A Day in the Life of a Blind Person
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TANG HAS BEEN blind since birth. Following his primary and secondary education in Johor and Singapore, he majored in history at the Louisiana Tech University in...
The Apom Sellers of Pulau Tikus
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As the perfect side to the morning’s breakfast or as accompaniment to one’s afternoon tea, the apom is a light, healthy and inexpensive snack.For...
Heralds of Dawn in the Heart of the City
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TEN MINUTES BEFORE the break of dawn, Mr. Radhi arrives at the doorstep of Masjid Melayu Lebuh Acheh to prep for the day. It is a Friday, so he is garbed in a s...
A Coconut a Day…
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Rangan Priakaruppan.THERE IS A makeshift stall along Lorong Abu Siti that bears no name yet locals who know of it flock to it, especially if the day happe...
The Saree Merchant
4 min read
Whether you fancy billowing silks, crisply starched cottons or intricate thread work motifs, a visit to a saree shop is most certainly a sensory treat, as you f...
A voice from the factories
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Top: Mat heading off to work. Above: Mat tends to his garden during the weekends. 42 . Penang Economic Monthly . Jan 2010THANKS TO THE Bayan Lepas Free T...
Some peace in store
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AT 52, Mrs Patsy Gooi has led a full life. Married with three grown children, she had everything she wanted. Or so she thought.In 2009, during the economic do...
Giving it everything
5 min read
According to 20something Chee Beng Kean, “There’s a void in the market in terms of computer knowledge. The usual practice for it services companie...
Qigong instructor promotes spontaneous health
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Nai has done everything, from construction to computer repairs. Now, he’s found a new calling.PENANG is the only state in Malaysia where people of C...
Young Nepalese in Penang
5 min read
Penang, filled with factories on the island and in Seberang Prai on the mainland, has an unquenchable thirst for workers, both skilled and unskilled.Opinions...
A bowl of porridge doesn’t come easy
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Ooi Phaik Choo has not always been a hawker. She was formerly a seamstress but now sells pork innard porridge with her husband, Woo Yew Weng, a former electrici...
Captain of the channel
6 min read
The metal ladder in the ferry beckoned, and for a moment I was a young boy again, wondering what treasures were hidden up there. I felt a childlike giddiness as...