Penang Food at a Crossroads
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PENANG’S STREET FOOD has always been a crowd- puller. Part of it has to do with Penang’s early history as a port. That inspired into being a smorgasbord of food...
Used Goods From Japan Find Eager Customers in Penang
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ACCORDING TO THE Observatory for Economic Complexity, which tracks international trade, Malaysia’s import of used clothing in 2019 totalled USD 105mil – the maj...
Are Our Trishaws Doomed?
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THE END OF World War II introduced trishaws to Penang, and between the late 1960s and the early 1970s, more than 2,500 of these vehicles plied the streets of Ge...
Pottery in Penang: A Folk Art with a Future
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TO MAKE POTTERY, one must understand the nature of Earth, of clay, more fundamentally. It starts with sourcing the right body from five main clay types: earthen...
A Whiter Shade of Apricot
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With its unique aroma, which may not be everyone’s cup of tea, heng jin teh has been a Penang favourite for decades and is usually taken together with eu...
Heng Ee: A School that Practises Inclusiveness
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Father Julien.Heng Ee owes its humble beginnings to the lifelong dedication of Rev. Father Arthur Julien. Born in Belgium in 1917, young Julien embarked o...
Thinking of Doing Business in George Town?
6 min read
According to a recent article by The New York Times, a nineteenth-century shophouse in George Town, which was purchased by a couple in 2009 for nearly RM59...
Caring for George Town the Correct Way
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Ten years ago on July 8, 2008, George Town and Melaka, two historic cities on the Straits of Malacca which developed through trading and cultural exchanges betw...
A Guardian of Acheen Street
6 min read
Lebuh Acheh or Acheen Street, as it is popularly known among those old enough to remember, is a hugely significant thoroughfare. For example, it was once the ce...
A Home of One's Own
11 min read
Public housing seeks to provide a roof over the heads of those who are most unable to acquire that for themselves on the open market.Notably, Singapore’...
Celebrating Chinese New Year the Baba-Nyonya Way
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Chinese New Year is one of the most important festivals to the Baba-Nyonyas. Given their long history of assimilating into the local non-Chinese community, cert...
George Town Caught in the Crises and Chances that Change Offers
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Saleh Rawther on Lebuh Queen has been providing stevedoring and ship chandler services for over 60 years.In the beginning, George Town was a trading...