Regina Hoo - Penang Monthly (Page 8)

Feeding the Multitudes – at Sea and in the Air

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Large-scale food production involves complex processes ranging from menu-crafting and addressing a series of dietary needs, to ensuring safety and maintaining h...

by Regina Hoo

Keeping the Local Tamil Literary Ecosystem Vibrant

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WRITER M. NAVIN was a contradictory character growing up. At school, he challenged the wits of both the discipline teacher and the school principal, swiftly bec...

by Regina Hoo

Art that Challenges and Reveals the Human Condition

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PENANG-BRED MULTIDISCIPLINARY artist Peter HH Lim has a natural insouciance about him, but age and experience from years abroad have humbled his opinion on Life...

by Regina Hoo

Mozartiana—PPO’s First Post-Pandemic Highlight

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ELIAS DAVID MONCADO walks onstage the penangpac as applause swells for the violin protégé. Moncado is the star soloist of the matinée, Mozartiana, Penang Philha...

by Regina Hoo

Missing the Days of Lo-tech Advertising

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Years ago, a conversation with a friend speculated that in years to come, if it hasn’t already happened, children will likely associate an apple not with the fr...

by Regina Hoo

Langurs: Primates on the Brink of Extinction

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ART CURATION IS not always only about aesthetic sense. Every now and then, mere visual appreciation is merged with, even submerged in, other much more pressing...

by Regina Hoo

Penning for the Pictures

6 min read

“SO MUCH OF being in the movie industry comes down to pure luck, of your being at the right place at the right time,” says Chi-Ren Choong. He is the screenwrite...

by Regina Hoo

Re-learning the Importance and Possibility of Natural Air Ventilation during Covid

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THE PENANG HOSPITAL1 began life as a double-storey, colonnaded brick-and-timbre building. As was the norm for most bungalows in Penang at the time, the building...

by Regina Hoo

Staying Fit in a Food Paradise

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There is something to eat at every street corner in Penang, at any time of day. Unfortunately, all that delicious food – combined with our sedentary lifes...

by Regina Hoo

Cows and the City

6 min read

Caring for a herd of 50 dairy cattle is no easy feat. For cousins M. Meharaj Servai, 25, M. Paandiy Muthu, 19, and B. Revinraj, 17, the opportunity it offers to...

by Regina Hoo

The Garden of Evening Mists by celebrated Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng is a portal into a time when Malaya was fraught with distress: the Japanese Occupation has ended, but its effects are still keenly felt.

by Regina Hoo

Turmoil and Tranquillity Set in Malaysia

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Tan Twan Eng’s The Garden of Evening Mists entangles protagonists Teoh Yun Ling, the lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, and Nakamura Aritomo, an exiled former gardener of the Japanese emperor.

by Regina Hoo