July 2015 - Penang Monthly

A show of images small, succinct and sensational

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Small is the new Big, and small certainly counts in the Imago Mundi (Latin for “Image of the World”) miniature global art outreach! The brainchild o...

Where there’s a will, there can be light

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It is a cold evening, not unusual for the hamlet of Long Rusu where the temperature often falls below 20°C after the sun sets. Mountain weather is chilly an...

Carolyn Hong

Let’s clean up our island city

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Sungai Pinang.In general, human settlements are called villages, towns or cities, depending on size and importance. But more often than not, the differenc...

A trail of beauty and history

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The Lily Pond Circular Walk is one of the most attractive and accessible hikes in Penang, and takes only a couple of hours even at our slow pace. For this reaso...

Louise Goss-Custard

The history of Bukit Mertajam, Part II:From rural board to town council

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The year 1913 marked an interesting turning point for Bukit Mertajam. The passing of the Municipal Ordinance 1913 witnessed the colonial local authorities takin...

Koay Su-Lyn

Schooling for Rohingya children in Penang

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When the Burma Citizenship Law was enacted in 1982, 800,000 Rohingya were left stateless because it no longer recognised them as citizens. Stateless and vulnera...

It is time we help the stateless among us

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The local media and the international press have been strongly drawn to the plight of the Rohingyas, who have been denied citizenship by their government and wh...

Matthew Tan Kiak Hin

Making full use of a creative economy

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The importance of a creative economy is undeniable – it generates income, jobs and export earnings based on the practical ingenuity of individuals and gro...

Ong Wooi Leng

Moving towards high-performing shared services and outsourcing

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Global capitalism is changing. MNCs are now expected to build the next generation of high-performing support services operations at their offshore centres throu...

Ong Wooi Leng

Cautiously but surely, Penang's growth continues

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Penang’s economy is dependent on national and global economic conditions; the US economic recovery, lower oil prices, the Asean Economic Community (AEC) a...

Ong Wooi Leng

Can Malaysia achieve high-speed widely penetrative broadband by 2020?

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Malaysia’s broadband penetration has improved – and by quite a lot. The 10th Malaysia Plan introduced highspeed broadband (HSBB) initiatives in sele...

Ong Wooi Leng

Are 11MP’s projections not too optimistic?

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 The 11th Malaysia Plan (11MP) is the last five-year development strategy for Malaysia to achieve developed country status by 2020. It projects a GDP...

Lim Kim-Hwa