Penang Monthly, by Penang Institute, is the voice of Penang, offering insights on its people, politics, economy, culture, and society, with a focus on local and national issues for curious Malaysians.
The Belleview Group was founded in Penang in 1984. Since its inception, the Group has established an unassailable reputation as a leading developer. Its strateg...
Comparing the wealth of nations, given how quickly fortunes can change nowadays, keeps armies of statisticians, economists and bureaucrats busy throughout the y...
Kwong Wah Yit PohIT IS REMARKED that the whole of the eastern front of the range (of a mountain in Pinang) has within a few years been denuded of its fore...
Ben WismenYOU MAY NOT notice it driving past the recently refurbished Penang High Courts on Light Street. But look closely and you will spot the memorial...
IT'S VERY HARD not to get swept along by Raymond Flower's jaunty approach to Penang's history in his latest offering, The Penang Adventure. The book opens on...
KO-TAI PENANG was the final act in a trilogy of community street performances directed and produced by Ombak Ombak ARTStudio which showcased historical events f...
CHARLES DICKENS ASIDE, there was another A Tale of Two Cities told by Alwyn Young, about economic growth in Singapore and Hong Kong. They are two of four Asian...
WE NEED to move up the value chain to remain competitive; that much bears repeating. The urgency to distance ourselves from the sprouting economies of labour-in...
AT 52, Mrs Patsy Gooi has led a full life. Married with three grown children, she had everything she wanted. Or so she thought.In 2009, during the economic do...
MUCH MORE could and should have been accomplished at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The Copenhagen Accord that was finally signed b...
ON HIS ARRIVAL in 1786, Captain Francis Light, the founder of the British trading post on Penang Island, laid out the original grid of George Town as we know it...