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In Search of Good Penang Fiction
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Penang takes pride in having produced an endless string of intellectuals. But when it comes to good fictional writing, we certainly come out short. Why is this so? The late Lee Kok Liang is still the best we have had.
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Penang pledges to promote green transport
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Representatives at the United Nations Forum on Climate Change Mitigation, Fuel Efficiency and Sustainable Development of Urban Transport.On march 16, 2010...
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The Prince of Wales Island Gazette
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The central role that Penang played in the early modernisation of South-East Asia is succinctly captured in the fact that it was the place where the region’s press history began. The first newspaper established there was The Prince of Wales Island Gazette.
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Geoff Wade
Much Has Changed, But Much Remains The Same
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Has Malaysia truly become a tertiary stage services economy, after evolving from a primary stage economy in the 1950s and 1960s to a manufacturing based economy in the 1970s?
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Chan Huan Chiang
Even for artists, it’s about location, location, location
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Susanna Helena Hernesniemi’s paintings (opposite page) often reflect a sense of disorientation and ambiguity of place.Strange how artists locate to...