Pan Yi Chieh - Penang Monthly

Chinese Language Publishing in Malaysia Shows Small Yet Vital Growth

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WHILE CHINESE LANGUAGE publishing has been long-standing in Malaysia, its market remains small. According to Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia, the total…

A Day in the Life of a Blind Person

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TANG HAS BEEN blind since birth. Following his primary and secondary education in Johor and Singapore, he majored in history at the Louisiana Tech University in...

“The Islander Surge”: Exploring Cultural Uniqueness in Music

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An island’s cultural traditions and social contexts often render “islanders” with unique yet versatile identities. Hence, they are sometimes described as having...

Are Chinese Religious Rituals Threatened by Porkflation?

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IN PENANG, where there is a large percentage of ethnic Chinese, pork is an essential food. It is the community’s preferred protein source, and plays an importan...

Young People of Chew Jetty

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AT ANY OF the Clan Jetties, what is striking is the lack of younger residents. When asked, jetty residents themselves find it difficult to name young adults who...

A Life Between Sea and Land: The Clan Jetties

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One can still see small boats along the Clan Jetties today.THE CLAN JETTIES — rows of houses built on wooden stilts that jut out to the sea on the north eastern...

PenangPac’s Curtains Rise Once More

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Almost RM48,000 in donations have been raised since June.LAST JULY, the PenangPac warmly welcomed back its patrons for its first post-pandemic live show,...

Hungry Ghost Celebrations Hugely Downsized

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THE SEVENTH MONTH of the Lunar calendar is often referred to as the month of the “Hungry Ghost”. Believers hold rituals and ceremonies to pay respec...

Tourism Development is Now Everyone’s Business – and Responsibility

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COVID-19 HAS TURNED the tourism industry on its head. The concept Responsible Tourism previously only focused on people mitigating negative economic, environmen...

Kampung Selamat: A Resilient Village Inspiring in its Embrace of Economic Change

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KAMPUNG SELAMAT IS one of the few Chinese villages in Seberang Perai Utara. Over the decades, its transformation of economic activities bears witness to the dyn...

Saluting Our Warriors

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Peace never comes easy. In Malaysia’s case, the population had to survive the harsh Japanese occupation, the Malayan Emergency and Konfrontasi.Freedom a...

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The Tongkang – Symbol of the Entrepot Age

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It was the 1920s. Penang Harbour, stretching from Swettenham Pier to Pengkalan Weld, bustled endlessly. Bullock carts and handcarts transported goods of all kin...