Upskilling For The Future - Penang Monthly

Women Changemakers in Penang's Industry: Breaking Barriers and Driving Innovation

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WE KNOW THAT women have often been changemakers – but without much fanfare. This widespread underestimation of half of humanity clearly manifests in most indust...

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...

Smoothening Career Paths for Motivated School-leavers

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AS A TEENAGER, Yee Ji Chang liked watching Marvel’s Avengers series. One particular character stood out. “Out of all the superheroes, I was a big fan of Tony St...

PSDC: A Technical Skills Institute of Excellence

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THE 1980S IN Penang was a time of rapid economic growth. A decade earlier, then Chief Minister Lim Chong Eu had envisioned the creation of the Free Industrial Z...

PSDC Collaborates With Inari to Power Up Penang's Semiconductor Future

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THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY has revolutionised communication, created new industries and jobs, and advanced technology in key areas such as medical devices; it a...

Forward School and PSDC in Partnership to Address Penang’s Digital Skill Shortage

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BEING A TECHNOLOGY and innovation hub, it may not be altogether a big surprise that Penang is having to deal with an excessive demand for workers with digital s...

PSDC Joins Hands with Lam Research to Remedy Skills Mismatches in Penang

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THE GAP BETWEEN what we learn in school and its practical application is growing. At the same time, career possibilities in today’s highly digitalised world are...

PSDC Celebrates Penang’s Golden Jubilee of Industrialisation

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IN 1972, PENANG was in economic distress; unemployment rose sharply as its maritime trade floundered. The situation was dismal and so, the tide had to turn…Over...

PSDC’s New CEO Not Allowing Any Resting on Any Laurels

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ON MARCH 1, Tan Eng Tong became the new chief executive officer of the Penang Skills Development Centre (PSDC). A Penangite with a wealth of technological exper...

PSDC’s Role Continues to Grow as Penang Celebrates 50 Years of Industrialisation

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IT WAS IN August 1972 that then-Chief Minister of Penang Lim Chong Eu stood in the paddy fields of Bayan Lepas and oversaw the groundbreaking ceremony which mar...

PSDC’s Innovation Conference is Back

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INNOVATION HAS BECOME an even more highly prized commodity since Industrial Revolution 4.0. As the premier skills development institute in Penang, the Penang Sk...

Study While You Work? Try GDVT

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IT IS COMMON knowledge by now that the German Dual Vocational Training (GDVT) offered at Penang Skills Development Corporation (PSDC) is designed to upskill the...