Sao Lim Comes to Penang
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Sek Koh Sum.MANY PENANGITES GREW UP WITH some connection to some martial art. But few realise that there are more than 50 Chinese martial arts schools to...
Reversing The Brain Drain Requires A Paradigm Shift
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WHEN THE WORLD BANK LAUNCHED its Malaysian Economic Monitor’s “Brain Drain” issue, I received a hurried call from a friend. His contact, the c...
Penang As A Knowledge Hub
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STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT industrial clusters enhance the competitive advantage of states or regions. Clustering of related industries reduces transaction costs,...
George Town Festival 2011 schedule
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ARTHOME COMING: PENANG LALALILATAMPONG UNITES9–15 JUL15, QUEEN STREET, 10200 GEORGE TOWN PENANGTICKETING: FREEThis is a home-calling...
The State Should Repaint All Low Cost Flats
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IT IS WELCOMING NEWS indeed that the Penang state government will be paying 80% of the cost of repainting low cost and low-medium cost flats. The remaining 20%...
Predicting Economic Turning Points
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I DO NOT KNOW about you, but I would like the economy to be just good; stable and rising steadily. But in reality we know that this is not the case.We know al...
Sarawak Election Diary
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I jumped on the bandwagon of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) campaign in Sibu, as I believe in change for good, for the country; as much as I would like to be...
No Easy Answer to Environmental Sustainability
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FREAK WEATHER PATTERNS, environmental disasters and climate-modelling predictions – these are constant reminders of the global urgency to address climate...
Challenges for Malaysia’s Economy
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THE TOP MANAGMENT in leading industries in Penang has been getting more and more worried over the last few years. Some of the most important prerequisites for c...
Taking Training Into New Territory
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The snaking line as participants register for the conference.THE ANNUAL ASTD International Conference is marketed and positioned as the place where s...
Dell Celebrates The Arts
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FOR DELL MALAYSIA managing director Datuk Simon Wong, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an important facet of Dell’s corporate culture. Given Del...
Local Democracy Alive and Kicking in Pakatan States
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IN A PEM column last year, I wrote extensively about local government elections and the laws and policies governing them in Malaysia. At that point, both the st...