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By George Town! A festival to inherit
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About four months ago, the Penang state government put out a call for people to submit their ideas for the year’s 2010 Unesco celebrations, conceived to b...
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A personal Penang treasure that can be revived
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The hamlet of Sungai Bakap used to be on the North- South trunk road, and when it was, it steadily flourished, together with its neighbours Simpang Ampat and...
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Nirmala’s last wish
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Above: A 1986 work from Nirmala’s Damai series on the pity of war, The Pity War Distilled. Ink drawing of a bag lady in Brussels in 1995.With vision...
Baba Nyonya culture in Penang and Phuket
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Thalang Road, the main street in Phuket.When I First walked down Thalang Road in Tongkah, the old town of Phuket, several years ago, I was reminded of the...
Getting good bacteria to green Penang
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Phase 1: Demonstrations at Mayang Pasir (top) and Bayan Baru Market (below).High speed economic activity and demographic shifts, especially in developing...