May 2021 - Penang Monthly

Parenting in a Pandemic: Tension, Stress and Guilt

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NO INSTRUCTION MANUALS nor guide books were available on “How to parent under lockdown”, especially not in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic....

The Way of Kueh

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“I’VE BEEN WITNESSING a detrimental culinary trend taking place in Singapore over the years; our kuehs are slowly being forgotten by the younger gen...

Confessions of a Framer of Art

7 min read

WOULD YOU BLOW a couple of hundred Ringgit to frame just a small piece of tissue paper?This was one of the curious incidents in the 38 years of arty framing b...

Dear People of Penang, Let's Support Creativity

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THE CREATIVE ECONOMY relies heavily on transforming ambitious ideas into marketable products and solutions. In Penang, however, this sector continues to struggl...

Local Solutions in Integrated Engineering Generate Huge Possibilities

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PENANG’S INDUSTRIAL GROWTH is anchored in its promoted sectors, especially the electrical and electronics (E&E) and machinery and equipment industries...

The Pressure and Power of Pregnancy

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PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH AND parenthood are profound life events for new mothers, inevitably shifting their once “self-centred” living to one that is i...

Anwar Fazal: Seeing New Possibilities for Social Activism Post-Pandemic [PART TWO]

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PENANG MONTHLY CONTINUES the conversation with Penang’s most prolific social activist, Dato’ Seri Dr. Anwar Fazal, on social activism, on having a p...

Penang Gets Competitive as a Visual Arts Education Centre

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THE STUDY OF visual arts is not a popular major for Malaysian students pursuing tertiary education. In fact, it is safer to place one’s bet – and...

Penang’s Creative Sector Struggles to Stay Afloat

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Hin Market is the place to be on weekends. Photo: Hin Bus DepotPOP-UP MARKETS are a viable platform for creative start-ups and their products. But when Co...

Labouring for Sustainable Space in Literary Creativity

7 min read

“SUSTAINABILITY”, “SOLIDARITY”, “MEANINGFULNESS”. These terms are especially pertinent when it comes to discussing the creat...

Penang Stays Wide O:PEN to a New Era of Creativity

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PENANG BECAME THE first Malaysian state to introduce the Creative Economy portfolio when Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow reshuffled the portfolios of state executi...

Fashion is Both Fine Art and Tough Business

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JING OOI, the face behind the fashion house Maison de Poupée, has spent his lifetime appreciating the feminine form through the dresses that he fashion...