Towards a bicycling Penang

By Jon Chew

April 2014 FEATURE
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New bike lanes are appearing all around the state, and local authorities have a master plan to turn the island into a haven for bike riders.It’s 10 in the morning on a golden Sunday, and around 10 people have streamed into Starbucks along Jalan Tanjung Tokong. They've just finished a 47km round-trip that began at daybreak in Tanjung Bungah, and which took them through the hilly terrain of Teluk Bahang towards the Tropical Fruit Farm – an area named “800”...

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Jon Chew

is the current contributing editor of Poskod.MY, and former associate editor and web editor at Esquire Malaysia. He has also written for Monocle, The Guardian Travel, Wired, FHM and The Star and online sites.


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