October 2019

Art Expo Malaysia Marches On While Others Stumble

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It’s a feat that the International Art Expo Malaysia (AEM) is now in its 13th year, though it is increasingly tough to keep up with the fast-changing game...

Getting the Most Out of Heritage Restoration

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In heritage management, focusing on the tangible elements is generally the first step. This is due to their comparative visibility, to well-developed restoratio...

Writing the Cycles of Womanhood

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Provocative with a generous dash of genius, Hiromi Ito gained prominence in the Japanese literary scene in the 1980s. Among her English readers, Ito is best kno...

GTLF Continues to Cultivate Penang’s Curiosity

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Arts festivals and fairs are born with some pomp. They then grow, peak and, in some cases, fade away – the celebrated and long-running Penang Island Jazz...

Listen! Are Those Not Sounds of Borneo Echoing Down the Streets of Penang?

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With a name like Sada Borneo, one would think that the band had its start in Sarawak. But guess again.Sada Borneo was in fact formed in Penang, more specifica...

Youths in Numbers

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Youth PopulationThe share of Penang’s youth population has been decreasing since 2015. Nevertheless, the decrease over the years is considered minute, a...

Beware the Monsters Among Us

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Recently, a group of youth activists from the International Islamic University were in Penang to organise a creative initiative to raise awareness on child sexu...

Zairil Khir Johari

Our Children Need to Understand Sexuality

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Late August this year in the Klang Valley, an 11-year-old girl wrote a note to a boy in her school saying she wanted to have sex with him.“Please,&rdquo...

Rahula Loh