February 2022

Prostitutes in Penang: A Life Often Filled with Fear and Violence

5 min read

LAST NOVEMBER, Penang Monthly documented in Anecdotal Accounts of Chinese Women Migrants to Southeast Asia, stories of how these women entered the prostitution...

Dr. Kuah Li Feng

Expanding the Hi-tech Ecosystem in Penang for a New Era

5 min read

OVER THE PAST 20 years, ViTrox has established itself as a global technology company that is “powered in Penang and in Malaysia”, growing to reach a market capi...

Lee Siu Ming

The Japanese Conquest of Penang: Part Two

9 min read

[IN DECEMBER 2021, Penang Monthly published Part One of The Japanese Conquest of Penang. This issue covers the remainder of the campaign and what came after].Th...

Enzo Sim

Pets in Numbers

4 min read

The ancient practice of having animals as part of a human community, even if not as pets in the modern sense, is at least 15,000 years old. It started with the breeding and domesticating of wild wolves...

Ng Kar Yong

Pet Healthcare Options in Penang

9 min read

ONE WOULD THINK that since afflictions such as gastrointestinal disorders, chronic kidney diseases and the Big C are suffered by both humans and mammals, that i...

Animals as Symbols and Suppliers of Good Fortune

3 min read

CERTAIN TYPES of animals enhance one’s personal luck, says Penang-based feng shui Master Lee Cheng Hoe.[1] The turtle, for example, is very auspicious. “It is t...

Enzo Sim

Biodiversity is All Around Us

2 min read

THANK YOU VERY much for publishing such a wonderful magazine about Penang for Penang. The recent massive flood in Malaysia raised further awareness that climate...

Learning the Intricacies of Chinese Tea Ceremonies

3 min read

STRETCHING AS FAR back as the Tang dynasty in China, tea-drinking is both a pleasurable and communal custom. In Chinese weddings especially, tea-drinking assume...

Artisanal Bakery “Treats” for Pets

2 min read

THE ENDURING BOND between owner and pet has in recent years widened the pool of pet services available; from grooming to boarding – and even an artisanal bakery...

Priyanka Bansal