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.
Representatives at the United Nations Forum on Climate Change Mitigation, Fuel Efficiency and Sustainable Development of Urban Transport.On march 16, 2010...
Tan Say Siang Neoh. (Picture courtesy of Mr Teoh Shiau Kuan and Professor Wu Xiaoan.)Records of the arrival of Chinese immigrants in Penang and their econ...
This will soon be cleaned up by private companies, should the federal government have its way.The cabinet has decided that solid waste management (SWM) an...
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and Haji Abdul Malik Kassim at mou signing at mihas 2009.The global halal industryInternational experts place the worth of t...
The onset of the Napoleonic Wars meant disaster for Penang’s fledgling pepper industry which was battered by a trade embargo. Without access to the lucr...
The Bank Negara (Penang branch) building on Light Street.Official numbers for the Malaysian economy are released twice every year, in March by Bank Negara...
Laced woodpecker by Choo Beng Teong, watercolour on paper.The bird population in terms of species and numbers is dwindling in Penang. Choo Beng Teong attr...
Malaysia todayMalaysia has made significant progress over the last few decades – the eradication of poverty and provision of health and education for it...
Penang, filled with factories on the island and in Seberang Prai on the mainland, has an unquenchable thirst for workers, both skilled and unskilled.Opinions...
During the talk at Wawasan Open University’s main campus on April 20, 2010, World Bank economist for Malaysia Philip Schellekens emphasised that “in...
Buoyed by the 2009 celebrations, the George Town World Heritage Office (GTWHO) is planning a month-long series of events collectively known as the George Town...
A horrific incident occurred in April in Shah Alam, Selangor, that will sadly be merely an additional statistic in the growing list of police shootings record...