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.
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng was recently in the UK and France as the head of a state delegation to talk about Penang as an economic model and as an intelligent...
Diary, June 19-23, 1989June 19, Monday:It’s up Penang Hill for a few days to unwind from the stress of Singapore’s workaholic lifestyle. Bluster...
Long, long ago, leisurely trips up Penang Hill were reserved for privileged people escorted upon sedan chairs. Each such chair was borne on the shoulders of fou...
The external macro environment for 2016 remains challenging for Malaysia. Being a small and open economy, Malaysia – and Penang along with it – is h...
Co-founded by undergraduates from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and National University of Singapore (NUS), Skolafund is a recent online star...
The time comes when all parents have to begin thinking of their child’s schooling. For many, school itself is not the choice. Rather, which school it&rsqu...
National schools were once the first choice most Malaysian parents made for their children. Today, it seems that things have changed radically. More and more pa...
International schools are educational institutions that use international curricula such as the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE)...
For Diane Ong, the exhaustion she endured from rapidly opening two restaurants and an art gallery in Selangor turned into exhilaration when she was offered the...
2017-08-092017-08-09The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is a free trade agreement (FTA) which involves a variety of socioeconomic policy issues. Curr...
Film can be a very reflective and evocative medium that captures the uniqueness of a place and its communities. And that is exactly what the Kaki Lima Short Fil...