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Looking Seawards: The Benefits of the Blue Economy Await Penang

12 min read

Penang’s economy, culture and environment are defined as much by the water that surrounds its shoreline as it is by the land on which its people live an...

by Negin Vaghefi

The Future of Food is Digital

7 min read

COVID-19 HAS BEEN putting some strain on Penang’s food supply. Although the state managed well on the whole, this challenge should serve as a stark remi...

by Negin Vaghefi

The Motorbike – Symbol of Penang and its Economic Vibrancy

7 min read

SEE THE AUNTY puttering on the three-wheeler Honda C90, dragging a cart of triple-mixed iced soya bean, “leong fun” and milo; the beverages slushing...

by Kenneth Ooi

Kenneth Ooi

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...

by Sheryl Teoh

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...

by Dr. Rahida Aini

Getting Back on Our Feet, and with Back Held Straight

11 min read

DISASTERS – natural or manmade – tend to affect a limited geographical area.A typhoon cutting across the Philippines, like Typhoon Vongfong in May...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Musings on Penang, My Humble Cosmopolis

9 min read

SINCE ITS VERY founding, George Town has seen people of different nationalities, ethnicities and religions come and go mainly for trade and economic purposes. H...

by Ooi Geok Ling

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...

by Vikneswaran Nair

How Has Covid-19 Changed Mind-sets and Behaviours?

10 min read

AN END. The global population is anxious for a resolution to what has been a nightmare of a year so far. But as much as we look forward to a medical ending, i.e...

by Esther Ping Dominic

Esther Ping Dominic

Youths and Climate Change: “We Didn’t Start the Fire”

13 min read

IT IS ANTICIPATED that Millennials will bear the full brunt of climate change in their lifetime. We live in the Anthropocene era, an age during which human acti...

by Kim Evers

Kim Evers

What is it Like Living in Penang’s Southwest?

12 min read

“LIVEABILITY” is quite a buzzword these days. But what does it mean really when we say that a city is liveable? What factors come into play? General...

by Jonathan Thong

Jonathan Thong

Tourism Development is Now Everyone’s Business – and Responsibility

8 min read

COVID-19 HAS TURNED the tourism industry on its head. The concept Responsible Tourism previously only focused on people mitigating negative economic, environmen...

by Pan Yi Chieh