PDC Aligns its Aspirations to Penang2030
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THE SEVENTH GENERAL manager to helm the Penang Development Corporation (PDC), Datuk Mohd Bazid Abdul Kahar strives to bring back the glory days the Corporation...
Health Science and Technology: Transforming How We Keep Fit
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FITNESS GIZMOS, ranging from smartphone applications (apps) to trackers, are a marvellous invention. For sedentary devotees, these inspire a much-needed behavou...
Penang Aims for Broad and Deep Digital Adoption
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DIGITAL PENANG (DP) WAS formed by the Penang State Government in the early throes of the Covid-19 pandemic last year. Its mandate was clear: to capture opportun...
Fashion is Both Fine Art and Tough Business
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JING OOI, the face behind the fashion house Maison de Poupée, has spent his lifetime appreciating the feminine form through the dresses that he fashion...
Youths Learn that a Crisis is a Time of Positive and Negative Change
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From colleagues to friends. Farhanah enjoys a morning workout with her colleagues from Vouk Hotel Suites. Photo: Farhanah AzizanFarhanah (second from ri...
Readying Pulau Tikus for the Future
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An old town it may be, but Pulau Tikus and its surroundings will soon be given a fresh lease of life with the opening of Gurney Wharf. Alongside this, Pulau Tik...
Penang Goes Public - Making Space Open and Welcoming
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Public spaces help build a community, diverse as individuals may be, by being areas that are welcoming, safe, relaxing, comforting, social; and encouraging of v...
Strengthening Penang’s Concert Industry
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Penang is setting its sights on becoming the new destination of choice for concerts in Malaysia, rivalling KL and Genting Highlands’s Arena of Stars. Curr...
Super Skills for Good Mental Health
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Many mental health disorders that manifest early in life tend to be chronic, and often, they are associated with poverty and marginalisation. If left untreated,...