Welcoming the old and disabled to Penang
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Penang Monthly
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Cat on the prowl
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Transparency and accountability were key themes in the electoral campaign of opposition parties two years ago. At that time, Barisan Nasional governments at s...
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Must progress be ugly?
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It seems to me that in the last couple of decades, Penang, especially George Town, has been allowed to develop haphazardly. If I have to use one word to describ...
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