One Heck of a Hill
11 min read
Visitors to Flagstaff Hill – the traditional name for Penang Hill – have more than doubled in the last five years. There may have been some complain...
Penang able to handle the heat
7 min read
It is widely known that Penang aspires to become a regional education hub. In addition to Universiti Sains Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Mara, the state is...
It is time we help the stateless among us
6 min read
The local media and the international press have been strongly drawn to the plight of the Rohingyas, who have been denied citizenship by their government and wh...
To the summit, anyone?
5 min read
Long, long ago, leisurely trips up Penang Hill were reserved for privileged people escorted upon sedan chairs. Each such chair was borne on the shoulders of fou...