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.
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Penang’s Semiconductor Industry Continues Excelling
5 min read
Semiconductors, sometimes called the “brains” of electronics, are the mainstay of Penang’s Electrical & Electronics (E&E) sector. Malaysia's E&E sector is expected to contribute RM120 billion to the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and generate RM495 billion in export earnings by 2025.
Stunning Paintings of Birds of Malaysia by Choo Beng Teong
3 min read
ORNITHOLOGY IS THE study of birds—and Choo Beng Teong has devoted his career to it by creating anatomically precise paintings, most of which have been showcased...
Peranakan Lanterns: Illuminating The Generations
5 min read
LANTERNS MAY SEEM like merely aesthetic decorations or beloved playthings during the Mid-Autumn Festival; but in fact, they hold much more meaning than that. A...
Events in October
3 min read
THEATREMyPenang Creative collaborates with Triple I Production House to present Spice & Curry, presented in Tamil and Hindi with subtitles. With performance...
How Not To Get Lost On A Hike and What To Do If You Do
6 min read
“AREN’T YOU SCARED of getting lost in the jungle?” I have lost count of how many times I’ve been asked this question, and I am sure many other hikers would have...
Shaping the Future of Learning with Technology
4 min read
AROUND THE WORLD, technology is rewriting the rules of teaching and learning, reshaping classrooms and redefining the studentteacher dynamic. Malaysia stands as...
Zulfigar Yasin: A Creator of Marine Parks Who Can't Help Being A Mentor
13 min read
Ooi Kee Beng: Prof. Zul, I wish to talk with you about how and when people excel in life. Your own has been a very interesting one, and you continue working on...
Foo Hong Tatt's Poetry in Paint
5 min read
FOO HONG TATT was born on 9 April 1940, several months before World War II descended upon Malaya. He recalls hiding with his family at their estate in the hills...
Understanding Innovation and How It Drives Excellence
7 min read
BACK IN THE 1970S, if I wanted to communicate with my pen pal in Manchester a monthly labour of love I proceeded to the Gelugor Post Office with a letter in han...
Popularising Peranakan Culture Through a Renewal of Its Jewelleries
3 min read
SINCE I WROTE “The Complex Task of Being Chinese Peranakan” (Penang Monthly January 2020 issue) to explore the discourse of being a Chinese Peranakan in 2020, I...
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