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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‘Tis the season to be merry at Shangri-La

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2012 has passed by with lightning speed and as we approach the year's end, there will be a new round of expatriates arriving in Penang looking to find their ide...

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Renting in Penang

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2012 has passed by with lightning speed and as we approach the year's end, there will be a new round of expatriates arriving in Penang looking to find their ide...

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Inhabitants of Penang, 1803

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The 38-page typewritten volume was conceived more as a report to the East India Company and the British Government in London than as a public document. Certain...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

More Art Acquisitions for Penang

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Zulkifli Yusoff, "Rest a while" Steel sculpture Donated by Datuk Dr Tan Chee Khuan.The figure stands at an impressive 578. This is the number of art piece...

by Ooi Kok Chuen

Keeping it Short + Sweet

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 Short + Sweet Stand-Up Comedy was introduced in Malaysia in 2012. What is the objective of Short + Sweet in Penang?Short + Sweet is meant to be a pl...

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Short and Sweet comes to Penang

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Jackie Ashkin in Drive All Night.Something unique was taking place in Straits Quay over the weekends of September 5-8 and 12-15. Penangpac hosted some of...

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Marks of a Sincere Malaysian Leader

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There is an anecdote told among close acquaintances of the late Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, Malaysia’s feared and respected Deputy Prime Minister and Home...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

A prayer for FEATURE WORLD PEACE IN PENANG

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Lesley Gouger , Outside the Tzu Chi Foundation, founded by Master Cheng Yen.Coming to Penang again this summer, I was a little unsettled because I had forgot...

by Penang Monthly

Preventing Youth Suicide

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Diana (not her real name) was 19 when she attempted suicide by overdosing on sleeping tablets. “You would not have pegged me as the suicidal...

by Sumitra Selvaraj

Madagascar Stunningly Unique

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About a nine-hour flight away from Bangkok on an island 400km east of the African continent, lies a country largely populated and ruled by a French-speaking, non-Muslim Malay ethnic group, also known as the Merina.

by Lim Li Lian

The AES in Pakatan Rakyat states

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The Automated Enforcement System (AES) has emerged as another issue which the Pakatan-led states, namely Penang, Selangor, Kedah and Kelantan, have come to a co...

by Penang Monthly

Kicking The Subsidy Habit

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Note: RON or Research Octane Number refers to how resistant the fuel is to detonation or “knocking”, some high performance engines require higher...

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