Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 23)

Migrant Workers Face an Ever More Challenging Present, and an Ever More Uncertain Future

8 min read

THE MONTH OF May witnessed a string of raids targeting migrant workers in specific areas around KL. The actions took place, almost in catch-up mode, to ring-fen...

Braema Mathi

Enhancing Media and Information Literacy: From TechCamp to UNESCO

5 min read

MELINDA QUIÑONES FROM the Philippines and Wong Lai Cheng from Malaysia were strangers when they participated in TechCamp Malaysia 2020, the first online Te...

Social Publishing: An Alternative Model for Aspiring Authors

4 min read

A LITERATE and learned society relies on a supply of active local authors, a dynamic publishing sector and a strong culture of readership, all of which Malaysia...

The Many Shades of Deepavali, the Festival of Lights

5 min read

NOT MANY OUTSIDE the ethnic group is aware of the heterogeneity of Indian communities in Penang. The truth is, the different Indian communities here weave a ric...

Cosmopolitanism in Malaysian Education – How Are We Faring?

4 min read

IF MALAYSIAN national schools had implemented two mediums of instruction – English and Bahasa Malaysia, Rina* would not be at the “crossroads”, figuring out whi...

The Penang Lights Choir: Nothing Like Eating and Singing to Dissolve Cultural Differences

4 min read

CHATTERING GUESTS WERE silenced by the pounding of the E Major chord on the grand piano, signalling rehearsal time. It was a routine every Thursday night in pre...

Penang’s Armenian Connection

5 min read

VISITORS TO PENANG often throng Armenian Street thanks to the numerous street art and cafés located in the vicinity. Lined with Straits Eclectic shophouses, the...

Enzo Sim

Buddhist Schools of Thought Converge in Penang

5 min read

WHILE GEORGE TOWN may not have the enduring history of ancient entrepôts in the Malay Archipelago, it has nevertheless grown into a cosmopolitan centre in just...

Used Goods From Japan Find Eager Customers in Penang

6 min read

ACCORDING TO THE Observatory for Economic Complexity, which tracks international trade, Malaysia’s import of used clothing in 2019 totalled USD 105mil – the maj...

Bangsawan: A Cosmopolitan Theatre Birthed in Penang

7 min read

THE ARRIVAL OF the British to Southeast Asia in the 18th century brought significant changes to the political, economic and cultural contours of Malaya. The est...

Mohd Izzuddin Ramli

Seeing the World in a Plate of Mee Goreng

7 min read

MEE GORENG MAMAK is the perfect metaphor for cosmopolitan Penang, the undeniable love child of unfettered multiculturalism. Penang, as an entrepôt, had always b...

Kompang Jidor: The Rhythm of the Nusantara

6 min read

ALMOST EVERY WEEK in Kampung Parit Madirono, Pontian, Johor, a group of 12 men congregate in a balai raya or a surau. Donning baju Melayu and samping cloth, the...

Mohd Izzuddin Ramli