Covid-19 Exclusives - Penang Monthly (Page 5)

How Far on Your Digital Journey Have You Come?

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PENANG’S GOAL OF becoming a Smart State is still a nascent one since the concept itself still lacks a single universally acknowledged definition, tending...

The Smartphone and the Elderly

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THE SMARTPHONE BECAME a liberator of sorts for many of us when in-person connection was rendered impossible by lockdown restrictions and social distancing measu...

Penang Enhances Governance and Prepares for Socio-economic Recovery (September-December 2020)

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Penang2030, C4: Accelerating Programme Delivery and Institutional ReformsThe Covid -19 pandemic continues to affect the world. The situation in Wuhan, China s...

Chow Kon Yeow

Digital Literacy Should Be Pursued the Way Universal Literacy Once Was

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AT ITS MOST basic level, literacy is about the ability to read and write. But reading and writing is a goal to an end. It was to get us educated. Literacy leads...

Doctors Without Borders Working in Penang

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A little Rohingya girl at the entrance of the family home, wearing a T-shirt with the French words C'est la vie.THE SECESSION OF Biafra – a southeas...

A Year Marked by the Passing Away of Artists Across the World

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THE DEATH FROM coronavirus of China celebrity watercolourist Liu Shou Xiang on February 13, 2020, in Wuhan, marked the annus horribilis of a lethal disease that...

Music-makers Left to Fend for Themselves Under MCO

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MUSIC AND THE arts have always been a tricky national affair. It is recognised the world over as a symbol of a developed society capable of celebrating the fine...

Pressure on Parents Rises as the Pandemic Drags On

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DURING COVID, PARENTS have been forced to assume full child-rearing duties, including playing the role of educator; these responsibilities used to be shared wit...

Re-learning the Importance and Possibility of Natural Air Ventilation during Covid

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THE PENANG HOSPITAL1 began life as a double-storey, colonnaded brick-and-timbre building. As was the norm for most bungalows in Penang at the time, the building...

Covid-19 Vaccines in Numbers

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AS OF AUGUST 31, Malaysia’s Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) recorded 71.9% of the population in vaccine registrations. However, if people under 18 years...

As Online Learning Goes Mainstream, We Will Need Less Physical School Spaces

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THE SIJIL PELAJARAN Malaysia (SPM) results for the 2020 school year turned out to be better than, or at least comparable to those of previous years. This is a n...

How are House Prices in Penang Performing during the Pandemic?

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MALAYSIA’S PROPERTY MARKET is expected to continue to be sluggish throughout 2021. As Covid-19 cases continue to hit record-breaking highs, many potential homeb...