Social Resistance in A Semi-Democracy
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On February 5 this year, more than 5,000 people flooded downtown Kuala Lumpur to participate in the Light up Jalan Sultan and Preserve Heritage event.Artisans...
Socio-economic Inequalities
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Imbalances of income distribution across states of MalaysiaWhile Kelantan, Terengganu, Perlis and Kedah show the least uniform income distribution in 2004,...
Safeguarding Penang’s Water Supply
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Consider the facts. Of all water on earth, only 2.5% is fresh water and the remaining 97.5% is salt water. Approximately 68.7% of fresh water is trapped in glac...
A Tale of Two Water Supply Systems
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The issue of water has re-emerged in the state of Selangor. Peter Chin, Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water, recently issued a statement saying his h...
Each Citizen’s Duty to Combat Electoral Fraud
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The Bersih 3.0 rally on April 28, 2012 was historic. By conservative estimates, at least 100,000 people turned up in the march towards Dataran Merdeka in Kual...
George Town: A Work in Progress
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“I received so many calls and texts asking me if I’m for development or whether we want to stunt growth,” said Suraya Ismail, the moderator...
Carnarvon Street: Where Change Happens Quietly
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Once when I mentioned Carnarvon Street to a now successful business owner, he looked at me with wonder and asked, “Why Carnarvon Street? There is nothin...
Secondary Cities are An Untapped Resource
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Cebu City, Philippines.With the slowdown of the world economy, many growth estimates across the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) are being...
MIND THE GAP On The Widening Gap Between The Rich and The Poor
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Not too long ago, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched its 2011 Human Development Report. I am not going to comment on Malaysia’s rank...
PKFZ: A Nation's Trust Betrayed
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This book is a comprehensive documentation of the sordid affairs of the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) which began in the early 1990s with a co-operative that comp...
Around The Region
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Geopolitical overviewThe geopolitical interests of China and India intersect in Myanmar. For China, Myanmar provides a land route to the Indian Ocean for gas...
Digital Art to Promote Heritage
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Digital Art+Culture (DA+C) was a pioneering event that took place at Suffolk House, and was held in part with the George Town Festival in July 2011. Central to...