August 2020 - Penang Monthly

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...

by Ooi Kok Chuen

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,...

by Pan Yi Chieh

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...

by Regina Hoo

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...

by William Tham

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...

by Tony Yeoh

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...

by Emilia Ismail

MCO Highlights Malaysia’s Lack of Mental Health Services

5 min read

THE PANDEMIC HAS been a bewildering time for most of us; and some have also experienced a decline in mental health. In response to this new crisis, mental healt...

by Kim Evers

Kim Evers

How Has Covid-19 Changed You?

1 min read

TO BETTER UNDERSTAND the change in behaviour and mind-sets of Penangites during the Covid-19 pandemic, Penang Monthly conducted an online survey involving a tot...

by Esther Ping Dominic

Esther Ping Dominic

Indian Socio-cultural Influences in Penang: Both Rich and Prevalent

6 min read

Tea kadai at Little India back in the day.PENANG WAS A colonial port on the margins of the East India Company’s sphere of influence, and a magnet fo...

by Preveena Balakrishnan

How Has Covid-19 Changed Mind-sets and Behaviours?

10 min read

AN END. The global population is anxious for a resolution to what has been a nightmare of a year so far. But as much as we look forward to a medical ending, i.e...

by Esther Ping Dominic

Esther Ping Dominic

Covid-19: Knowing the Instruments of Household Hygiene

5 min read

A VIRUS, often measuring one nanometre in size, is invisible under a common light microscope, to say nothing of the naked eye.Each virus is unique but relie...

by Shangeetha Ganesan

Shangeetha Ganesan

The Japanese Surrender in Penang

7 min read

IN LATE 1944 as the Allied forces, spearheaded by British Commonwealth troops, were launching a major offensive against Japanese-occupied Burma, an equally sign...

by Enzo Sim

Enzo Sim