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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Will the Pandemic Raise Awareness of Penang’s Need for a Proper Concert Hall?

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THE PENANG PHILHARMONIC Orchestra (PPO) held its last publicised concert on March 1 before its plans for the year ahead was forced to be on a momentary interlud...

Penang Needs to Develop Public Appreciation of the Performing Arts

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EVEN BEFORE the Covid-19 outbreak, the performing arts in Penang were already struggling. In fact, if one considers the huge amount of artistic talent that is a...

Cher Yee Xin

Peri-urbanisation in Penang: A Potential to Exploit or a Threat to Overcome?

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PERI-URBANISATION DESCRIBES the transitional process of an area peripheral to urban centres, the end result of which boasts an interesting blend of rural and ur...

Buying a House in Penang to Retire To

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I HAVE TO admit, I have not always liked Penang. I had been somewhat fond of it, but this had been more for sentimental reasons; I met my wife there as an under...

Being Aged in Penang Today

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Ray Rozells.PENANG IS OFTEN regaled a paradise for retirees. But conditions differ greatly, as one would expect. Penang Monthly interviews a few aged resi...

Liveability in Numbers

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Income and Distribution Of the five districts in Penang, the southwest (BD), north Seberang Perai (SPU) and central Seberang Perai (SPT) districts experienced...

Ng Kar Yong

Covid-19 in Penang: Part Two

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JULY 2020July 28The Sivagangga cluster originates from Kubang Pasu, Kedah. It is identified that the index patient of the cluster is an owner of a nasi ka...

Farms in Town to Inspire Green Thinking

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THE UN PROJECTS that by 2050, about 75% of the world population will live in cities; and 90% of this increase will take place in Africa and Asia. Presently, 75%...

Overcoming Challenges to Water Reuse

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LIMITED ENGINEERING AND social feasibility still hinder many countries, especially in the Global South, from fully implementing urban water reuse. Ideally, urba...

the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia

Penang Must Save Her Seas

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PENANG EXEMPLIFIES THE Malaysian image of a maritime nation. It is the product of a people whose communities were shaped by a shared culture and history that is...

Assoc. Prof. Gs. Dr. Anisah J. Lee Abdullah

The True Cost of Green Buildings

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THERE IS A commonly held belief in the Malaysian construction sector that green buildings are costly and require substantial investment to design and build. The...

Mitchell Gelber

Urgent Need for a More Effective Disaster Management and Prevention Regime

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WITH FLASH FLOODS and air pollution to the occasional landslides, Penang is no stranger to natural disasters. As general development continues at a dizzying pac...

Dr. Ng Shin Wei Josephine Tan Mei Ling

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