Strengthening Penang’s Concert Industry

by Regina Hoo

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Penang Goes Public - Making Space Open and Welcoming

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Public spaces help build a community, diverse as individuals may be, by being areas that are welcoming, safe, relaxing, comforting, social; and encouraging of v...

by Regina Hoo

Empire of the Winds Awarded Penang Book Prize 2019

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On November 24, Philip Bowring’s book, Empire of the Winds: The Global Role of Asia’s Great Archipelago, published by I.B. Tauris, took home the 201...

by Penang Monthly

Penang’s Finances Staying Strong

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Since 2008 Penang has experienced fiscal surpluses in its financial account; it achieved as large a sum as RM61.7mil in fiscal surpluses, or 0.1% of Penang&rsqu...

by Ong Wooi Leng

Ong Wooi Leng

January 2020 Penang Economic Indicator

Making Affordable Housing an Economic Enabler

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Housing is a basic need. However, the Median Multiple approach developed by Demographia International considers houses in Penang to be unaffordable.1 According...

by Timothy Choy & Ng Kar Yong

Timothy Choy Ng Kar Yong

January 2020 Penang Economic Indicator

Stable Local Indicators amid Challenging Global Economic Outlook

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According to the World Bank’s Global Economic Outlook ( June 2019), global growth in 2019 has continued to weaken and is expected to slowly rise to 2.8% i...

by Lee Siu Ming

Lee Siu Ming