Parents with young children tend to also be at the beginning of their career. And keeping both family and work life going is a tough balancing act. Nursery scho...
Yes, much has been happening, and is still happening since July 7, 2008, when Penang was christened a Unesco Heritage City. Feel-good vibes not felt since the C...
Faces of industrial Penang: This special series looks at the local talent behind industrial Penang. From ceos to strategists, managers to engineers, technicians...
Prime minister Najib Abdul Razak tabled the 2012 Budget amidst great fanfare, announcing a slew of benefits for almost every possible layer of society. One comm...
I came to penang to give a paper at Universiti Sains Malaysia’s International Humanities Conference and to see my friends’ first grandchild. My bubb...
Is the Internal Security Act (ISA) really going to leave us? In name as well as in spirit? Will its body be laid to rest forever and its soul consigned, not to...
I avoid leaving the house on weekends and going to town (which I loosely use to describe Pulau Tikus and George Town) simply because traffic congestion is a blo...
For those who missed the colourful brochures, advertisement banners and opening of the 1Malaysia Contemporary Art Tourism (MCAT) Festival 2011, it was an a...
Hidden away from the many sprouting housing developments and townships in Balik Pulau is an ongoing experiment in sustainable living. This is a project brought...
When you gaze out over the sea around Penang, there is emptiness, the absence of boats of various shapes and sizes, save for the ubiquitous ferries, the occasio...
The distant sound of a large lorry gets louder behind me. As it passes, kicking dust and debris over my shoes, I look at the place. This can’t be it, I th...