The Climate Agenda in Seberang Perai
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THE TRIFECTA OF greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) are notorious for their contribution to climate change. Urgent ca...
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.
Net Zero Energy is Feasible in Malaysian Households
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BY COMBINING RENEWABLE energy (RE) on the one hand and practicing energy efficiency (EE) on the other, owners of landed properties can easily achieve net zero e...
Renewable and Efficient Energy Paves the Way towards a Green and Resilient Recovery
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IF THERE IS a lesson to be learned from Covid-19, it is this: local governments must make mainstream, through local development plans, consciousness about renew...
The Penang Green Agenda 2030
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“WE ARE ON the precipice of inflicting seismic harm on Mother Nature. If left unchecked, our collective behaviours and actions will lead to more devastati...
The Environment in Numbers
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RAPID URBANISATION, economic development, population growth, limited land area and industrial expansion all pose significant environmental challenges for Penang...
The SXI Spirit: Hard Work as Second Nature
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Editorial-cum-book review: Francis Loh Kok Wah, Cecilia Ng and Anthony Rogers: The Xaverian Journey: The Story of a Lasallian School in Penang, Malaysia 1787-20...
Using the Net in Urban Fishing
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UPON FINISHING HER diploma studies in programming and networking in 2010, Syahifah Hawa Zamzuri returned to her hometown of Penang. During one of her beach ambl...
Penang Enhances Governance and Prepares for Socio-economic Recovery (Sept-Dec 2020)
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Penang2030, C4: Accelerating programme delivery and institutional reformsThe Covid-19 pandemic continues to affect the world. The situation in Wuhan, China sh...
Giving Due Recognition to Personalities who are Our Cultural Treasures
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THE LIVING HERITAGE Treasures Awards (LHTA), created four years prior to George Town’s inscription onto the Unesco World Heritage List in 2008, identifies...
Can “The New Normal” be “The New Age”?
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AS EXAMPLES INCREASE of countries getting new spikes in Covid-19 cases, and as some sustained green zones in Malaysia, like Penang, start turning yellow, it is...
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