The Sharp Turn from Tourist to Traveller
5 min read
HAVE YOU SEEN bus-loads of tourists disembarking at places where you, as a local, wouldn’t personally patronise? It usually has some tell-tale sign: an obscure...
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.
The Crag Hotel: The Beginning of Penang’s Medical Tourism
6 min read
CONTRARY TO POPULAR belief that regards medical tourism as a product of the modern healthcare system, the beginnings of medical tourism in Penang can be t...
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How We Now Holiday, Post-Covid-19
6 min read
TRAVELLERS ARE SEEING green after the Covid-19 pandemic ‒ no, not green with envy, but in the literal sense with nature. When international borders shut after t...
The Paradox of Tourism Growth in Post-Covid Penang
9 min read
THE OUTBREAK OF Covid-19 exposed the Visit Malaysia 2020 campaign to significant risks. Three months into 2020, it was cancelled. Subsequent prohibitions on mob...
Making Employees Rounded in Skills and Happy at Work
4 min read
THE MODERN WORKPLACE is evolving fast. For one thing, employee happiness stemming from a fulfilling job is becoming increasingly important, and is now recognise...
The Future of Tourism—Only as Bright as We Make It
3 min read
SINCE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL became possible post-Covid, I have, for various reasons, been staying in at least five countries for substantial periods of time, inc...
EXCLUSIVE: Sculptures Symbolising ASEAN Fallen into Outrageous Disrepair
7 min read
UNVEILED TO GREAT fanfare as a symbol of ASEAN solidarity, peace and economic power in 1987, the six monumental sculptures, minus one which has gone missing, in...
PenangPac’s Curtains Rise Once More
4 min read
Almost RM48,000 in donations have been raised since June.LAST JULY, the PenangPac warmly welcomed back its patrons for its first post-pandemic live show,...
George Town Festival Tests the Digital Waters
4 min read
Teochew Puppet and Opera House is a long-time performer for GTF.PENANG WOULD HAVE been a hive of activity last July, with preparations in full swing for t...
The Troubled Malaysian Book Trade and its Possible Recovery
8 min read
2020 WAS SUPPOSED to be a robust year for the Malaysian book trade, but that is not to be. The Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair (KLIBF) was postponed by sev...
Facial Recognition: More than Just A Pretty Face
5 min read
FINGERPRINTS ARE INIMITABLE identity markers. In forensic science, the ridges forming the lines on the human finger leave impressions that are fairly unique, un...
How the Medically Ailing Survive the MCO
5 min read
PEOPLE LIVING WITH health anxieties and existing medical conditions had enough to be anxious about without Covid-19, but the Movement Control Order (MCO) brough...
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