Labour stripped down to bare essentials
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A cover on migrant workers raises a lot more questions than we can hope to answer in a monthly magazine. But it is a worthy attempt nonetheless. We really nee...
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.
Charting a new direction
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Edited by Ooi Kee Beng and Goh Ban Lee Published by Socio-Economic and Environmental Research Institute (SERI) and Institute for Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)...
Placing heritage on the map
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When George Town was listed as a World Heritage Site (WHS) on July 7, 2008 (together with Malacca), the city’s profile as an international cultural touris...
Hidden Heritage
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Special thanks to Universiti Sains Malaysia School of Social Sciences senior lecturer Dr Saidatulakmal Mohd and her research team, whose…
All you hybrids, emerge from your closet
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Ethnocentrism is not the opposite of multiracialism. For some reason, we tend to suppose it to be so. The truth of the matter is, the contradistinction betwee...
A defensive psyche is colonialism’s legacy
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Continental conditions create polities and mindsets that vary remarkably from those found in maritime and riverine areas. In modern day Malaysia, the underlying socio-economic structure and primary acculturating forces instigated by our archipelagic geography shine through quite clearly.
The age of cities is at hand
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Penang is a unique city with a unique history. How would it fare in an age of urbanisation?
Remember Penang
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The revamped Penang Economic Monthly marks the beginning of reawakening Penang's potential. It’s about remembering its past, rethinking its future, and rebuilding a vibrant, innovative Penang.
A Sea Odyssey that Led to a New Home
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Jim, the watermaker repairman, working in small-space conditions under the starboard settee.Asylum's navigation station.IT WAS ALMOST 22 years ago,...
Covid-19 in Penang: Part Three
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2020November 14Two clusters are detected in Penang. The Assumption cluster involves the North and Central Seberang Perai districts, as well as Kulim, Keda...
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