Saving SMEs is Key to Economic Recovery
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TO FLATTEN THE recession curve, and to save SMEs and preserve jobs, the organisation Research for Social Advancement (REFSA) convened policy experts and industr...
Youth Unemployment Expected to Worsen
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SOME ECONOMISTS BELIEVE that the ongoing economic crisis set off by the Covid-19 pandemic can rival the 1929 Great Depression. In Malaysia the national unemploy...
Students Make Do in the School of Covid-19
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MALAYSIA’S EDUCATION SECTOR is embracing e-learning, but this adoption also brings to the fore the nation’s entrenched socioeconomic divide. Online...
Migrant Workers Face an Ever More Challenging Present, and an Ever More Uncertain Future
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THE MONTH OF May witnessed a string of raids targeting migrant workers in specific areas around KL. The actions took place, almost in catch-up mode, to ring-fen...
Covid-19 in Numbers
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WITHIN ASEAN, the top six countries for confirmed Covid-19 cases are Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Brunei. Compared to the other...
Getting Back on Our Feet, and with Back Held Straight
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DISASTERS – natural or manmade – tend to affect a limited geographical area.A typhoon cutting across the Philippines, like Typhoon Vongfong in May...
PenangPac’s Curtains Rise Once More
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Almost RM48,000 in donations have been raised since June.LAST JULY, the PenangPac warmly welcomed back its patrons for its first post-pandemic live show,...
George Town Festival Tests the Digital Waters
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Teochew Puppet and Opera House is a long-time performer for GTF.PENANG WOULD HAVE been a hive of activity last July, with preparations in full swing for t...
The Troubled Malaysian Book Trade and its Possible Recovery
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2020 WAS SUPPOSED to be a robust year for the Malaysian book trade, but that is not to be. The Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair (KLIBF) was postponed by sev...
How the Medically Ailing Survive the MCO
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PEOPLE LIVING WITH health anxieties and existing medical conditions had enough to be anxious about without Covid-19, but the Movement Control Order (MCO) brough...
MCO Highlights Malaysia’s Lack of Mental Health Services
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THE PANDEMIC HAS been a bewildering time for most of us; and some have also experienced a decline in mental health. In response to this new crisis, mental healt...
How Has Covid-19 Changed You?
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TO BETTER UNDERSTAND the change in behaviour and mind-sets of Penangites during the Covid-19 pandemic, Penang Monthly conducted an online survey involving a tot...