September 2021 - Penang Monthly

A Brief History of Money in the Malay Peninsula

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BEING A PLACE where the winds meet, the Malayan Peninsula has witnessed the use of many types of currency. For example, the Malacca Sultanate made use of wang p...

An Updated Classic to Remind Us of Malaysia's Cultural Splendour

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THE BABA OF Melaka: Culture and Identity of a Chinese Peranakan Community in Malaysia is an updated edition of a book originally published in 1988, written by M...

Marc de Faoite

Farizan bin Darus: Disruptions Await Society and the Civil Service (Part Two)

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THIS IS PART Two of an interview Penang Monthly's editor Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng had with Dato' Seri Haji Farizan bin Darus on April 15, 2021. Farizan retired as...

Tropical Spice Garden Evolves to Survive Covid-19

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PENANG HAS NO shortage of eco-tourism attractions. There is the Botanic Gardens, replete with a long history; the Penang City Park, formerly the Youth Park, whe...

The Middle Bank Can Anchor a Green Future For Penang

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AIR PASANG PAGI, surut pukul lima (a high tide in the morning, ebbs at five) is a traditional Malay pantun (poem) that describes tidal movements in Penang. Over...

Penang's Walkability in Numbers

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A STUDY BY Stanford University from 2017 found Malaysia to be among the most inactive nations.1 It ranked third-last in the average number of steps taken per da...

Ng Kar Yong

Introducing the Penang Walk Zones Project

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IF THERE IS one motto that Penang Monthly can use to describe its mission and vision, it is "Knowing Penang". That means capturing to the best of its ability al...

Walk Zone: Penang Hill - A Cultural and Ecological Treasure Trove

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AS THE FIRST colonial hill station in Malaysia, Penang Hill is an indelible part of The Penang Story. But beyond the administrative function that the station fu...

Events

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FAMILY FUNBond with your children at home with the Family Bingo Challenge. Participate in either the Creative Family Photo “We Are Family” or Creative Family Bi...

Pulau Kendi - A Glimpse of Old Penang's Rich Waters

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PENANG ISLAND'S SCENIC southern coast is an area of outstanding beauty, known for its rich fishery. The shallow seabed here is flanked by two satellite islands,...

Portraying the Penan, Up Close and Intimate

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THEY ARE INSIGHTFUL portraits, ethnographic studies in fact of the remaining straggly bands of the nomadic Penan, unknown to the world beyond the forests, river...

Walking Cures Blindness

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