Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 94)

Can the Erasure of Malaysian Arts be Reversed?

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What does Malaysian literature mean today, and what is required for a work of literature to be considered national literature? Can literature in Chinese, Tamil...

by Izzuddin Ramli

Redefining and Refining Urban Living

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The World Urban Forum (WUF) was established by the UN in 2001 as “a nonlegislative technical forum”.1 Serving as an international conference focusin...

by Sri Vaitheki Ramasamy & Tan Lii Inn

Energy Healing Comes in Many Forms

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The Asian traditions of energy healing have been around in one form or another for thousands of years. In modern times, it was until recently dismissed as a &ld...

by Louise Goss-Custard

Dialysis – A Path back to Normalcy

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Kidney disease is referred to as the “silent killer” because a person can lose up to 90% of his kidney function before experiencing any symptoms.&...

by Emilia Ismail & Tho Mun Yi

A Makeover for Batu Lanchang Market

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When one thinks of Batu Lanchang, its famous market comes to mind. Batu Lanchang Market opened for business in 1986, and was inaugurated in July the same year b...

by Noorhasyilah Rosli

Heritage in a Bowl of Bubur Kacang

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In 1945, at the corner of Jalan Dato Koyah, Nagore Merrah set up shop selling teh tarik. Nagore hailed from Kadayanallur, South India, and he started off laboring hard in cargo ships during pre-independence Malaya before moving on to sell the nation’s favorite beverage.

by Noorhasyilah Rosli

Justices of the Peace: An Institution at Risk of Being Forgotten

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As a colony of the British, Malaya inherited the tradition of appointing Justices of the Peace (JPs) from among its prominent individuals and community leaders....

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng & Koay Su-Lyn

A Lifeline for the Urban Poor

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It is said that the larger and more developed a city is, the greater the chances of seeing people living out on the streets. And so, when a city is big enough...

by Razan Rose

Teaching Sexual Education to Children

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The term “sexual education” in Malaysia usually calls to mind the sexual act itself, which is perhaps why it is not permitted to be taught as a stan...

by Regina Hoo

Aiding the Autistic

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Dato' Dr Lai Fong Hwa.To Dato’ Dr Lai Fong Hwa, a retired consultant psychiatrist at Penang General Hospital, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) refers...

by Emilia Ismail

Education in South-East Asia: Disruptions Are Happily at Hand

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Dato' Dr Ooi Kee Beng.I am very happy that the first Asean-Australia Education Dialogue (AAED) is held here in Penang, my hometown. We like to think of Pe...

by Penang Monthly

Heng Ee: A School that Practises Inclusiveness

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From his experience in China, Father Julien was inspired to set up a school in Jelutong for social outcasts and school dropouts after observing the large number of youngsters in the area who failed to receive a basic education owing to poverty. And so, the idea to establish Heng Ee was conceived.

by Lim Sok Swan & Pan Yi Chieh