Early Days of Motor Buses in Penang
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It is often thought that the first motor buses, four Thornycrofts, were introduced in Penang in 1921 by the municipality. While Ric Francis and Colin Ganley cov...
Cultivating A Future For Skateboarding In Penang
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HARD SLAMS REVERBERATE from the morning all through the night at Youth Park — echos of wheels meeting asphalt and ramps. While I nurse my spine and sense my mus...
Crisis in the School Bus Ecosystem
8 min read
WALKING ALONG Jalan Gottlieb on a balmy Wednesday evening, I could not help but be struck by the sheer amount of vehicles on the road. Traffic was at a crawl, w...
KUMPOOL: A Way to Wean Us Off Our Dependence on Private Transport
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Footnotes:[1] https://www.thesundaily.my/archive/rapid-penang-aims-improve-traffic-through-introduction-hub-and-spoke-model-MUarch526864
Two Station Masters and Their Memories of Penang Hill
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AS THE SAYING goes, “You’ve never really been to Penang, if you haven’t been to Penang Hill.” Indeed, just the ascent up the Hill on board the funicular railway...
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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...
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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...
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...
