Sculpturing Penang’s public spaces
11 min read
Kikuchi Mitsuo standing next to his sculpture, Under a Penang Sky.A squat oval marble sculpture on a circular pedestal sits forlornly at the edge of the...
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.
On-the-job training critical to present-day education
3 min read
In this day and age, education is a requirement for success. Gone are the days when informal apprenticeship programmes were the route of choice for school-lea...
Giving it everything
5 min read
According to 20something Chee Beng Kean, “There’s a void in the market in terms of computer knowledge. The usual practice for it services companie...
Cat on the prowl
5 min read
Transparency and accountability were key themes in the electoral campaign of opposition parties two years ago. At that time, Barisan Nasional governments at s...
Welcoming The Old and Disabled to Penang
7 min read
For the distant traveler, Penang is unique to the region. It is not like Phuket or Pulau Perhentian where sun, surf and sea are the attractions, or like Kuala Lumpur or Singapore, where urban life pulsates late into the night. Penang is somewhere in-between.
Must progress be ugly?
4 min read
It seems to me that in the last couple of decades, Penang, especially George Town, has been allowed to develop haphazardly. If I have to use one word to describ...
Living the poem
7 min read
Malaysia’s best-known poet has been raising the hackles of the establishment for over four decades with his outspoken work. Politicians find Cecil Rajendra subversive, academics believe he is a “propagandist troublemaker”, and the legal fraternity scathingly refers to him as a “part-time” lawyer.
Suffolk House-keeping
7 min read
Next to the Methodist Boys School stands what is destined to be one of Penang’s most renowned restored heritage buildings, Suffolk House. So named because...
Caught in the Net: The Malaysian Seafood Industry Waits In Vain
7 min read
The Malaysian seafood industry is widely recognised as world-class, with exports valued at RM2.5bil in 2007. However, the situation changed suddenly when Malaysian authorities decided on a self-imposed ban on exports to the EU.
Thinking of Investing in Properties?
5 min read
But is investing in property all that rewarding relative to risks and hidden costs? One has to ask if there is really a boom and bust phenomenon in the properties market.
How industrial is Penang?
5 min read
What is the growth potential of industrial investments?Everybody knows that output can only come with inputs. Factory operations rely not only on labour and r...
Penang’s Success is Malaysia’s Success
12 min read
In an interview with Penang Economic Monthly, Invest Penang’s executive committee chairman, Datuk Lee Kah Choon, elaborates on the organisation’s growing role and how it now offers existing and potential investors value-added services.
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