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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A Wild Amalgam at Art Biennial for the Young

6 min read

FINALLY, painting is dead, at least in the hugely prestigious Bakat Muda Sezaman (BMS, Young Contemporary Artists) 2021/2022 competition for young artists, some...

by Ooi Kok Chuen

Same old, same old

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by Azmi Hussin

Events in July

4 min read

CONCERT⠀The Out of the Depths: Bach Cantata Lecture Concert Tour features two incredibly moving Bach cantatas presented by the Malaysia Bach Festival Singers an...

by Penang Monthly

Study While You Work? Try GDVT

8 min read

IT IS COMMON knowledge by now that the German Dual Vocational Training (GDVT) offered at Penang Skills Development Corporation (PSDC) is designed to upskill the...

by Lyne Lee

Rediscovering Paradise Lost

6 min read

It has been said that the day you think about the future is the day you leave your childhood behind. In that sense, the day our children have to consider adult comments such as “you are going to be a doctor when you grow up”, is the day the sun sets on their childhood.

by Tan Yu Kai

Snapshots of Chinese Women in Penang Educated in the Post-WWII Period

7 min read

THE FIGURE ABOVE is an article that appeared in Nanyang Siang Pau on 23 October 1930, advocating for women’s liberation in Penang. The title reads:Women! Becaus...

by Dr. Kuah Li Feng

Ramli Ibrahim: The Doyen of Odissi

7 min read

“DID YOU KNOW that Rukmini Devi would actually try to catch a glimpse of me cycling to Adyar K. Lakshman’s class from her car?” I was green with envy at the tho...

by Preveena Balakrishnan

Penang Initiatives at Enabling Decentralisation

7 min read

Penang Initiatives at Enabling DecentralisationON 30 MAY 2022 at the newly renovated Penang State Assembly building, Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow released the I...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Penang Potters Showcase Works Inspired by Life on the Island

5 min read

Dao Shang Shao島上焼: Earthly Investigations 2022 格物, a pottery art exhibition which has been delayed due to MCO since last July was finally held at Penang In...

by Nicole Chang

Mount Erskine: Penang’s Forgotten Flagstaff Hill – Part 1

10 min read

TANJUNG BUNGAH, an affluent suburb on the North Coast of Penang Island, is known for its international schools, well-established neighbourhoods, mid-range beach...

by Eugene Quah

Active Ageing Becoming a Norm

4 min read

AS TECHNOLOGY, science and the standard of living improve, more people are living a longer life. Like many other countries, Malaysia, with 7% of its population...

by Hasanah Akhir

Politics is a Game: Keeping Tab on Malaysian MPs

5 min read

LET’S FACE IT, practically every day now, the competency of leaders all over the world is being questioned, what with the threat of World War III, soaring infla...

by Alexander Fernandez

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