January 2012 - Penang Monthly

PENANGPAC-The Latester Venture by Faridah and Joe

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PENANGITES got a welcome year-end bonus of free arts performances at the newly opened Performing Arts Centre of Penang (Penangpac) in November and December....

Heritage Trees of Penang

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When you browse through a bookstore to search for books on cultural landscapes, it is not uncommon to find many that deal with the built environment, and how...

Penang Philharmonic -Giving A Face to The City

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Today, the orchestra has some 80 members, playing everything from the violin to the oboe to the double bass. Its members consist of the young and the old, rangi...

Penang's Maritime Potential

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Connecting oceansConnecting oceans Location at the entrance to the Straits of Malacca and its long coastline provide Penang with a substantial maritime ad...

The State of Non-Muslims in Penang and Selangor.

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The season for cheer last December was slightly dampened by several events in the months leading up to Christmas. Christmas carollers were thrown into confu...

Continuing A 125-year-old Internationalisation Strategy

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ErrataIn “Managing Malaysia’s first EMC lab”, published in issue 12.11, the term “technopreneur” was described as “Entre...

PPSMI:A Different Perspective

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An overviewPengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam Bahasa Inggeris or PPSMI - to teach and learn mathematics and science in English –...

Housing in Penang

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Average house prices in Penang have increased 50% in the last five years, with even bigger rises seen on the island, particularly in the island’s north-ea...

Let’s Stop Malaysia Going Greek

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The United Malays National Organisation (Umno) is beyond redemption. At its general assembly in December, the message it sent out was suspicion of others and...

Need Think Tanks For New Times

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This interview with YB Liew Chin Tong, outgoing executive director of Penang Institute and Member of Parliament for Bukit Bendera, discusses his understanding...

Building on The Past

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The Socio-Economic & Environmental Research Institute (SERI) has now changed its name to Penang Institute. The launch of the new moniker took place on Dec...

Penang Institute Begins

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“We are here to ponder the future of the world from Penang,” Penang Institute's executive director Liew Chin Tong explained in his opening remarks....