April 2025 - Penang Monthly (Page 2)

A Tale of Two Coastal Cities: There is Much Penang Can Learn From Tongyeong’s Marine Conservation Efforts

5 min read

FOR CENTURIES, coastal cities have thrived at the intersection of human civilisation and the natural world, drawing their identity, economy…

by Chee Su Yin

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BY 2030, IKEA Malaysia aspires to have fully electrified its last-mile deliveries, or to have adopted other sustainable transport solutions…

by Carolyn Khor

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by Hajar Ariff & Ong Siou Woon

4 min read

MALAYSIA IS COMMITTED to fulfilling its global climate goals. This includes making our cities and human settlements more carbon neutral…

by Neil Khor

4 min read

PENANG WILL BE the first state in Malaysia to have an aged population; according to a report published by Penang…

by Carolyn Khor

4 min read

IN THE BUSTLING Air Itam market area, the air thrums with a symphony of voices. A hawker calls out in…

by Agnes Chin

5 min read

THE TAMIL MUSLIM community in George Town, also known as Chulias, arrived from Kedah, the main destination for Muslim traders…

by Nor Aishah Hanifa

4 min read

I AM STRONGLY convinced that as long as children continue to be brought up to learn behaviours and imbibe ideas…

by Dato’ Dr. Ooi Kee Beng