November 2025

This November, Penang Monthly explores language, place and memory. As GTLF returns, we highlight Penang’s multilingual streets and the dialects that keep local history alive.

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Content Creators and Influencers Play Key Roles in Digital Marketing

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CONTENT CREATION HAS become an essential part of digital marketing. To grow and maintain brand visibility, content creators, popularised by the rise of social m...

by Nicole Chang

Early Election

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Speculation is rife that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak will call for the 13th General Election this year. Rumours are aplenty on the actual date &...

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Having to Belong Everywhere

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The writing takes you along. If you faithfully follow the characters’ traits, very little can go wrong. Then it is up to the readers or audience to decide what they want to take away from those characters.

by Zedeck Siew

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A Disturbing Focus on The Man Through His Women

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In the recent production of The Sandpit: Womensis, actor Anne James played Santha, a conservative Hindu woman scorned, not so much by her husband taking another...

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The Economic Transformation Programme Forum

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The Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) was launched on September 21, 2010. It is meant to be a comprehensive plan to drive Malaysia's economy to meet the W...

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A review of the ONE-YEAR-OLD ETP

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In March 2010, the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) was launched by the federal government’s Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) to...

by Ong Wooi Leng

GEORGE TOWN FESTIVAL 2012 Highlights

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 "Mak Yong".SILAT – OUR HERITAGE FOR THE WORLD The gala opening of the festival features the world premier of “Silat – Our Herita...

by Penang Monthly

The Foreign Minister's Diminished Role

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US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hosting a bilateral meeting with Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Anifah Haji Aman on May 14, 2009 in Washington,...

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In Search of A New, Competent Foreign Minister

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Source: National Audit Department.Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak should take the opportunity of the leaving-but-staying long good bye of Datu...

by Liew Chin Tong

Non-compliance - A Bane of Urban Governance

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In March 2008, Penangites, at least those who voted in the General Election, wanted a change in the state government. Out of the 40 seats under contest, 29 we...

by Penang Monthly

Social Resistance in A Semi-Democracy

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On February 5 this year, more than 5,000 people flooded downtown Kuala Lumpur to participate in the Light up Jalan Sultan and Preserve Heritage event.Artisans...

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Socio-economic Inequalities

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Imbalances of income distribution across states of MalaysiaWhile Kelantan, Terengganu, Perlis and Kedah show the least uniform income distribution in 2004,...

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