Building an App for a Crisis
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TO BUILD A properly functioning app for urgent public use is no small feat. Take for example the now defunct Penang Contact Tracer application, or PGCare for sh...
Climate Change: A Timeless Concern
CLIMATE CHANGE. The phrase rings with an alliterative charm, yet it evokes a notion that is far from simple. It invites us to consider our relationship with the elements and the forces that govern our world.
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Malaysians Move from Game-playing to Game-making
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GONE ARE THE days of the parent-child barter trade: “Score Straight As in your exams, and you’ll get that Gameboy Yellow you wanted.” Today, t...
ASEAN’s Appeal Watered and Coloured
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Chow Chin Chuan's (Malaysia) The Unfading Past II.IN THE MIDST of the Covid-19 pandemic, an international watercolour exhibition has surprisingly attracte...
Discovering Penang through Its Rich Biodiversity
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A study in 2012 revealed that this Banded Bent-toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus pulchellus) is a new species, unrelated to the banded geckos found in other parts of...
A Broad Socio-economic Impact on Penang is to be Expected from Climate Change
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MULTIPLE CLIMATE HAZARD indices have categorised Malaysia’s Northern Region – Penang, Perlis, Kedah and Perak – as “middle” for it...
Youths and Climate Change: “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
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IT IS ANTICIPATED that Millennials will bear the full brunt of climate change in their lifetime. We live in the Anthropocene era, an age during which human acti...
Is Penang Truly Inclusive for Persons with Disabilities?
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Ernest, Jia Hui and their eight-month-old daughter. Photo: Ooi Tze Xiong.LIVEABILITY IS VERY much a layered concept. Since the 1960s, discourse on city pl...
Penang through the Eyes of Young Resident Foreigners
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HAILED A RETIREE’S paradise, Penang welcomes expatriates from all over the world to call the state their home. But curiously – and excitingly &ndash...
What is it Like Living in Penang’s Southwest?
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“LIVEABILITY” is quite a buzzword these days. But what does it mean really when we say that a city is liveable? What factors come into play? General...
Serving is a Sikh’s Legacy
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THE WADDA GURDWARA Sahib Penang runs a free community kitchen, and all are welcome to dine there regardless of religion, race, gender, age or social class. But...
Penang State Art Gallery Gets a Windfall of Masterpieces
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ANOTHER LARGESSE of artworks, 330 in all, has been donated by Datuk Dr. Tan Chee Khuan to the Penang State Art Gallery (PSAG). The magnanimous collection is val...
Pianist Foo Mei Yi: “Enjoyment of Music Makes the Musician”
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Foo Mei Yi. Photo by: Kaupo Kikkas“MY FIRST MEMORY of the piano was at a Yamaha Music School back in Seremban. I was touching four and my mother, wh...
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