October 2025
This October, Penang Monthly explores death rituals across Malaysia. From Muslim burials to Taoist and Hindu traditions, we reflect on how communities honour the departed with dignity.
Events in August
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HEALTH
The Malaysian Breast Cancer Summit 2024 aims to empower breast cancer patients, survivors and caregivers with the tools to…
Forkbeard’s Odyssey Lands in Penang
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TRAGEDY, COMEDY, LOVE and adventure. The musical, Forkbeard, set in 11th-century Scandinavia, contains all the ingredients for an epic historical…
National Heroes to Remember and Reward
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THE LAST TIME Malaysians experienced a full-scale conflict in their homeland was probably more than 35 years ago, before the…
Bukit Langkap: A Modest Hill With a Splendid View
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SLIGHTLY NORTH OF Bukit Mertajam is a low cluster of peaks, including Bukit Gua Gempas and Bukit Langkap, with the…
Joachim Bergström: On Using Universal Values to Drive Diplomacy
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As his tenure comes to an end, Penang Monthly sits down with Joachim Bergström to talk about his team’s efforts in introducing these universal values to the country, and how these can strengthen the bilateral relationship between Sweden and Malaysia.
Families Hard at Work at Pulau Tikus Market
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PULAU TIKUS MARKET, located along Jalan Pasar between Jalan Cantonment and Solok Moulmein, first opened in the 1950s. The wet…
Beyond Borders: A Personal Perspective on Brain Drain
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GROWING UP IN Penang, my early exposure to Hollywood movies and TV sitcoms painted an idealistic portrait of first-world living—…
Encouraging Sisterhood in Entrepreneurship in Penang
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THE PANDEMIC HIT businesses hard. Yet, for one woman, it was an opportune time for her to realise her dream.…
From The Ground Up: PDC in Property and Infrastructural Development
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AT THE HEART of Penang’s transformation as a thriving socio-economic and developmental hub lies the Penang Development Corporation (PDC)…
Mapping Islamic Education in Penang
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THE ROOTS OF Islamic education in Malaysia date back to the 13th century, with the arrival of Islam through trade…
Financial Literacy: A Missing Link in Education
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I GREW UP in Sungai Petani, Kedah, son to a lumberjack and a housewife who successfully raised four children. My…
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