After 15 Rousing Years, The Penang Renaissance Still Resonates Clearly
We are at one of those self-appraising points in time when we—not only Penang Monthly, but also Penang Institute as a whole—stare hard into the rearview mirror in order to orientate our journey forward.
DISCUSSIONS AT THE Penang Economic Outlook 2021 webinar organised by Penang Institute on January 27, 2021 made it clear that industrialists and think tankers ar...
ZAS visit to Prof Madya Ramlan Abdullah’s studio-workshop in Shah Alam.Session with Anniketyni Madian and Maxine Xie Xian Xin.IDLE TIME AND re...
Iona explains "A Cross to Bear”, an artwork based on paternal influence. Photo: Esther Ping DominicAS A CHILD, Iona Danald would watch her maternal...
THE TWO-DAY WORKSHOP Sidang Wanita is the outcome of the 2016 Gender Electoral Forum. Held last October, the workshop was organised by the Penang Women’s...
WHEN THE PAS-led state government of Terengganu decided to enforce segregated seating in accordance to gender in its sole cinema in Kuala Terengganu1, the annou...
Women coolies drying rubber. Photo: Arabis.orgTHE MIGRATION OF indentured labourers from India to Malaya – via the kangani or independent hiring sys...
MUST YOUTHS CONTINUE to be constrained by the status quo of Malaysian politics, or can they break through to the forefront of change?“As a youth activis...
**Although the Penang public is familiar with the spelling of "Nyonya", for the purpose of standardisation and to reflect the author's intent, "Nonya" is spelle...
Notes from PI Seminar: “Myanmar: From Anti-coup Protests to a Federal Democratic Union Movement”, by Dr. Francis Loh.ON 1 FEB 2022, the military conducted a put...
THE ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS from the Buddhist Tzu Chi Merit Society are used to sprucing up almost-forgotten, old residential areas. Their latest project involves th...
ON 410 Jelutong Road in Penang sits an imposing house on brick piles divided into tripartite sections in the style of a traditional Malay family home. In the mi...
RESIDENTS OF Tanjung Bungah would sometimes use, as a shortcut, the well-shaded and narrow winding hill road that snakes around the Guillemard Service Reservoir...