Penang’s Finances Staying Strong
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Since 2008 Penang has experienced fiscal surpluses in its financial account; it achieved as large a sum as RM61.7mil in fiscal surpluses, or 0.1% of Penang&rsqu...
Making Affordable Housing an Economic Enabler
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Housing is a basic need. However, the Median Multiple approach developed by Demographia International considers houses in Penang to be unaffordable.1 According...
Stable Local Indicators amid Challenging Global Economic Outlook
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According to the World Bank’s Global Economic Outlook ( June 2019), global growth in 2019 has continued to weaken and is expected to slowly rise to 2.8% i...
A Triumphant Come Back: Cheah Yew Saik
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THINGS happen for a reason – a popular adage which has been variously attributed to luminaries from Albert Schweitzer to Marilyn Monroe.For art-educatio...
The Complex Task of Being Chinese Peranakan
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The Baba-Nyonya (or Chinese Peranakan) remains a subject of fascination. Much has been debated about the different nomenclatures – Peranakan, Straits Chin...
Penang STEM Reignites Student Interest in the Practical Sciences
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Ask a school kid today what they want to be when they grow up, and the answer might vary vastly from the old answers of “lawyer”, “doctor&rdqu...
Communicating History, Connecting Generations
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The Youth Arts Camp (YAC), well into its fifth year now, attests to the strong intent of inculcating art as a learning tool and further developing a creative-cr...
Stephen Hough: “Penang can make money out of the arts if it does it right”
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Stephen Hough is used to being solo – both on and off stage. Strolling alone through a side entrance of Dewan Sri Pinang in an unassuming blazer over a pl...
Love in a Time of War
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It’s a history lesson not confined within book chapters, but rather in the recalling and forgetting of memories. The Garden of Evening Mists by celebrated...
Events
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ComedyWant to flex your comedic chops or just try your hand at stand-up? Then head over to the Little Art House Studio’s Comedy Open Mic because a...
Penang’s Key Economic Indicators
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Gross Domestic ProductIn 2018 Penang registered a gross domestic product (GDP) of RM91.2bil, with a year-on-year (y-o-y) growth rate of 5.1%, which is 0.4% hi...