Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 80)

Who gains and who loses in Budget 2016?

8 min read

Budget 2016 is the first of five budgets to be tabled under the five-year 11th Malaysia Plan (11MP). One of the aspirations of that Plan is the completion of Malaysia’s transformation into a high income, advanced nation.

by Lim Chee Han

Flip-flops Trip Key Education Reforms

5 min read

In September 2013 the Ministry of Education (MOE) launched the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025, a document touted by then Education Minister Tan Sri Muhy...

by Zairil Khir Johari

Time to Reform Public Universities

13 min read

Last May, Penang Monthly examined the condition of private higher education in the country. Now, we look at the challenges facing public universities.

by Geoffrey Williams

Geoffrey Williams

Crowdfund Your Way to a Higher Education

4 min read

Co-founded by undergraduates from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and National University of Singapore (NUS), Skolafund is a recent online start-up that aims to help as many people as possible to obtain higher education.

by Chang Jia Ying

The Luxury of Home-schooling

6 min read

Tailored to the particular child’s needs, home-schooling is considered by many parents to be the best option – even in Singapore.

by Laotse Sacker

Home-schooling – An Applauded Option

5 min read

National schools were once the first choice most Malaysian parents made for their children. However, in recent years, home-schooling has been a growing trend.

by Chang Jia Ying

Private Schooling Getting Popular

6 min read

With a system that empowers students, more and more Malaysians are putting their children in international schools.

by Jonathan Yong Tienxhi

Even Tastier Times Ahead

5 min read

For Diane Ong, the exhaustion she endured from rapidly opening two restaurants and an art gallery in Selangor turned into exhilaration when she was offered the opportunity to start a third eatery – this time, in Penang.

by Sean Yoong

Fusing Modern Skills with Traditional Crafts

5 min read

Art festival Urban Xchange 2015 brought together young artists and traditional handicraft masters to re-imagine Penang’s heritage.

by Marco Ferrarese

Filming the Intangible

3 min read

Film can be a very reflective and evocative medium that captures the uniqueness of a place and its communities. And that is exactly what the Kaki Lima Short Film Competition aims to highlight.

by Goh Shuan Thing

No Child Goes Hungry in New Taipei City

4 min read

In metropolitan areas, franchise convenience stores such as 7-Eleven and FamilyMart can be found practically everywhere. No longer content with selling instant...

by Tso Chen-Dong

Tso Chen-Dong

Insidious Selfies: Should Leaders Act like the Rest of Us?

7 min read

Last year in May, President Barack Obama came to Malaysia for the first time. When he was here, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak couldn’t resist...

by Steven Sim