As one of Malaysia’s major think tanks, Penang Institute participates in public discourse, identifies both negative and positive socioeconomic trends in state, national and regional development, and attempts persistently to influence policy making in the state and the country. This Newsletter provides summary information on events at the Institute and their significance, and on the Institute’s participation in public life over the previous month. It will forthwith be distributed regularly by email.

October 2020 – The Future Belongs To Those Literate In Social Media And In Digital Technology
Covid-19 continues changing the world. As it looks, things will get worse before it gets better. And the political weakness of the ruling coalition/s can be expected to limit the…
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September 2020 – Planning For A Future Beyond Covid-19
“With every crisis comes opportunities”. The saying is never more true than when the crisis is a protracted one. This is because there is then more time to study where…
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August 2020 – Defining the New Normal
In the August issue of Penang Monthly, I wrote about how the New Normal is not something that we should passively accept. Instead, the Covid-19 pandemic which have caused…
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July 2020 – Expanding Collaborations
Penang Institute is now functioning fully, and we have been complying with the required SOPs for the Recovery MCO as well as we can. As with the rest of society, such measures…
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June 2020 – Towards Recovery
Covid-19 continues to grab the headlines worldwide as the pandemic travels the continents. The analyses on all possible aspects of the virus flood the Internet and social media…
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April 2020
Malaysia has responded to the Covid-19 pandemic with a Movement Control Order (MCO) which with several extensions, so far covers the period 18 March to 3 May…
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March 2020
As one of Malaysia’s major think tanks, Penang Institute does its best to influence public discourses positively through network development, seminars and publications…
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February 2020
As one of Malaysia’s major think tanks, Penang Institute does its best to influence public discourses positively through network development, seminars and publications…
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January 2020
As one of Malaysia’s major think tanks, Penang Institute does its best to influence public discourses positively through network development, seminars and publications…
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December 2019
As one of Malaysia’s major think tanks, Penang Institute does its best to influence public discourses positively through network development, seminars and publications…
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November 2019
As one of Malaysia’s major think tanks, Penang Institute does its best to influence public discourses positively through network development, seminars and publications…
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October 2019
Much has been happening at Penang Institute. This is to be expected, and in many ways is a reflection of the times. Malaysia enters a period of difficult reform just when…
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September 2019
Much has been happening at Penang Institute. This is to be expected, and in many ways is a reflection of the times. Malaysia enters a period of difficult reform just when…
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