April 2011 - Penang Monthly

Cities, People & the Economy: A Study on Positioning Penang

6 min read

PENANG HAS ALWAYS had to depend on its people for economic survival. For the last 40 years, this has been achieved through a development model focused on medium-intensity manufacturing and tourism.

by Francis Hutchinson

Hoy Cheong the Art-ivist

9 min read

Playing For A Dying Mother, based on a painting by Puvis de Chavannes, for the Lyons Biennial in 2008.HE MAY NOT HAVE done a painting in 20 years, but his...

by Ooi Kok Chuen

Dr. Juergen Schloesser: Everything Possible, Nothing Easy

5 min read

Dr. Juergen Schloesser joined B.Braun in 2009 as vice president for B.Braun Medical Industries (BMI) operations and head of the global Center of Excellence for Intravenous Access (CoE IVA).

by Poh Heem Heem

Poh Heem Heem

Eco-towns – The Asian Experience

5 min read

OPINIONS VARY WHEN it comes to the definition of an Eco-town; essentially, an Eco-town is a township that incorporates environmental protection and management practices in its daily affairs.

by Ben Wismen

Ben Wismen

Leith (1775–1842) was the Governor of Prince of Wales Island from 1800 to 1803. Immediately after he took up this position, he successfully negotiated with the Sultan of Queddah (Kedah) for a strip of land on the peninsula to be added to the jurisdiction of the island.

by Penang Monthly

The Many Sides of Good City Living

7 min read

ONE OUT OF TWO people in the world already lives in a city today. In 40 years, seven out of 10 will be doing that. Rapid urbanisation around the world has put to past the notion that cities would become sprawling (like many American towns);

by Tricia Yeoh

Best Step Forward For Public Transport

5 min read

IT IS A FAMILIAR SIGHT: every working day, right after quitting time, the Penang Bridge is filled with thousands of cars (with plenty of empty passenger seats...

by Jeffrey Hardy Quah

Improving Penang’s Wet Markets

4 min read

Supermarkets may be seen as symbols of urban development, but it is not true that they have replaced our wet markets. What would Penang be without fresh produce from Chowrasta, Jelutong or Batu Lanchang?

by Datuk Dr. Goh Ban Lee

The Vast Potential of Gender Responsive Budgeting

8 min read

PENANG'S AMBITION TO BE an international city has a number of implications and Penang’s Chief Minister, Lim Guan Eng has acknowledged the need for, amongs...

by James Lochhead

James Lochhead

Giving Guests More

7 min read

MARCO GIOVANNI BATTISTOTTI is a familiar face in the Penang hotel scene. A larger than life figure, figuratively and literally speaking, the half-German half-It...

by Jeffrey Hardy Quah

Penang’s Investment Numbers

9 min read

Introduction“There are no free rides” as the saying goes. To have output and growth, we need to make investments. Sir Roy Harrod in 1939 and Evsey...

by Ong Wooi Leng

The Winning Formula: Why Investors Choose Penang

17 min read

TO A FIRST-TIME VISITOR Penang can feel like it’s stuck in a time warp, caught between its colonial trading past and electronic manufacturing heydays; sandwiched between upper-tier cosmopolitan cities like Singapore and Shanghai and aspiring wannabes such as Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh City.

by Rosalind Chua

Rosalind Chua