The Food and Beverage Industry in Numbers
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THE REVENUE FROM the food and beverage (F&B) industry in Malaysia saw an RM6.8 billion growth in the past decade, from RM44 billion in 2012 to RM50.8 billio...
Covid-19 in Numbers
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WITHIN ASEAN, the top six countries for confirmed Covid-19 cases are Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Brunei. Compared to the other...
How Has Covid-19 Changed You?
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TO BETTER UNDERSTAND the change in behaviour and mind-sets of Penangites during the Covid-19 pandemic, Penang Monthly conducted an online survey involving a tot...
Liveability in Numbers
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Income and Distribution Of the five districts in Penang, the southwest (BD), north Seberang Perai (SPU) and central Seberang Perai (SPT) districts experienced...
Tourism in Numbers
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MALAYSIA’S TOP VISITING country is Singapore, followed by Indonesia, China and Thailand. In 2019 Malaysia received more than 10 million tourists from the...
Penang's Walkability in Numbers
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A STUDY BY Stanford University from 2017 found Malaysia to be among the most inactive nations.1 It ranked third-last in the average number of steps taken per da...
Old George Town’s Transportation in Numbers
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The Municipality continued to license cars until 1940 but lost control of them after World War II to the Federal Government when vehicle registration was taken over by the Road Transport Department in 1948.
Digital Onboarding in Numbers
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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION is a core focus area of Penang2030. To enhance the usage of digital technology among Penangites, the state government has implemented a v...
Pets in Numbers
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The ancient practice of having animals as part of a human community, even if not as pets in the modern sense, is at least 15,000 years old. It started with the breeding and domesticating of wild wolves...