Rising from the ashes
8 min read
IT WAS the fire that did it.His entire office was burned to the ground, leaving nothing behind. “I lost everything,” Jimmy Lim said, his usual g...
Taking tourism to the next level
16 min read
Ooi Geok Ling: “It’s high time we stop promoting Penang primarily as a sun, sea and sand destination. We’re under-selling Penang if we resor...
The Prince of Wales Island Gazette
13 min read
Early 19th century views of Prince of Wales IslandPenang can lay claim to many firsts, but one of the most illustrious is that it was the place where the...
Much has changed, but much remains the same
9 min read
Fifteen years or so ago, Malaysia’s Second Industrial Master Plan introduced the strategy of “manufacturing plus-plus” which was fondly descri...
Penang outlook forum 2010
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THE PENANG OUTLOOK FORUM provides a platform for the assessment of Penang’s past achievements, present capabilities and future growth potential. This ye...
Human resource for the halal industry
2 min read
There are about 1.57 billion Muslims in the world today, and the number is growing. This means that the demand for safe, high-quality halal food will rise ast...
Democracy is essentially local
7 min read
Both the state governments of Penang and Selangor announced in March this year that they had written separate letters to the Election Commission asking for loca...
In search of good Penang fiction
7 min read
Map of the Invisible World by Tash AwWhy has penang not produced a writer of note for more than two decades? The last Penangite who could be considered of...
Penang pledges to promote green transport
3 min read
Representatives at the United Nations Forum on Climate Change Mitigation, Fuel Efficiency and Sustainable Development of Urban Transport.On march 16, 2010...
A forgotten lady philanthropist
4 min read
Tan Say Siang Neoh. (Picture courtesy of Mr Teoh Shiau Kuan and Professor Wu Xiaoan.)Records of the arrival of Chinese immigrants in Penang and their econ...
Whose rubbish is it anyway?
6 min read
This will soon be cleaned up by private companies, should the federal government have its way.The cabinet has decided that solid waste management (SWM) an...
Halal – the next frontier
15 min read
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and Haji Abdul Malik Kassim at mou signing at mihas 2009.The global halal industryInternational experts place the worth of t...