How Aware Are We?
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AS THE COMBINED Covid-19 cases reach a staggering 2 million and counting, global healthcare systems are being stretched beyond their limits.Initial public res...
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Working for Peace and Justice is an Uphill Battle
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WORKING FOR PEACE is an attractive, but nebulous cause. Without Justice, conflicts are hard to avoid and peace gets disrupted. And so, the work begins again on...
Celebrating Ten Years of Art Writing
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TEN years ago, Penang was still a backwater in the national art narrative. There were signs of little titillations, though, that signaled a potential resurgence...
Catharsis The Rebirth of Malaysia Finally Begins
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This article first appeared in our June 2018 issue. In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we put together for you in this issue some of our most memor...
Tackling Sexual Harassment
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SEXUAL HARASSMENT is about power, not sexual desire.The term first hit international airwaves in the 1980s – four decades ago. On the heels of the #MeTo...
Penang Hokkien On Life Support
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This article first appeared in our May 2017 issue. In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we put together for you in this issue some of our most memora...
Men Who Ran PFS and Inspired Generations
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This article first appeared in our October 2016 issue. In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we put together for you in this issue some of our most me...
Slowing Climate Change
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This article first appeared in our May 2013 issue. In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we put together for you in this issue some of our most memorable arti...
Paradise Being Lost, All Is Not Well on Penang’s Beaches
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This article first appeared in our September 2011 issue. In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we put together for you in this issue some of our most...
The Man Who Industrialised Penang
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This article first appeared in our July 2010 issue. In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we put together for you in this issue some of our most memorable art...
Only Aquaculture Can Make Seafood Production Sustainable
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International students attending summer course at CEMACS. This was their field trip to the oyster culture farm. With them is Pak Su, the owner of the oyster c...
Teach a Woman to Fish…
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One worker in two in the seafood industry is a woman. Worldwide, the seafood industry – all activities included – gives work to 120 million people...
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