The history of Bukit Mertajam Part I – From agrarian village to economic hub
by
Nicholas Chan
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Keeping the orphans safe
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Situated along Penang’s Jalan Scotland, the Ramakrishna Ashrama has come a long way since it was founded in 1938. This orphanage survived World War II and...
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A show of images small, succinct and sensational
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Small is the new Big, and small certainly counts in the Imago Mundi (Latin for “Image of the World”) miniature global art outreach! The brainchild o...
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Penang’s mainland – Seberang Perai by the numbers
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Art thefts are big business
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The theft of well-known Indonesian artist Affandi’s Self-Portrait With Pipe (1973), which was sold at the Sotheby’s Hong Kong auction for 5 billion...