The Penang Botanic Gardens – A Green Gem Like No Other
by
Prof. Dato' Dr. Zulfigar Yasin
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Using USM as a Garden for Studying Nature
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UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (USM) introduced in 2001-2002 the concept of "University in the Garden" to explore the mutual cohabitation between humans and the camp...
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Middle Bank: A Marine Sanctuary to Enrich the Future
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I CHANCED UPON an old British map of Penang from 1884 – it was a nautical chart of the sea. The Island's shoreline then resembled an irregular square which over...
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Penang’s Biodiversity in Numbers
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Datuk Seri Lim Chong Keat – Relentless Champion of Penang’s Botanical Heritage
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DATUK SERI LIM Chong Keat, renown retired architectcum- urban designer, was involved in the design and construction of the Kompleks Tunku Abdul Rahman (or KOMTA...
