Penang Food at a Crossroads
11 min read
PENANG’S STREET FOOD has always been a crowd- puller. Part of it has to do with Penang’s early history as a port. That inspired into being a smorgasbord of food...
How the Young View Work
10 min read
MILLENNIALS AND GEN Zs are the largest age cohorts in the workforce; according to Statista, they now make up approximately 75% of Malaysia’s labour force.[1]Giv...
Is TVET Not the Obvious Key to a Vibrant Economy?
10 min read
IF THERE IS an issue pertaining to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), it is the bad reputation garnered among urbanite parents. “It is abou...
The Paradox of Tourism Growth in Post-Covid Penang
9 min read
THE OUTBREAK OF Covid-19 exposed the Visit Malaysia 2020 campaign to significant risks. Three months into 2020, it was cancelled. Subsequent prohibitions on mob...
Echoes, Shadows & Footprints: A Symposium on the Upkeep of the Arts
9 min read
IT IS GENERALLY observed that there is a chasm between music, arts and culture practitioners, on the one hand, and academics on the other. The reason behind it...
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After 50 Years: No Slowing Down in Penang’s Industrialisation
11 min read
THE PLAN TO establish Penang as a manufacturing hub was initiated in the early ’60s under the first Chief Minister of Penang, Wong Pow Nee, following the recomm...
A Time to Thrive: Promoting and Sustaining Rural Community Tourism
9 min read
WITH COVID-19, the idea of travel became unthinkable for most of us. So when state borders finally opened, travel-starved Malaysians began exploring their own b...
Penang Hill Biosphere Reserve: Many Hearts and Minds Made It Possible
6 min read
IT WAS in October 2016 when the first tentative steps were taken to obtain the Unesco Biosphere Reserve (UBR) status and recognition for Penang Island under Une...
