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.
There has been a steady sprouting up of new businesses in Pulau Tikus – from bakeries to boutiques. But behind the scenes, there is a radical transformati...
Captured for posterity: Dr Sibert's old house built in the Eurasian style.A community of faithAmong the earliest settlers in Pulau Tikus were the Cathol...
Fancy a game of 4v4 football? (PARK)ing Day in Dallas, US.It began in 2005 when Rebar, an art and design studio, converted a single-metered parking space...
In the true style of festive Malaysian élan, the Permatang Pauh by-election campaign that went on from the end of April through to early May this year pa...
I trawled the shops of KL to find one of those fishing outfits that keep you dry in knee-deep water. I wanted it for paddy planting, not so much to keep dry but...
“What have you been waiting for?”The question was vague and certainly not what Fr Martin Arlando was expecting when he answered a late morning cal...
It was looking to be one of the more unusual interviews I would do. Sitting in my living room and armed with the usual pen and paper, I had an extra “acce...
Curry Khoo.I meet Curry Khoo for the first time at Starbucks in Auto-City in Juru. It is afternoon and I am actually running late – Google Maps is l...
The Penang air was hot and dusty, and the corrugated iron roof of his house was no help. Seeking relief from boredom and the heat, a skinny boy zipped down the...
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...