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Are Chinese Religious Rituals Threatened by Porkflation?

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IN PENANG, where there is a large percentage of ethnic Chinese, pork is an essential food. It is the community’s preferred protein source, and plays an importan...

Pan Yi Chieh

If You Love Eating Bamboo Shoots, Try Ones You Forage Yourself

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DURING THE PANDEMIC lockdown, when the supply of fresh vegetables was badly disrupted, I took to foraging. I discovered some edible greens in my neighbourhood,...

Ong Ke Shin

Events in December

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EXHIBITIONBe prepared to be transported into the heart of an enchanted forest in The Tree of Light by ONYO, an immersive sensory exhibition presented by Penang...

Events in November

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Take a stand against bullying and take part in Penang Goes Orange 2023: #Kindness4Wellness: Walk Against Bullying. Participants of this 2km walk will receive...

AI—Boon or Bane, Intelligent or Illusory?

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These are the days of miracle and wonder. Don’t cry, baby, don’t cry. Don’t cry. — Paul Simon, “The Boy in the Bubble”, 1986.

Does Artificial Intelligence Threaten the Future of Humankind?

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THE TERM “Artificial Intelligence” was first coined in 1956 by John McCarthy, an American computer scientist. Now considered one of the founding figures in the...

Some Notes on AI Use in Education, Fishery and Medicine

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THE NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ROADMAP, also known as AI-Rmap, was released during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021. It came at a time when millions of compa...

A Speech On Unity Written For Anwar Ibrahim

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by Dato Dr. Ooi Kee Beng & ChatGPT

Terrific Sights on Offer Up Bukit Seraya

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Hike At A GlanceLength: 3 hours 30 minutes to the Tualang tree (it takes almost as long to get back the same way. An alternate, shorter route through the orchar...

Artificial Intelligence In Numbers

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