Editorial - Penang Monthly (Page 15)

Should We Aim for A United Nation? Or Simply A Just State and a Healthy Economy?

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Malaysians use “Nation-building” as an umbrella term for all the processes required to turn a given territory into a secure, prosperous and united...

Mind the Young Mind

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It is often claimed that traditional Asian ways of teaching encourage students to memorise facts – so-called rote learning. The Western way, in contradi...

Editorial-Good to see credit go to the deserving

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First, SERI Chairman Chet Singh Karam Singh was awarded the Darjah Gemilang Pang-kuan Negeri (DGPN). This took place on Julyio at Penang Governor Yang Dipertua...

Towards a post-racialist Malaysia

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Yes, it is time for change in Malaysia. And with the advent of church burnings, time may be running out. At the same time, what is it that must change, and why...

Biases in Technology: The Case of The Bicycle

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Most of us are prepared to accept the notion that Science is objective. The application of Science, however, is another story. Technology is driven not only by...

What brain, what drain?

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In the days before nation states, polities in South-East Asia were largely trading ports. These dots constituted the maritime routes along which fortune-seekers...

Rehabilitating social values

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IT IS SURPRISING how many conferences are actually held in Penang nowadays. We do discuss a lot of things a lot on this island. Don't believe anyone who says ot...

Taking Penang Studies seriously

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Like most new countries founded after colonialism’s fall, Malaysia lacks good historical studies about itself that are based on solid empirical data. No d...

Penang – Cultural Capital

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The Unesco’s decision to put Penang jointly with Malacca on its World Heritage List two years ago signifi ed a few fascinating things.For one thing, it...

Federating Malaysia-a continuous and troubled process

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Penang Monthly’s cover story this month is about East Malaysia and how it has always been an unknown territory to Malaysians on the peninsula. To start wi...

Penang’s Waterfronts May be Its Future Identity

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Penang’s free port status began eroding after the final boundaries of Malaysia were defined with the exit of Singapore in 1965. By 1974, the federal gover...

Cities are Many Different Creatures

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Thinking about the liveability of cities makes me wonder in what ways cities are similar enough to each other for us to compare them to each other, not to menti...