April 2019 - Penang Monthly (Page 2)

Can Penang Lead the Way in Sustainable Tourism?

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It has been 11 years since George Town was listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site, and its tourism industry has since then flourished beyond imagination. No lon...

How Well is Penang Complying with the SDGs?

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There are 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined by the UN. Penang Monthly extracts data relevant to some of the SDGs that are most pertinent to Penan...

Sustainability Starts Where We Stand

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In October 2018 the Penang state government became the first state in Malaysia to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United Nations Human Settlem...

Climate Change: Are You Not the Problem?

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It is understandable that the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are vague in formulation and loose in categorisation. Be that as it may, it is h...

Super Skills for Good Mental Health

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Many mental health disorders that manifest early in life tend to be chronic, and often, they are associated with poverty and marginalisation. If left untreated,...

Two Sides of the Penang Coin

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