“Hoppy” New Year in Penang
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
Kindly reproduced from Penang Portraits by Francine Linssen and Jennifer Heal, published by Penang Passion, isbn 978-983-42360-5-2. For the full stories about t...
Oktoberfest
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It was that time of the year again: an entire evening where drinking obscene amounts of alcohol is not only socially acceptable, but practically a r...
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...
Changing recipe in industrial production
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Every recipe needs the right ingredients for success; get the mix right and walk away with a winning formula; get the mix wrong and the dish could fall flat....
Speakers’ Square
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Kwong Wah Yit Poh“ Lend me your ears...”As trite a saying as that may be, Penangites are taking advantage of Speakers’ Square at Esp...
Charting a new direction
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Edited by Ooi Kee Beng and Goh Ban Lee Published by Socio-Economic and Environmental Research Institute (SERI) and Institute for Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)...