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.
What Are The Key Factors that are bringing investors into the property market in Penang?There have been some recent significant changes, as can be seen in how...
When UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Penang girl Judy Cheng-Hopkins as Assistant Secretary- General for Peacebuilding Support (PBSO) on April 17, 200...
Kapal Haji, or pilgrim ships of the Blue Funnel Line.IN THE FIRST hundred years of Penang’s history as a British trading settlement, Muslim pil...
George Town, the far-flung outpostOVER 200 YEARS have passed since Captain Francis Light of the British East India Company established Penang’s capital...
Market sensitive labour demand is a skills gap When 2009 rolled in there were genuine concerns over the impending retraction of Malaysia's economy. Jobs, especi...
Penang, it seems, has caught on to the fetish for acronyms. In September, the 1MCAT "came" to Penang. There was much for art aficionados to PIPE about and SIP u...
Applied engineering students specialise in a technical area of study and blend handson process experience with theory. At the rudimentary level, they are traine...
The metal ladder in the ferry beckoned, and for a moment I was a young boy again, wondering what treasures were hidden up there. I felt a childlike giddiness as...
Whilst the words "green" and "sustainable" have been gaining popularity in both the public and private sectors in Malaysia, it is worrying that problems associa...
PENANG'S LABOUR SHORTAGEPenang's efforts to move towards a high-income economy are experiencing a host of deep-rooted problems. Among these are the high turno...
Parti Gerakan Rakyat (Gerakan) is regarded in Penang, once its power base, as a remnant from the past. There is little enthusiasm for the party that once govern...
I was very pleased to hear that the Penang state government has recently proposed a revival of Adelaide Week in Penang, and Penang Week in Adelaide. The last on...