Editorial - Penang Monthly (Page 16)

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...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

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...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Penang is blessed - If you want it

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No one can doubt that Penang is going through a very dynamic period today. It is evident in how the cityscape and the street life are changing, and in how vibra...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Humility Comes from Realising that All Understanding is Biased

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“The Present” is a strange concept. For one thing, it is really not possible to think of “The Present” without relying on images of &ldq...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

When Brick Bridges were First Built to Ayer Itam…

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It seems very little is written about the history of a key location like Ayer Itam (I take the liberty of using the old spelling here). And since Penang Monthly...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng