Strawalde Painting on Auction for PHT
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The work titled “Penang I” was done during the 81-year-old artist’s one-month stay at Rebecca Owens’ China Tiger apartments at China Str...
MPPP to Host Top Tourism Forum
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Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and MPPP president Patahiyah Ismail (right) launching the Penang TPO brand on April 15 this year.One of George Town'...
Safeguarding Penang’s Water Supply
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We live in an age of swirling crises - economic crisis, energy crisis, food security crisis. What are the chances of a water crisis in the near future? And are we prepared to make the tough choices?
The Working Poor
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“Poverty”, as defined by the World Bank, refers to the minimum level of earnings by a person per day. In 2009, the mean of the national poverty line...
George Town: A Work in Progress
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“I received so many calls and texts asking me if I’m for development or whether we want to stunt growth,” said Suraya Ismail, the moderator...
Carnarvon Street: Where Change Happens Quietly
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Once when I mentioned Carnarvon Street to a now successful business owner, he looked at me with wonder and asked, “Why Carnarvon Street? There is nothing there.”
Secondary Cities are An Untapped Resource
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Cebu City, Philippines.With the slowdown of the world economy, many growth estimates across the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) are being...
Digital Art to Promote Heritage
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Digital Art+Culture (DA+C) was a pioneering event that took place at Suffolk House, and was held in part with the George Town Festival in July 2011. Central to...
In A State of Reform
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There was a time when people used to worship authority. Tellingly, in those days, there was only one post office in town and...
The Value of Ethnic Diversity
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Studies in Europe and the US have shown that areas and organisations with a highly diverse workforce are also innovative and productive. Ethnic diversity in particular is seen as an asset for developing a knowledge-based economy.
"Better Penang": The First City App in Malaysia, A Vision in Action
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Penang has always been a close-knit community. The close physical proximity of the different urban centres with George Town serving as the hub means that both p...
George Town: A Ghost Town of The Future?
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For now, it seems that only prosperity and wealth await George Town. But what are the long term implications of this change?