Penang’s Ultimate Challenge to Hikers
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Penang Hill Forest Challenge signboard.EVER WONDERED IF there is a hike in Penang that would push you to your mental and physical limits? One that is chal...
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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Don’t Miss Them! Art Exhibitions are Back
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READY BUT POSTPONED Or Cancelled.A litany of woes of short-circuited, still-born and miscarried exhibitions brought about by the protracted Coronavirus pandem...
Flying into Malaysia during the Pandemic
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FLYING DURING COVID-19 can be an intimidating affair. The overall experience is fraught with uncertainties: what are the odds of catching the virus inflight? Ca...
Are Our Trishaws Doomed?
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THE END OF World War II introduced trishaws to Penang, and between the late 1960s and the early 1970s, more than 2,500 of these vehicles plied the streets of Ge...
Suffering the MCO in the Services Sector
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PENANG’S SERVICES SECTOR is a shadow of its former self. On top of an already flailing entertainment industry and a row of F&B outlets biting the dust...
Tourism in Numbers
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MALAYSIA’S TOP VISITING country is Singapore, followed by Indonesia, China and Thailand. In 2019 Malaysia received more than 10 million tourists from the...
Tourism Development is Now Everyone’s Business – and Responsibility
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COVID-19 HAS TURNED the tourism industry on its head. The concept Responsible Tourism previously only focused on people mitigating negative economic, environmen...
No Creative Inertia for Malaysian Artists, Thank You
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WITH MORE PEOPLE getting vaccinated against Covid-19 with a view to achieving herd immunity, art spaces are opening up again, albeit still under SOPs such as we...
Introducing Culture Shot! Ethnically Diverse, Musically Intergrated
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THERE IS SOMETHING inexplicable about Penang and its local communities that is conducive to the free-flow of distinctive artistic expressions. Culture Shot came...
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Chinese Tea Becoming Popular in Penang Again
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TO ENJOY A good cup of Chinese tea, much depends on how the leaves of the camellia sinensis plant is processed; through withering, oxidation, fixing or “kill gr...
Green Manufacturing: One Big Step Towards a Circular Economy
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GREEN MANUFACTURING... What is that? Well, as one might easily guess, it is about “greening” the manufacturing system. And one does that by reducing the use of...
Upgrading Penang’s Shopping Possibilities
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THE SHOPPING MALLS Gurney Plaza and Gurney Paragon along the popular Gurney Drive seafront promenade form the backbone of Penang’s luxury tourism. They ca...
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