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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Are Local Graduates from Game-related Studies Primed to Perform on the Job?

5 min read

THE INCLINATION TO fixate on the learning of theories and concepts, instead of practical application, has been described as the loose cog in Malaysia’s otherwis...

by Nicole Chang

Women Suffering Pandemic Fatigue More Than Men

4 min read

TWO YEARS ON and with the emergence of new Covid-19 variants, pandemic fatigue has well and fully set in for Malaysians, leaving many vulnerable to burnouts.[1]...

by Yeong Pey Jung

Addressing Cultural Taboos and Alleviating Period Poverty

5 min read

INVENTED BY WARTIME nurses on realising that cellulose is better able to absorb blood from wounds than cloth, sanitary pads as we know them today entered mainst...

by Yong-Yu Huang

On Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Malaysia

7 min read

HISTORICALLY, in most traditionally patriarchal societies, very few rights are accorded to women. The first global effort to provide a comprehensive view of gen...

by Choong Sim-Poey

Manora: Much More Than Just a Ritualistic Dance

6 min read

PEOPLE FREELY MOVED along the neck of the Malay peninsula before the 1940 Agreement was introduced which necessitated a border pass for crossing between British...

by Izzuddin Ramli

The Female Gaze and Representation of Women in Malaysian Cinema

4 min read

SHUHAIMI BABA’S “Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam” first premiered in cinemas in 2004. The film became a massive box office hit, instantly pushing Maya Karin, its l...

by Kalash Nanda Kumar

Respect All Persons, and Gender and Other Equalities Will Follow

3 min read

IT IS UNFORTUNATE that in most minds, the term “Feminism” more often than not, merely raises issues regarding the relatively-disadvantaged status of women as me...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Preserving a Proud Legacy

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I ENJOYED READING the article Wu Lien-Teh: The Father of Modern Medicine in China by Koh King Kee when it was first published in Penang Monthly’s Febr...

by Penang Monthly

Women! All They Do is Multitask!

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by Azmi Hussin

Penang’s Biodiversity in Numbers

3 min read

Biosphere ReservesON SEPTEMBER 15, 2021, Penang Hill was designated a Biosphere Reserve (BR) under Unesco’s Man and the Biosphere Programme. This is the state’s...

by Ng Kar Yong & Yap Jo-yee

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Artisanal Bakery “Treats” for Pets

2 min read

During the country’s third lockdown in mid-May last year, Jasmine Claire Ong took three months unpaid leave from her workplace to try her hands at making simple pet treats for close friends and family.

by Priyanka Bansal

Journalism's past and Penang's future

3 min read

At a time when journalism – as a social activity more than a salaried profession – is booming beyond measure in Malaysia, a fact proven by heighte...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

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