Yeong Pey Jung - Penang Monthly

NGOs in Penang: A Heritage of Passionate Caring

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NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (NGOS) are widely recognised as essential components of a thriving society and are often very intricately woven into a society’s...

Gender Equality in Malaysia

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Valuing Household Production Promises Broad Impact on Society at Large

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SIGNIFICANT STRIDES HAVE been made over time in advancing gender equality—with women assuming more prominent roles as decision-makers both in the workforce and...

The State of Penang's Modes of Transport

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Tracking Human Mobility in Penang During Covid-19

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DESCRIBED AS THE most tracked economic indicator during Covid-19,1 the release of the Google Community Mobility Data has been lauded as a creative means by a te...

Lee Siu Ming Ng Kar Yong

Rebound is Slower than Expected despite Fiscal Measures

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2021 WILL BE a year fraught with economic challenges and uncertainties. The spike in Covid-19 cases since September 2020 continues to see Malaysia’s econo...

Gender Segregation Holds Dire Consequences

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WHEN THE PAS-led state government of Terengganu decided to enforce segregated seating in accordance to gender in its sole cinema in Kuala Terengganu1, the annou...

Ripples from the Sales and Services Tax

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The historic change of government on May 9, 2018 saw the removal of one of the previous administration’s most unpopular economic policies: the GST. Introd...

Women in Numbers

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Political representation Malaysia’s 14th general election saw an unprecedented representation of female-elected politicians. However, the overall percen...

Youths in Numbers

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Youth PopulationThe share of Penang’s youth population has been decreasing since 2015. Nevertheless, the decrease over the years is considered minute, a...

Rising Inflation and Escalating Cost of Living

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SUSAN (not her real name) is a home caterer who started her own business after losing her job during the pandemic lockdown. Though business had been good at fir...

Tourist Arrival Trends

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SEVERE DISRUPTIONS FROM the Covid-19 pandemic have caused Malaysia and Penang’s robust tourism industry to suffer. Deemed a major contributor towards the econom...