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2012 has passed by with lightning speed and as we approach the year's end, there will be a new round of expatriates arriving in Penang looking to find their ide...

 Short + Sweet Stand-Up Comedy was introduced in Malaysia in 2012. What is the objective of Short + Sweet in Penang?Short + Sweet is meant to be a pl...

There is an anecdote told among close acquaintances of the late Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, Malaysia’s feared and respected Deputy Prime Minister and Home...

Lesley Gouger , Outside the Tzu Chi Foundation, founded by Master Cheng Yen.Coming to Penang again this summer, I was a little unsettled because I had forgot...

Diana (not her real name) was 19 when she attempted suicide by overdosing on sleeping tablets. “You would not have pegged me as the suicidal...

About a nine-hour flight away from Bangkok on an island 400km east of the African continent, lies a country largely populated and ruled by a French-speaking, non-Muslim Malay ethnic group, also known as the Merina.

Three-and-a-half million years ago, our human ancestors began to walk on their hind legs, distinguishing themselves for the first time from quadrupeds. Then, 1....