Penang Monthly

Penang Monthly, by Penang Institute, is the voice of Penang, offering insights on its people, politics, economy, culture, and society, with a focus on local and national issues for curious Malaysians.

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Some Ways of Increasing Quit Rent Revenue

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I wish to convey my opinion on how the Penang state government can improve its tax revenue collection for the sake of welfare and development projects. One of t...

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What Do The State Budgets of Penang and Selangor Tell Us?

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WE ARE LIVING in times beset by talk of financial difficulties all over the world.The Eurozone crisis continues to unfold with the economies of Spain, Greece...

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Give Butterworth A Coastal Park

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IN THE JUNE 2010 issue of this magazine, I published an article entitled “Butterworth remains the Ugly Duckling”. It was about the failure of the to...

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Ideas and Actions For A Green State

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Phee Boon PohIN 1992, Malaysia signed the United Nations’ Earth Summit Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Rio de Janerio. This gave r...

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2012 Budget Under The Microscope at Penang Institute

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A week after the 2012 Malaysian Budget, the Penang Institute (formerly known as SERI) held its annual flagship event – the Post Budget Dialogue – to...

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Budget 2012 Reveals Malaysia’s Structural Problems

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Heavy handed or the “invisible hand”?The main economic purpose of government is to ensure the delivery of public goods –these being goods th...

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Penang News

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Water sports law to be enforcedThe Penang state government will begin to enforce the Personal Watercraft (Penang) Enactment 1999, following numerous jet-ski...

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Heritage Trees of Penang

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When you browse through a bookstore to search for books on cultural landscapes, it is not uncommon to find many that deal with the built environment, and how...

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Penang's Maritime Potential

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Connecting oceansConnecting oceans Location at the entrance to the Straits of Malacca and its long coastline provide Penang with a substantial maritime ad...

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The State of Non-Muslims in Penang and Selangor.

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The season for cheer last December was slightly dampened by several events in the months leading up to Christmas. Christmas carollers were thrown into confu...

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PPSMI:A Different Perspective

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An overviewPengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam Bahasa Inggeris or PPSMI - to teach and learn mathematics and science in English –...

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Housing in Penang

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Average house prices in Penang have increased 50% in the last five years, with even bigger rises seen on the island, particularly in the island’s north-ea...

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