang In Asia Lecture Series
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Malaysia must improve its education system and also empower the states By Marisa HeahPROF DATO WONG WING THYE, professor at University of California at D...
Fair Election Postponed Is Democracy Denied
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WILL the next general election be fair? This question has become urgent and pressing as claims are surfacing that the electoral roll is not clean, and fe...
Love And More Is All Around
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What makes Penang stand out is its streets history being lived against a backdrop of ancient architecture and the air scented by hawker wares and musically scored by vehicles peopled by diverse seekers of lifetime fortune and night-long adventure.