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.
March 2021 – The Ending Of The Covid-19 Pandemic Begins
Since International Women’s Day falls on March 8, that month is strongly associated nowadays with women’s rights and welfare. Penang Institute highlighted that…
Read MoreFebruary 2021 – The Wave of Helplessness and Pessimism Ebbs
The vaccination of the Malaysian population has begun, and by all accounts, this is the beginning of the end of the Covid-19 pandemic that has changed the lives of everyone…
Read MoreJanuary 2021 – Hopefully Hobbling into the New Decade
The sighs of relief we all wanted to heave by January 1, 2021, was not to be. Instead, Malaysia entered a new wave in the spread of the Covid-19 virus as 2021 began. Although…
Read MoreDecember 2020 – Beyond (Vision) 2020, More Individual Agency And Greater Sense Of Realism Needed
The year 2020 comes to an end, but Covid-19 will continue to haunt us all for some time yet even if the vaccines arrive. In many ways, looking back, 2020 haunted Malaysia…
Read MoreNovember 2020 – Going Green in Penang
Covid-19 slowed down almost all economic and social activities, and as a happy consequence, more people may now be able to see that the environment is not alien to society…
Read MoreOctober 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…
Read MoreSeptember 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…
Read MoreAugust 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…
Read MoreJuly 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…
Read MoreJune 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…
Read MoreApril 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…
Read MoreMarch 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…
Read MoreFebruary 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…
Read MoreJanuary 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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