Guilds that Built Penang

by Pan Yi Chieh

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Vestiges of Penang’s Entrepot Days

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As the last surviving Chinese surname jetties in Penang today, the beginnings of the Clan Jetties are intertwined with the island’s once-bustling entrepot...

by Pan Yi Chieh

Pan Yi Chieh

The Lions Dance On

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The lion dance is usually performed on Chinese festive occasions to bring luck and drive away evil spirits, and during Chinese New Year, lorries ferrying lion d...

by Pan Yi Chieh

Pan Yi Chieh

Tang Hon Yin – In Search of Magical Margins

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Still Life (30 x 21cm. Gouache on paper, 1959).THE Tang Hon Yin Retrospective is a fitting culmination of the artist’s Space Odyssey of half a centu...

by Ooi Kok Chuen

February 2019 Feature

Penang Art Society – Doing Art with Open Arms

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Ch’ng Huck Theng, current president of the Penang Art Society.Penang Art Society, established in 1953, is the oldest registered art society in the s...

by Nicole Chang

February 2019 Roll Of Honour

Penang – Motherland of Musicians

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As a small state, Penang is certainly not short of talent – perhaps it’s in the water we drink. It has produced many musical geniuses throughout the...

by Paul Augustin