Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 12)

Penang Hill Funicular Railway: 100 Years of Service

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THESE DAYS, ascending Penang Hill takes mere minutes. All one has to do is purchase a ticket and board the air-conditioned funicular trains serving the hill — a...

S.T.E.A.M Powered Learning: Nurturing Creative Analysts for the Digital Future

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THE ARTS STREAM or the Science Stream? That was the fork in the road for many entering Form 4 under the national school curriculum before the year 2020. Even no...

Penang Hill: A Natural Resource That Shaped The Settlement

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BESIDE THE HANDSOME George Town Dispensary building on Beach Street is a neat white shop house which today is occupied by an upscale artisanal retail store. On...

Penang’s Semiconductor Industry Continues Excelling

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EXCELLENCE. DIGITISATION. RESILIENCE. These three words highlight distinctive features of the semiconductor industry in Penang which continue to power innovatio...

Elizabeth Su

Peranakan Lanterns: Illuminating The Generations

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LANTERNS MAY SEEM like merely aesthetic decorations or beloved playthings during the Mid-Autumn Festival; but in fact, they hold much more meaning than that. A...

Popularising Peranakan Culture Through a Renewal of Its Jewelleries

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SINCE I WROTE “The Complex Task of Being Chinese Peranakan” (Penang Monthly January 2020 issue) to explore the discourse of being a Chinese Peranakan in 2020, I...

Leaving The Mediocrity Orbit: Seeking Excellence Through Upskilling and Mentorship

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The sworn enemy of excellence is mediocrity. We may have dreams and aspirations, but the gravitation pull that stems from the fear of failure, complacency or si...

Changemakers of Penang: Impact Where It Matters

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WIKI IMPACT 100 features everyday Malaysians involved in impactful work that positively changes society and the environment — people Wiki Impact terms a “change...

Keat Hwa Band's Path To Excellence

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LET’S TAKE A nostalgic journey back to my school days, a time when bustling classrooms were alive with the enchanting melodies of trumpets, clarinets, flutes an...

Promising Initiatives at the Local Government Level

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WITH ITS AMBITIOUS goal of becoming a “Family-focused Green and Smart State that Inspires the Nation”, the Penang state government faces numerous challenges suc...

Learning Discipline and Trust Through Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

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JESSEN ONG'S wedding day was celebrated with vows, music and love. He did not know it then as he cycled to his bride’s house as an excited 26-year-old, but that...

George Town Festival: Where Do We Go From Here?

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IN 2008, the inner city of George Town (along with Melaka) was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site based on its Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) in cultu...