March 2020

More and More New Art Spaces and Events for Penang

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HAS PENANG WHAT it takes to be a satellite arts hub in Malaysia, once new purpose-built infrastructures are in place?An informal talk Missing Links: Piecing T...

From Penang to Broadway

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PENANG-BORN THEATRE actress Chee Kai An plays “Kim Alternate” on the Broadway Revival National Tour of “Miss Saigon” – the musical...

Melissa Chan

Nyonya Dishes: Old, New or “Con”-Fusion?

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FINE DINING RESTAURANTS and heritage hotels are the main exponents of new fusion Nyonya food in Penang. In this article, I shall give my personal comments on so...

Penang’s Manufacturing Sector in Numbers

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The manufacturing sector remains a key economic driver in Penang, contributing about 43% to Penang’s economy, and consistently making up about 13% of the...

Building A Global Working Culture, Locally

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BEFORE BECOMING A freelance writer, I worked in various MNCs as a technical writer for nine years. The perks were great – free coffee and soft drinks, a f...

Of Angels and Unicorns

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IN BUDGET 2019 the federal government introduced an annual RM20mil tax exemption incentive per company for investments in venture capital funds, or for angel in...

More than Just Digital Buzzwords

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GLOBAL TRENDS ARE pointing towards the use of digital technologies as the new frontier of industry growth, with discourse centred on big buzzwords like artifici...

Timothy Choy

PDC Aligns its Aspirations to Penang2030

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THE SEVENTH GENERAL manager to helm the Penang Development Corporation (PDC), Datuk Mohd Bazid Abdul Kahar strives to bring back the glory days the Corporation...

Covid-19 Exclusives: How Wuhan Affects Our Economy

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Wuhan , also known as “Chicago of the East”, is the capital city of Hubei Province in Central China. It has a population of 11 million, a GDP of USD...

Dato' Seri Lee Kah Choon