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.
HAVE WE BEEN MISSING OUT? This is often asked in relation to where we should park our money, after hearing stories about windfalls from property gains. The re...
Can you give us a brief overview of Invest Penang?The main reason Invest Penang was set up was for industrial promotion. The Industrial Division of the Pena...
BUSINESS NEWS in the past few months has highlighted concerns about capital flight – how Malaysia’s foreign reserves have fallen sizeably despite a...
THE MALAYSIAN ECONOMY is at a crossroads; it has stopped being a high growth economy and is no longer a low-cost centre. Furthermore, the global economy is a ve...
WHERE HEALTHCARE is concerned, be it the public or private sector, the focus has to be on improving delivery systems and keeping costs low. The public sector, c...
Nai has done everything, from construction to computer repairs. Now, he’s found a new calling.PENANG is the only state in Malaysia where people of C...
THE IMAGE OF a CEO with a full business suit opting to hop onto an LRT or monorail instead of taking his chauffeur-driven car is not one we Malaysians can eas...
An apartment in Paya Terubong.THE TANJUNG BUNGAH Residents’ Association in Penang has been campaigning against development on hill slopes in the vic...
DESPERATE and helpless, Mei Sing searched for professional help and friends recommended the BOLD-PSDC Centre in Island Park (Bureau on Learning Difficulties), P...
IT WAS the fire that did it.His entire office was burned to the ground, leaving nothing behind. “I lost everything,” Jimmy Lim said, his usual g...
Ooi Geok Ling: “It’s high time we stop promoting Penang primarily as a sun, sea and sand destination. We’re under-selling Penang if we resor...
Early 19th century views of Prince of Wales IslandPenang can lay claim to many firsts, but one of the most illustrious is that it was the place where the...