George Town Festival 2011 Highlights
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Peranakan PenangDate: July 1, 2011Time: 8pmVenue: Grand Ballroom, Eastern & Oriental Hotel, Farquhar StreetScheduled to be the Gala Opening fo...
Fishermen of Teluk Bahang
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Sometimes they leave as late as 10am; sometimes at 2am, or even earlier than that. Their boats range from large fishing boats to small two-man sampans.In the sl...
An anthology with exciting internal dynamics
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The average Malaysian non-fiction section in any bookstore looks like a country club photo album that portrays the post-colonial elite, endorsing the viewpoint...
“Hoppy” New Year in Penang
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When Chinese New Year comes around many of Malaysia’s major cities become ghost towns, as Chinese families make their annual “balik kampung” journeys to be reun...
Revolutionary roots
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DR SUN YAT SEN, the dashing anti-Qing campaigner and “Father of modern China” spent several intense months in 1910 planning the Canton Uprising whic...
CEO insights “Expectations drive organisations”
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OOI BOON CHYE has had over 30 years of experience in the manufacturing industry, of which, 25 were spent in Intel Corpora- tion within a variety of positions....
I Am Everyday People
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Penangites and adopted Penangites captured on film prove the point that everyone has a story… we just need to stop and listen. Kindly reproduced from Penang Portraits by Francine Linssen and Jennifer Heal, published by Penang Passion, isbn 978-983-42360-5-2.
Oktoberfest
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Penangites and Germans bonded over bratwuerste, beer, and Bavarian beats at the Malaysian German Society’s Oktoberfest—an evening of dancing, drinking, and delightful cultural chaos.
Islamic matters in Pakatan states
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Political competition between the Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat coalitions is predicated on numerous fronts, the more sensitive of which involves religiou...
George Town Festival
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In July, the Penang state government held the inaugural George Town Festival, in celebration of its listing as a Unesco World Heritage Site. Initially a one-day...
Penang's Pride - 25 years of the Penang Bridge
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1985 WAS a memorable year for many. Malaysia was then an "Asian Tiger" with its own newly launched national car, Asia's tallest building was about to be complet...
Jewel of Muscat
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REFERENCES:• "Traders, Teachers, Pressmen and Pilgrim Brokers: Penang Arabs in the Regional Network" by Abdur Razzaq Lubis• wwwjewelofmuscat.tv...