You are holding the first issue of the revamped Penang Economic Monthly. For that reason alone, I would suggest that you seriously consider it a collector&rsquo...
IN THE FIRST decade or two following Covid-19, which parts of our daily life will go back to the way they were, and which will not?It’s anyone’s g...
WHILE THE COVID-19 pandemic is sometimes portrayed as globalisation hitting a wall, it has at the same time raised public consciousness that globalisation as a...
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC has obliged us to rethink the personal, the present and the proximate.Shaken by the arresting of our ambitions, stirred by disruptions t...
A HEALTH PANDEMIC lays bare the bones of human society. So, if Covid-19 has not riled up your interest in how the world works, in how that world will now change...
THE THINGS THAT split members of a society come in all shapes and sizes; but they all boil down to a play on the human sense of fairness. This sense can be indi...
AT THE WATER’s edge, my soul sighs. This has something to do with the sound of waves. Things may seem serene, but I cannot forget the power the sea withho...
THERE IS A persistent trend in the thinking of the people of Penang which is not easily named, but discerning it helps explain why civil society activism is so...
Editorial-cum-book review: Francis Loh Kok Wah, Cecilia Ng and Anthony Rogers: The Xaverian Journey: The Story of a Lasallian School in Penang, Malaysia 1787-20...
AS EXAMPLES INCREASE of countries getting new spikes in Covid-19 cases, and as some sustained green zones in Malaysia, like Penang, start turning yellow, it is...
THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS that causes Covid-19 has been going about its deadly business for six months now. To date (July 10, 2020), 12,414,853 people have official...
THERE ARE MANY levels to a crisis. What is sometimes called a crisis is often merely a serious problem. Personally, I would prefer that the word be reserved for...