August 2012 - Penang Monthly (Page 2)

PDC's New Plan to Attract MNCs – Build and Lease

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As the global economy grows more and more uncertain, the last thing the Penang Development Corporation (PDC) needed was a multinational corporation telling them...

A Silat Performance to Awe the World

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The George Town Festival 2012, under the directorship of Joe Sidek, opened on June 15, under a “starry starry night” with a spectacular performanc...

FOR A SOCIETY CIVIL AND DECENT

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Ooi Kee Beng: Let’s discuss the recent rise of civil society activism in Malaysia. We had a half-year of rallies in mid-2007, starting with 600 people f...

Dignity is the basic human right

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The so-called Arab spring that began with the public suicide on December 17, 2010 of a miserable Tunisian vegetable seller whose cart was towed away by the po...

Tomoi

The ancient art of kickboxing, better known as Muay Thai, is popularly practiced in Kelantan. Here, the locals call it Tomoi. After a 15-year ban by the state's...