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.
November 2024 – Comes the Challenge, Come the Champions
Dear Friends of Penang Institute, Soon, 2024 will be in the past. What a year it has been, for Penang, for Penang Institute, for Malaysia, ... ...
Read MoreOctober 2024 – Public Engagement and Education, & Public Policy – Penang Institute’s Twin Mission
Dear Friends of Penang Institute, October 2024 was when Penang Institute celebrated the 15th anniversary of its magazine, Penang Monthly. For that purpose, we published ... ...
Read MoreSeptember 2024 – Many Regional Concerns for Penang and Malaysia in Coming Months
Dear Friends of Penang Institute,
Much energy continues to be put into curating the George Town Literary Festival 2024..
Read MoreAugust 2024 – Penang Floats upon Strong Geopolitical and Geo-Economic Tides
Dear Friends of Penang Institute,
It may not have escaped your attention that Penang Institute is caught in a very busy and productive period in mid-2024.
Read MoreJuly 2024 – Busy with George Town Literary Festival
Dear Friends of Penang Institute,
Penang Institute, for the rest of the year, will be busy organising the George Town Literary Festival. As recently publicised, the theme is “Word on the Street”.
June 2024 – The Best is Yet to Come
Dear Friends of Penang Institute,
A decision has been made by the Board of Directors…
May 2024 – Visitors from near and far, for purposes far and wide
May 2024 was another busy and exciting month for us. Apart from Penang Monthly, three ISSUES were published…
Read MoreApril 2024 -Stay Informed and Stay Hydrated!
Penang has been going through the hottest period in living memory, and as predicted, April temperatures were record breaking…
Read MoreMarch 2024 – Identifying Prerequisites for Stability and Sustainability
There is a conviction in the Institute that a stable and peaceful world in the future will depend on several factors…
Read MoreFebruary 2024 – Can We Sense What Our Common Purpose Is?
While working on, and discussing the process of “placemaking”, it became clear to us that the term is applicable as much to the establishment of creative spaces like…
Read MoreJanuary 2024 – A Dragon Year for Added Optimism
The new year has begun in haste, and the Institute continues to remain as vibrant and internationally connected as possible, with its events, connections and publications.
Read MoreDecember 2023 – A New Year Calls For A New Sense Of Purpose
Entering 2024 feels much more promising than for any other year since 2020. In January 2020, as we reached the finishing post of Vision 2020…
Read MoreNovember 2023 – More to look forward to in 2024 than in the last few years
Another year is about to begin, and there is more to be optimistic about than had been the case in the last four years…
Read MoreOctober 2023 – Launching Mechanisms to Generate Synergy between Penang’s Brains and Brain Trusts
Penang Institute embarked last month on a new phase in its development. Convinced of the need for a quantum-leap upgrade in the public policy thinking ecosystem in Penang…
Read MoreSeptember 2023 – Excelling Is A Duty To Ourselves
Think tank work, to my mind, is a constant endeavour firstly to understand the ecosystem of the relevant location—in our case, the state of Penang within Malaysia and within the current world situation.
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