Keeping Penang delightfully impure
10 min read
THE FIRST TIME Penang appeared on my radar wasn't while I was watching a “Malaysia Truly Asia” commercial or a show on the Travel Channel. It wasn't...
Studying others and staying unique
11 min read
MORE THAN A YEAR after Penang and Malacca were conferred World Heritage status, some people still wonder whether the award is more of a burden than a boon. Wh...
Reinvention in progress
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ONCE AN ICONIC fishing centre and port, Penang's clan jetties are struggling to reinvent themselves. In the 19th century, coolies and boat operators fuelled Pen...
Building today for tomorrow
3 min read
The Belleview Group was founded in Penang in 1984. Since its inception, the Group has established an unassailable reputation as a leading developer. Its strateg...
Think people, not place
15 min read
Comparing the wealth of nations, given how quickly fortunes can change nowadays, keeps armies of statisticians, economists and bureaucrats busy throughout the y...
The probable effects on the climate of Penang of the continued destruction of its hill jungles
4 min read
Kwong Wah Yit PohIT IS REMARKED that the whole of the eastern front of the range (of a mountain in Pinang) has within a few years been denuded of its fore...
Logan's lasting legacy
4 min read
Ben WismenYOU MAY NOT notice it driving past the recently refurbished Penang High Courts on Light Street. But look closely and you will spot the memorial...
The role of think tanks is changing
4 min read
GOOD AFTERNOON colleagues from the Penang Exco, members of the board of the Socio-Economic and Environment Research Institute (SER1) and i...
The Penang Adventure
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IT'S VERY HARD not to get swept along by Raymond Flower's jaunty approach to Penang's history in his latest offering, The Penang Adventure. The book opens on...
Ko-Tai the city
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KO-TAI PENANG was the final act in a trilogy of community street performances directed and produced by Ombak Ombak ARTStudio which showcased historical events f...
Penang's economic fate: A tale of three cities
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CHARLES DICKENS ASIDE, there was another A Tale of Two Cities told by Alwyn Young, about economic growth in Singapore and Hong Kong. They are two of four Asian...
Climbing the value chain
3 min read
WE NEED to move up the value chain to remain competitive; that much bears repeating. The urgency to distance ourselves from the sprouting economies of labour-in...