Aliya Abd Rahim - Penang Monthly

A Bright Future Awaits Oyster Farming in Penang

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A farmer handling baskets of oysters.Before the 1980s, oysters in Malaysia were mainly cultivated in the wild, harvested between mangrove roots and expose...

Aliya Abd Rahim

Students Make Do in the School of Covid-19

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MALAYSIA’S EDUCATION SECTOR is embracing e-learning, but this adoption also brings to the fore the nation’s entrenched socioeconomic divide. Online...

Aliya Abd Rahim

One Long Adrenaline Rush on Offer

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THE GRAVITYZ isn’t for the faint-hearted. Situated at Level 65 of Komtar, the high-altitude sports adventure course features a series of adrenaline-pumpin...

Aliya Abd Rahim

Expanding the World of the Blind and Visually-impaired

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FOUNDED IN 1926 the St. Nicholas’ Home for the Blind (SNH) is a pioneer in educational services and training programmes for the Blind and Visually-impaire...

Aliya Abd Rahim

Malay Folk Remedies Live On

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The therapy room at Bekam Klinikal Pulau Pinang.THE MALAY PROVERB tak lapuk dek hujan, tak lekang dek panas – not weathered by rain, not scorched by...

Aliya Abd Rahim

Ramadan in the Time of Covid-19

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THE SPREAD of the novel coronavirus Covid-19 has brought the world’s social and economic movements to a temporary halt. At the time of writing, Malaysia&r...

Aliya Abd Rahim