November 2022 - Penang Monthly (Page 2)

Making Employees Rounded in Skills and Happy at Work

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THE MODERN WORKPLACE is evolving fast. For one thing, employee happiness stemming from a fulfilling job is becoming increasingly important, and is now recognise...

The Future of Tourism—Only as Bright as We Make It

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SINCE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL became possible post-Covid, I have, for various reasons, been staying in at least five countries for substantial periods of time, inc...

Tourist Arrival Trends

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SEVERE DISRUPTIONS FROM the Covid-19 pandemic have caused Malaysia and Penang’s robust tourism industry to suffer. Deemed a major contributor towards the econom...

An Ambitious Overview of Penang’s Art Scene

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THE ARTS SCENE in Penang is an ecosystem of many layers; it is a network of art makers, suppliers, platforms, non-profit and non-governmental art organisations...

Imagining and Injecting Malaysiana Into Fantasy Fiction

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PART OF THE reason many of us desire to visit western countries is because they have been represented to us as magical, wonderful places in literature. The way...

Smells like Post-Pandemic Excitement

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Events in November

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FESTIVALSSee teams from all over the world out in full force to be champions at the Penang International Dragon Boat Festival! From cultural performances to pow...

Nature Offers Solutions to Man’s Excesses

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MALAYSIA EXEMPLIFIES THE tug-of-war between economic development and conservation that goes on in developing nations globally. We have seen widespread migration...