April 2026

Our latest issue explores efforts to preserve and innovate local traditions, support creative industries, and promote sustainable growth in small towns across Malaysia.

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Tecoma Blossoms Becoming Iconic in Penang

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Come March or April, several streets in Penang spring alive with bursts of pink and white Tecoma flowers. These are also colloquially known as the “Penang Sakura”, due to its resemblance to Japanese cherry blossoms.

by Priyanka Bansal

Gender Equality in Malaysia

1 min read

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by Yeong Pey Jung

Spirited: Reminders of How Man and Nature Are Inseparable

4 min read

IF YOU COULD have conversations with your ancestors, what questions would you ask? Visitors to the Tribal Art Exhibition “Spirited: Human Art of The Non-Human”...

by Elizabeth Su

Low Access to Justice for Vulnerable Victims of Sexual Crimes

4 min read

ACCESS TO JUSTICE is a fundamental human right. It can also be elusive. We often think of the law as inherently neutral or fair, but what one considers a “good...

by Karen Lai

Soroptomists Work Tirelessly to Bring Education to Underprivileged Girls

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POVERTY HAS INHIBITED children in low-income homes from getting adequate education. The pandemic worsened the situation to such an extent that the United Nation...

by Ann Fang

Valuing Household Production Promises Broad Impact on Society at Large

4 min read

SIGNIFICANT STRIDES HAVE been made over time in advancing gender equality—with women assuming more prominent roles as decision-makers both in the workforce and...

by Yeong Pey Jung

Events in March

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THEATREFa Abdul and Big Nose Productions celebrate a belated Valentine’s Day with Her Story | His Story, a collection of six insightful monologues that explores...

by Penang Monthly

Trickle-Down Cat-onomics

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by Azmi Hussin

PENANGPAC-The Latester Venture by Faridah and Joe

8 min read

PENANGITES got a welcome year-end bonus of free arts performances at the newly opened Performing Arts Centre of Penang (Penangpac) in November and December....

by Ooi Kok Chuen

A Grand Tour of the Genting Tea Estate

6 min read

THE GENTING TEA ESTATE is the private residence and research station of Henry Sackville Barlow, who has held several prestigious positions in his long career. A...

by Eugene Quah

Placemaking is Really about Appreciating the Best that Penang Already Has

4 min read

IMAGINE A PENANG where public spaces are amalgamated with greenery, communal spaces, education hubs, lifestyle joints and offices. With these, we would have cre...

by Rachel Yeoh

Events in February

3 min read

CONCERT Usher in the Year of the Dragon with a jubilant recital by Rondo Chamber Fellow 2024, SYNC Quartet in Strings of Prosperity. The chamber ensemble will pr...

by Penang Monthly

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