Penang Monthly

Penang Monthly, by Penang Institute, is the voice of Penang, offering insights on its people, politics, economy, culture, and society, with a focus on local and national issues for curious Malaysians.

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The fine art of estimating economic health

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IntroductionWhen reports say that the economy is growing at six per cent, this number is the change in the real (i.e. adjusted for inflation) gross domestic p...

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Horst Rosenmueller : Knowing what motivates others is the key

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What are some of the key highlights of your professional experience?In 2008, we established an R&D centre here in addition to the R&D Group based in R...

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Happiness is a haircut

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AS A CHILD, whenever I was in need of a haircut my father would take me to our regular Indian barber. I never understood why we always patronised the same shop....

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Lighting the way

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CAMBODIA IN THE early 1990s was not the investment location of choice for the “big guns” of the Western business elite, despite its proximity to the...

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Taking bigger than baby steps to transform the economy

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PENANG CHIEF MINISTER Lim Guan Eng recently demanded that the Prime Minister Department’s Performance and Management & Delivery Unit (Pemandu) gives a...

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The Humanities are needed more than ever

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Taken from the keynote address at the Opening Dinner of the Ninth Regional API Workshop of The Nippon Foundation Fellowships for Asian Public Intellectuals (API...

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Things tourists cannot experience

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Above: The PalanquInn Heritage Suites.I WAS SURPRISED when I visited Penang recently to discover that there’s a boutique hotel operating on Bangkok...

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Malaysia needs an equitable healthcare system

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Malaysia’s relatively equitable health system of the pastAny humane society must adopt the principle that healthcare is a right of all its citizens and...

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Greening communities in Penang

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GOING GREEN IS no longer simply a buzzword, nor is it a passing fad. This is becoming obvious to more and more people. In this decade alone, many have come to...

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Cities, People & the Economy: A Study on Positioning Penang

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PENANG HAS ALWAYS had to depend on its people for economic survival. For the last 40 years, this has been achieved through a development model focused on medium...

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Dr Juergen Schloesser: Everything possible, nothing easy

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What is the management rotation system like at the B.Braun headquarters? What determines which individual gets posted for international assignments?We look fo...

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Eco-towns – The Asian Experience

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OPINIONS VARY WHEN it comes to the definition of an Eco-town; essentially, an Eco-town is a township that incorporates environmental protection and management p...

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