In Search of a Place to Call Home
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In Butterworth, 10-year-old Mohamed Noor is playing football with his friends in an alley behind a row of shophouses. The children are speaking fluent...
Not Just Passing Through: Marine Mammals Are Native to Our Northwestern Shores
5 min read
MANY MOONS AGO, as a young post-doctoral scientist just returned to Malaysia after a decade of studying abroad, I was looking for a site where I could begin my...
Blue Carbon: A Fragile Defence Against Climate Change
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LIGHT SPILLS ACROSS the still waters of Middle Bank, one of the largest groves of seagrass in the Strait of Malacca. Crabs and cockles find shelter beneath undu...
Plastics Are Strange Presences, and They Are Not Going Away Anytime Soon
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WITHIN THE BEAUTY and bizarre logic of plastic is the potential it projects. It heralded multitudes of possibility in form, chemistry and design. The mass produ...
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Middle Bank - A Walk Through Penang's Secret Seagrass Garden
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TRADITIONALLY CALLED Pearl of the Orient, Penang was once surrounded by unpolluted seas, which were exemplified by habitats of coral reefs. Unfortunately, rapid...
From Sea to Table: The Food Fish of Penang
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PENANG'S HISTORY AS a centre for fishing and marine trade can be traced back centuries. As a thriving port city, Penang has long been a regional hub for moving...
Highlighting the Importance of Improvements in Liveability
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MALAYSIA HAS LONG recognised the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda and has incorporated it into its National Plan with set targets in the 2030 Agenda....
What’s in a Name? The Challenge of Classifying Living Things
3 min read
ALL OF US, at some point in time, have attempted to identify either birds, flowers, insects or even fishes. Occasionally, an avid animal lover could even name c...
The Art of Nature Preservation
3 min read
Green Dream by Joelle Saint-Arnoult.Mother Earth by Gabriela Garza-Lainez.Global Warming by Lucia Quiros.They are artists, and they love natur...
Why Indies Who Pursue Love Matter in the Big Money World of Travel
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Each time I return to Penang, I discover a new and interesting business set up by yet another entrepreneur out to make a difference on the island. Thi...
Coworking Brings Connections to Cherish
7 min read
The advantages of working in a shared space can be plenty. Penang Monthly speaks to three coworkers about the many social and individual benefits they...
Techies Helping Others To Help Themselves
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We all know that Industry 4.0 is changing work processes and demanding new skillsets. This has led many local firms to work at reskilling and upskilli...