Meet Sesame, Meet Soy
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We are at Sesame + Soy, a Pan Asian Chinese restaurant on the first floor of G Hotel at Gurney Drive. Interestingly the re...
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.
Managing Your Own High-Rise
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Buying and owning an apartment is easy enough for those who can afford it, but after that comes a string of worries. As always, maintenance is a problem, and one should know as much as one can about what property management involves.
Film review: The Rights Of The Dead
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Twenty five minutes. The length of this documentary is shorter than the interrogation of Teoh Beng Hock (which lasted nine hours), but it manages to convey with brevity and clarity the facts surrounding the mysterious death of the political aide three years ago.
A Crane Without Bite
3 min read
I’ve always thought of musicals as the club sandwich of the performing arts world. Sure, a bacon sandwich tastes pretty good on its own, but throw in anot...
Back to the Future of Traffic Planning
6 min read
When one thinks of Penang today, a few things come to mind: the best food in the world, living heritage, multiculturalism, the hills, the beaches, CAT governanc...
Luang Prabang Possesses a Charm that Outshines Excessive Tourism
5 min read
I checked into the Villa Maly, a lovely boutique hotel a short walking distance away from the centre of town. This establishment shows perfectly why Unesco deci...
Sailing The Seas around Penang
4 min read
Pen Marine was formed in 1988 to promote leisure boating in Malaysia, as well as to provide storage for boats. Oh Kean Shen and his partner, Pheh Hoe Huat (who...
A Special Economic Zone for Sumatra
4 min read
Penang Institute was recently invited to the National Conference on North Sumatra’s Government-Industry Coalition, held in light of the region’s cur...
Letting SMEs Grow Penang
4 min read
SMEs or small and medium enterprises are defined differently in different countries. In Malaysia, they are defined according to sales turnover and employment....
Change of Mayor Too High-Handed to Ignore
5 min read
The issue of federalism and the need for decentralisation of government control emerged yet again during the recent Selangor fiasco of its MBPJ mayor’s...
The MPSP Budget: Another Surplus Year
6 min read
A year ago, I wrote in this magazine that a budget is a moral document. It is not just an announcement of the latest goodies. It reflects the priorities of the...
George Town Literary Festival II
5 min read
What's new this year and what can audiences look forward too? We noticed that there are a number of returnin...
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