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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Budget 2019: Balancing Fiscal Responsibilities and Economic Growth

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The 2019 Budget, the first budget under the new government, was tabled by Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng on November 2, 2018 in Parliament.With the theme &ldqu...

by Negin Vaghefi

The Economy Remains Widely Robust

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According to the latest World Economic Outlook report published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the global economy is expected to remain robust at 3.7...

by Negin Vaghefi

Batu Gajah: The Forgotten Capital of Kinta

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Once a small village along the Kinta River, Batu Gajah rose to prominence in 1881 when it became the new river port for the Papan mines. Three years later, it w...

by Koay Su-Lyn

A Glorious Age Passes in the World of Comics, Cartoons and Caricatures

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DEATH, to artists of some repute, is an immortality, the proverbial life-after-death, with the legacy of the largesse of works by the deceased defining the age,...

by Ooi Kok Chuen

Young, Malay and Female

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In the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, all Malays are born Muslim. However, Merdeka Centre polling has shown that they tend to identify themselves by religion...

by Noorhasyilah Rosli

Ordinary people? No such thing!

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At the Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives – Everyday Stories of Inspirational Women book launch in November.Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives &nd...

by Lynette Low

Stories That Need Telling

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Womanhood, or more specifically, women and their relationship to men – either through family, marriage, the State or religion – form the crux of Say...

by Regina Hoo

Women Thriving in the New Economy

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Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail delivering her keynote address.What are the benefits of closing the gender gap in economic particip...

by Regina Hoo

More Women in Politics Now!

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Women’s representation in politics is making progressive strides under the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government. Among the 55 Cabinet members, the coalition no...

by Regina Hoo

Governing with a Vision: Part Two

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Step by Step Towards Gender InclusivenessBy Andrea FilmerChong Eng.Holding office since 1995 where she was the sole opposition representative in the s...

by Andrea Filmer

Governing with a Vision: Part One

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It was a Monday, the beginning of a working week and the start of a hopeful time for Malaysia. At 11.10am on May 14, 2018, four days after it became official th...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

A Tsunami of Cultural Disruptions is on the Horizon

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The digital revolution that in recent years has been pigeonholed as Industry 4.0 in reality transforms modern life in more ways than merely through new products...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

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