A tree to call our own: The Pinang
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The pinang tree has been a part of Penang for countless generations.With its many uses from trade to health to culture, the tree is a potent, unifying symbo...
“It never starts with an idea. It starts with a feeling” — Yasmin Ahmad, 2009
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Tunku Ismail Jewa Tunku Mohamad JewaJUST TWO WEEKS before his 72nd birthday, Tunku Datuk Dr Ismail Jewa Tunku Mohamad Jewa succumbed to the cancer he ha...
Penang’s way forward
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PENANG managed to secure the highest manufacturing investments in its industrialisation history in 2008. With the RM10.16bil injected into the manufacturing s...
Is fiscal federalism the answer?
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THE complaint that state governments are given insufficient funds to operate at the local level is as old as the nation’s half-century history.Malaysia...
Penang art: Chance, renewal and sustenance
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Padi Fields by Dr Chew Teng BengAFTER four years in Penang, Pahang-born Liew Choong Ching decided to move back to Kuala Lumpur in August this year. The mo...
We are all little Indian boys
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I FIRST heard the name Yasmin Ahmad through her debut Petronas commercial for Merdeka Day. It was called LITTLE INDIAN BOY (1996).It opens in black and white....
A day in the life of a tutor
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INSIGHTS into socio-economic trends in any Asian city can be gained by studying the chaos of its shop lot signage. If one understands the language, a sense of...
Water management: Selangor can borrow buckets from Penang
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REPORTS of the intense water battle in Selangor have featured in the mainstream media throughout 2009. Most of these speak of tensions arising between the Selan...
Accommodating heritage
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The rear of five terrace houses in Lebuh Clarke. The re-orientation towards the laneway will benefit from the enlarged open space that the additional set back...
George Town as an engine of growth
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UNTIL as late as the 1990s, cities were largely associated with pollution and congestion. Worse, they were seen as crucibles of moral decay and crime. Those w...
Tun Lim Chong Eu: The past is not passé
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ONE easy way of approaching the history of a country is to study the life of a major player in that history. But as time goes on, such players tend to diminis...
Penang Finance:Strong Roots, Stunted Growth
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Kwong Wah Yit PohGeorge Town: The Penang State Government has no option but to persist in convincing the Centre to play fair&hellipThe challenge for P...