Building an App for a Crisis
3 min read
TO BUILD A properly functioning app for urgent public use is no small feat. Take for example the now defunct Penang Contact Tracer application, or PGCare for sh...
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.
Malaysians Move from Game-playing to Game-making
6 min read
GONE ARE THE days of the parent-child barter trade: “Score Straight As in your exams, and you’ll get that Gameboy Yellow you wanted.” Today, t...
ASEAN’s Appeal Watered and Coloured
7 min read
Chow Chin Chuan's (Malaysia) The Unfading Past II.IN THE MIDST of the Covid-19 pandemic, an international watercolour exhibition has surprisingly attracte...
Discovering Penang through Its Rich Biodiversity
4 min read
A study in 2012 revealed that this Banded Bent-toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus pulchellus) is a new species, unrelated to the banded geckos found in other parts of...
A Broad Socio-economic Impact on Penang is to be Expected from Climate Change
7 min read
MULTIPLE CLIMATE HAZARD indices have categorised Malaysia’s Northern Region – Penang, Perlis, Kedah and Perak – as “middle” for it...
Youths and Climate Change: “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
13 min read
IT IS ANTICIPATED that Millennials will bear the full brunt of climate change in their lifetime. We live in the Anthropocene era, an age during which human acti...
Is Penang Truly Inclusive for Persons with Disabilities?
6 min read
Ernest, Jia Hui and their eight-month-old daughter. Photo: Ooi Tze Xiong.LIVEABILITY IS VERY much a layered concept. Since the 1960s, discourse on city pl...
Penang through the Eyes of Young Resident Foreigners
6 min read
HAILED A RETIREE’S paradise, Penang welcomes expatriates from all over the world to call the state their home. But curiously – and excitingly &ndash...
What is it Like Living in Penang’s Southwest?
12 min read
What does it mean really when we say that a city is liveable? What factors come into play? Generally, this covers the usual suspects of: access to education, health and safety; economic prosperity; the ease of getting around; and the availability of recreational facilities.
Serving is a Sikh’s Legacy
3 min read
Husband and wife Daljit Singh and Sukhveer Kaur, organised a community outreach programme. Volunteers were recruited, and dry rations were purchased and distributed to families of diverse nationalities, including migrant workers, across the state.
Penang State Art Gallery Gets a Windfall of Masterpieces
7 min read
ANOTHER LARGESSE of artworks, 330 in all, has been donated by Datuk Dr. Tan Chee Khuan to the Penang State Art Gallery (PSAG). The magnanimous collection is val...
Pianist Foo Mei Yi: “Enjoyment of Music Makes the Musician”
4 min read
Foo Mei Yi took to the piano instantly, and as she grew, so did her passion for music. Encouraged by her parents, she enrolled at the Royal College and Royal Academy of Music in London.
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