Penang’s Creative Sector Struggles to Stay Afloat

By Nicole Chang

May 2021 FEATURE
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POP-UP MARKETS are a viable platform for creative start-ups and their products. But when Covid-19 hit, some of these pop-ups vanished overnight. A few like the Hin Market managed to recover by modifying their previous set-up to accommodate the SOPs; others like Occupy Beach Street did not.Hin Market is the place to be on weekends. Photo: Hin Bus DepotRead also: Penang Stays Wide O:PEN to a New Era of CreativityEvery week since 2015, when it first drew public interest, Tan...

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Nicole Chang

has just completed her PhD programme at the Department of Development Planning and Management, School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia.

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