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.
SCIENTIFIC WRITING IS often so full of acronyms, jargons and language so specific that it is only comprehensible to a handful of experts and academicians in the...
What is the progress of SMEs in Malaysia?Over the years, policies, strategies, initiatives and incentives to promote SME development have been chart...
Fiat money Welcome to the world of derivatives where nothing is worth a lot!In the old days, money had its equivalent value in gold – the value of an...
Penang Hill remains one of the state’s more politically sensitive issues today. With renewed development efforts coming under fire from activists and the...
Defining SMEs The substantial role of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the domestic economy as an agent of growth has generally been recognised througho...
History, kinship and family The Jawi Peranakan was the most visible hybrid Straits Muslim community in the Straits Settlements during the colonial era. In lif...
With 2012 being a possible election year, Malaysians will hear endless speculation about possible poll dates and outcomes. In making a decision on who to vote f...
In November 2011, the weekend-long inaugural George Town Literary Festival got underway. It is indeed hard to believe that the 225-year-old city had never hoste...
The community of social science scholars and public intellectuals in Malaysia and Malaysianists are once again shocked and grieved, this time to hear of the unt...
In his Malaysia Day message delivered on the eve of September 16, 2011, Prime Minister Najib Tun Abdul Razak announced what many initially thought was good news...
One can feel the heart of the city beating with a stop-motion movement as the high rise luxury condominiums grow into a dense forest. As I gazed at the seafront...
As with all municipalities, the wellbeing of the residents is partly in the hands of those who run the local authority. In Seberang Perai, this is the Majlis Pe...