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.
SHARINGLearn more about the opportunities in traditional businesses and SMEs in the digital age at the Opportunities in Traditional Businesses sharing org...
RUNGet ready to ring in the Lunar New Year with friends and family at the MBSP CNY Run 2023 organised by MBSP! The 5-km run aims to promote healthy habits and f...
WITHIN ASEAN, the top six countries for confirmed Covid-19 cases are Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Brunei. Compared to the other...
THEATREThe 1950s was an era when men were the head of the family and women must honour their decisions, support them and raise their children. Lim's Grand Court...
MUCH HAS HAPPENED since the launch of the revamped Penang2030 website by Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow in November last year to reprioritise the vision’s themes...
I HAVE TO admit, I have not always liked Penang. I had been somewhat fond of it, but this had been more for sentimental reasons; I met my wife there as an under...
The Municipality continued to license cars until 1940 but lost control of them after World War II to the Federal Government when vehicle registration was taken over by the Road Transport Department in 1948.
COMEDYStand-up comedians Kavin Jay, Kuah Jenhan, Andrew Netto, Phoon Chi Ho, Rizal van Geyzal, and a new addition, their old friend Papi Zak, will be bringing t...
The pinang tree has been a part of Penang for countless generations.With its many uses from trade to health to culture, the tree is a potent, unifying symbo...
Tunku Ismail Jewa Tunku Mohamad JewaJUST TWO WEEKS before his 72nd birthday, Tunku Datuk Dr Ismail Jewa Tunku Mohamad Jewa succumbed to the cancer he ha...
PENANG managed to secure the highest manufacturing investments in its industrialisation history in 2008. With the RM10.16bil injected into the manufacturing s...
THE complaint that state governments are given insufficient funds to operate at the local level is as old as the nation’s half-century history.Malaysia...