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.
Pedestrians of the World, Unite!
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WE SAY THAT birds fly and fish swim. We think of reptiles as crawlers and monkeys as climbers. But what about us? What about man? What is our default physical a...
Events
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FESTIVALGeorge Town Festival returns for its 12th edition, from July 10-18. Due to MCO 3.0, however, only the Festival’s online programmes will be presented as...
Artist and the Big C
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SO FAR THIS year, the Big C has snatched away two prominent Malaysian artists, coincidentally both Penangborn: self-taught Sylvia Lee Goh, who was based for a l...
Great Need to Network Anti-pandemic Initiatives
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ONE YEAR ON, and Malaysia's battle against Covid-19 is at its fiercest. As of June 18, 4,202 lives had been lost, a distressing jump up from 501 on January 5. A...
When Covid-19 Infects a Family...
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"WE WERE ONE of the lucky ones," recalls Nadine of her family's harrowing brush with Covid-19. A case had been detected at the nursery of a centre where her sev...
Penang Takes its First Step into the Space Age
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ON APRIL 20, a landmark signing took place between Angkasa-X, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and Digital Penang to position and develop Penang as a key player...
Aviation Academies Adapt to the Crisis
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THE YEAR 2020 has been described as "the worst year in aviation history".1 The impact was not only felt within the airline industry alone; aviation academies to...
Guiding Kids to Learn Online
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ONE DAY THEY are seated in cacophonous classrooms and the next, they find themselves in silent surroundings, with only computer screens as the only distraction....
Major Institutions Provide Upskilling Opportunities to Fight Rising Unemployment
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PENANG, WITH ITS population of about 1.8 million, faces a perennial challenge of retaining human capital. Where this was once resolved by hiring from out of sta...
Entering Adulthood Indoors... and Online
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LEAVING SECONDARY SCHOOLING behind is supposed to present endless possibilities. Significant milestones are to appear, together marking a rite of passage into a...
TVET in Numbers
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ACCORDING TO THE Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia produced about 255,000 graduates in 2020, approximately 86% of which were from the academic track, and 1...
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