Guiding Kids to Learn Online
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ONE DAY THEY are seated in cacophonous classrooms and the next, they find themselves in silent surroundings, with only computer screens as the only distraction....
Facing Death and Surviving Grief
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Talking about Death and DyingAll of us are going to die – there are no exceptions. But talking to people who are about to die about dying is no easy thi...
Penang STEM Reignites Student Interest in the Practical Sciences
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Ask a school kid today what they want to be when they grow up, and the answer might vary vastly from the old answers of “lawyer”, “doctor&rdqu...
Building A Global Working Culture, Locally
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BEFORE BECOMING A freelance writer, I worked in various MNCs as a technical writer for nine years. The perks were great – free coffee and soft drinks, a f...
Para-athletes Need Support, Not Sympathy
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“Sad ? Go and buy her tissue lah. She doesn't need your sympathy.” My friend Rizal quips when I told him I felt sad upon learning that the former na...
Caring for the Ill and the Dying from A Distance
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IN 2012 my sister passed away from breast cancer. Days before she passed, my uncle flew back from Perth while my twin sister, who was working in KL at the time,...
Technology is Changing the Childhood We Once Knew
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IF YOU THINK millennials – those born in 1980-2001 – are selfie-taking hipsters, well, think again. Many are now parents to Generation Alpha (2010-2...
Penang Stays Wide O:PEN to a New Era of Creativity
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PENANG BECAME THE first Malaysian state to introduce the Creative Economy portfolio when Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow reshuffled the portfolios of state executi...
Yes, It’s Now Time for Local SMEs in E&E to do R&D
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AFTER THREE DECADES helming various engineering divisions at Motorola, Intel and Freescale Semiconductor, Kalai Selvan Subramaniam remains ready to challenge hi...
Woman? Yes! Engineer? Yes! Successful? Yes!
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AT THE YOUNG age of 30 and with a rocketing career as a senior software engineer at Motorola Solutions Penang, Angelene Koid became the 2019 recipient of the Yo...