A Post-Industrial Future for Penang?
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The advent of the digital era, characterised by seamless and instantaneous transfer of information and unprecedented levels of global interconnectedness, has se...
December 2025
Our December issue examines the flavours, practices and foodways that define Malaysian life, from home kitchens and inherited techniques to the diverse cultural influences that shape Penang’s palate.
At 55, Malaysians Should Take Charge of Their Own Fate
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At the end of this month, we’ll be celebrating the 55th anniversary of our independence. For the occasion, I’m prompted to think about where we ar...
Wireless in George Town
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It may be the top man’s vision but it is people like Jeff Ooi who are pounding the pavement in order to fulfil the promise of free WiFi service for Penang...
Shark Savers
6 min read
Shark conservation work is heavily based on science and empirical studies. And if we talk about sustainability, there is a plethora of evidence in proving and making that point.
PDC's New Plan to Attract MNCs – Build and Lease
5 min read
As the global economy grows more and more uncertain, the last thing the Penang Development Corporation (PDC) needed was a multinational corporation telling them...
A Silat Performance to Awe the World
3 min read
The George Town Festival 2012, under the directorship of Joe Sidek, opened on June 15, under a “starry starry night” with a spectacular performance of “Silat: Our Heritage for the World” at the Fort Cornwallis open theatre in George Town.
FOR A SOCIETY CIVIL AND DECENT
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Ooi Kee Beng: Let’s discuss the recent rise of civil society activism in Malaysia. We had a half-year of rallies in mid-2007, starting with 600 people f...
Brunch with the Grand Dame
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A TASTE OF BELONLet's start with the Belon oysters. Belon is a river in France where these juicy oysters were originally found. "These wild oysters are as pow...
Buying Property is No Stroll In The Park
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Penang is in a property boom at the moment with a record number of development projects being found on both the island and the mainland. This trend will most...
Sex, Truths and Photographs
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He is fastidious to a fault. Notorious for his creative conceit and an excruciatingly slow burning developing process (“I am a process photographer,&rdquo...
Penang Before Francis Light (as the English saw it in 1905)
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The book also intriguingly states that when Francis Light in 1786 settled in Penang, an island thought by the Europeans to be uninhabited, “he found 58...
Is Sharing Home Ownership The Way Out For Penang?
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Public housing in East Asia has traditionally been distinct from European social housing. A Unitary system in Western Europe stems from a conception of social w...
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