December 2011 - Penang Monthly

The Tiger That Lost Its Roar – A Tale of Malaysia’s Political Economy

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THIS BOOK BY Tony Pua, an Oxford-trained economist who currently is a Member of Parliament from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), is a collection of articles t...

Asia Rising - Asian Currencies Continue to Rise Against The USD

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THE UNIMAGINABLE happened when in early August this year the MYR-USD exchange rate dipped below RM3! The good news is that this is happening not only in Malaysi...

Herbert Poenisch

Bringing Brilliance To Heritage Buildings

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BE IT FOR his paintings of heritage buildings in Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Malacca or of the diaolou/tulou of China, Chong Hon Fatt has gained legions of adm...

Managing Malaysia’s First EMC Lab

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The CISSPR team at the PSDC. From left : lab manager Chee Lay Hen, test engineer Cheng See See and tests specialists Wan Khairul Hazli bin Wan Mustapha, A...

Sunway Rising

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Tan Hun BengTAN HUN BENG was 10. He was trying to concentrate in class when the din began, easily drowning out everything the teacher was saying. Outside...

Germany Wins Battle of Penang, 1914

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Sydney On October 28, 1914, the Germans disguised their ship as an Allied vessel and entered Penang harbour. Before their enemies could respond whe...

Malaysia’s Performance On The MDGs: A Differentiated Picture

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Dr Lin Mui KiangIN 2011, the United Nations (UN) and the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) published The Millennium Development Goals at 2010, th...

Don’t wait! Innovate NOW!

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MANY OF US WILL remember for years to come the moment when we learned the news that Steve Jobs had died.For me, it was somehow strangely sublime; I was atte...

What Do The State Budgets of Penang and Selangor Tell Us?

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WE ARE LIVING in times beset by talk of financial difficulties all over the world.The Eurozone crisis continues to unfold with the economies of Spain, Greece...

Top of The Class – Penang Shines in Auditor-General’s Report

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The ins and outsA state’s financial statement is divided into three parts – consolidated revenue fund, consolidated trust fund and consolidated lo...

Give Butterworth A Coastal Park

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IN THE JUNE 2010 issue of this magazine, I published an article entitled “Butterworth remains the Ugly Duckling”. It was about the failure of the to...

Ideas and Actions For A Green State

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Phee Boon PohIN 1992, Malaysia signed the United Nations’ Earth Summit Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Rio de Janerio. This gave r...