Events in August
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HEALTH
The Malaysian Breast Cancer Summit 2024 aims to empower breast cancer patients, survivors and caregivers with the tools to…
Forkbeard’s Odyssey Lands in Penang
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TRAGEDY, COMEDY, LOVE and adventure. The musical, Forkbeard, set in 11th-century Scandinavia, contains all the ingredients for an epic historical…
National Heroes to Remember and Reward
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THE LAST TIME Malaysians experienced a full-scale conflict in their homeland was probably more than 35 years ago, before the…
Bukit Langkap: A Modest Hill With a Splendid View
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SLIGHTLY NORTH OF Bukit Mertajam is a low cluster of peaks, including Bukit Gua Gempas and Bukit Langkap, with the…
Joachim Bergström: On Using Universal Values to Drive Diplomacy
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IN THE SHORT period of time that I have known the Swedish Ambassador to Malaysia, Joachim Bergström, and his team…
Families Hard at Work at Pulau Tikus Market
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PULAU TIKUS MARKET, located along Jalan Pasar between Jalan Cantonment and Solok Moulmein, first opened in the 1950s. The wet…
Beyond Borders: A Personal Perspective on Brain Drain
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GROWING UP IN Penang, my early exposure to Hollywood movies and TV sitcoms painted an idealistic portrait of first-world living—…
Encouraging Sisterhood in Entrepreneurship in Penang
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THE PANDEMIC HIT businesses hard. Yet, for one woman, it was an opportune time for her to realise her dream.…
From The Ground Up: PDC in Property and Infrastructural Development
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AT THE HEART of Penang’s transformation as a thriving socio-economic and developmental hub lies the Penang Development Corporation (PDC)…
Mapping Islamic Education in Penang
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THE ROOTS OF Islamic education in Malaysia date back to the 13th century, with the arrival of Islam through trade…
Financial Literacy: A Missing Link in Education
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I GREW UP in Sungai Petani, Kedah, son to a lumberjack and a housewife who successfully raised four children. My…
