Hiking to Paradise
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Penang National Park in Teluk Bahang has three main hiking trails: the one to Monkey Beach and Muka Head lighthouse; the one to Pantai Kerachut (Turtle Beach) a...
Time to Limit the Logic of the Market
4 min read
In December 2015 Playboy magazine released its January/February 2016 issue. It featured 48-year-old every-pubescent-boy’s-fantasylifeguard Pamela Anders...
Fintech: A New Frontier in Finance
10 min read
In the world of finance, there is a consensus that technology-driven change is inevitable, and that it brings with it massive potential for disruption.[1] Cen...
Back To Beca
6 min read
Trishaws were once the main mode of transportation in George Town, found in quiet streets and on the busiest roads. Known locally as beca (or beychia in Hokkien...
A Mortar Board Does Not Guarantee Employability
9 min read
The Malaysian Education Blueprint 20152025 (Higher Education), or MEB (HE), launched on April 7, 2015 sets out a new vision for the development of higher educ...
A Taste for Waste
6 min read
It’s no secret that the Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP) has stepped up its greening efforts. Helming the Ecocommunity Unit at MPSP is Chew Eng S...
Saving Our Schools
16 min read
At the beginning of the 1964 school year, teachers in a California primary school were told that some of their students had shown extraordinary results on an...
The Numbers on Education in Malaysia and Penang
4 min read
In Malaysia, there are three levels of education: primary, secondary and tertiary. In 2015 there were 7,763 government and government-aided primary schools...
Art That Found Immortality in 2016
7 min read
Artists tend to be linked to two deathrelated myths: that they lead longer lives, and that their stature grows the longer they live. But death comes to all, w...
A Summit to Survey
4 min read
Property is always a hot topic in Penang. Attractive developments and emerging trends capture the attention of potential house buyers.The Penang Property Summ...
A Model Village that Stays Vibrant
4 min read
Penang’s beginnings as a port city and its subsequent bloom into a cosmopolitan centre have left it a unique multicultural society with various strands...
Making Waves with Molluscs
6 min read
As a fresh graduate, one is prone to taking on unusual first jobs. But few of these jobs would require travelling by boat daily to the office. Universiti Sain...