In the age of digital technology, the habit of reading jostles hard with live streaming and aimless scrolling on social media. Surprisingly – or not – Penangites seem to prefer old-school print.Penang’s history of publishing is a remarkable one. In 1806, when it was made a Presidency of India, the first issue of the Government Gazette – later renamed the Prince of Wales Island Gazette in 1807 – was produced in a humble printing press on Beach Street. It was...
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