Malaysian's Education Divide
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Class mattersInequality exists in every society, but the level of education received can intensify or mitigate it by changing the individual’s skill lev...
That Little Wine Bar
3 min read
Penang’s at Little Wine Bar offered me just the kind of place I was seeking. An opportunity to “chillax” with friends and catch up on their pa...
Shaping George Town Festival
3 min read
How do you put together George Town’s biggest annual festival with very limited time, funding and space? That’s what Joe Sidek has to think about ev...
Cindy Gallop Connecting Change-makers
6 min read
Cindy Gallop is the founder of If We Ran the World (IWRTW), an online platform designed for people and businesses to make things happen quickly and easily. &ldq...
Attention, please! Public Health Services Need Improving
4 min read
When Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak visited Penang on December 8, 2012, he promised to build 20,000 a ordable condominiums and a monorail if the BN w...
Curing the Healthcare System
5 min read
As a matter of fact, public health and sanitation are included in the so-called Concurrent List, which theoretically means that that area of administration invo...
Off The Beaten Track in Hong Kong
5 min read
Big Wave Bay, Sai Kung.Hong Kong is not all concrete, and actually has quite a lot to offer to nature and outdoor enthusiasts. A favourite weekend pastime...
Legacies of Leprosy
8 min read
I first became interested in the Sungai Buloh leprosarium when I produced a documentary in 2007 about the people living there. Established in 1930, it used to b...
Penang Hospital for the Orient
19 min read
Nearly four years ago, a CNBC special report highlighted Malaysia’s rapidly expanding medical tourism sector. It was a surprise for many viewers that the...
A Fresh Paradigm for Penang
5 min read
The Penang Paradigm is a comprehensive development agenda for Penang in the coming decade. Prepared by the Penang Institute, it seeks to strengthen three key pr...
Regional outlook
4 min read
Southeast Asia in 2013 and Beyond: Its Global Role and ChallengeKeynote Address: Jusuf Kalla Former Vice President, Republic of IndonesiaEconomic progress r...
Surviving G4's Crisis Measures
11 min read
Policies in G4 countries (the US, Europe, Japan and the UK) are likely to shape economic strategies and the global economic environment for years to come. Their...