Covid-19 Exclusives - Penang Monthly (Page 3)

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

Helping George Town Businesses Go Digital

3 min read

A LIFESTYLE SWITCH can be difficult, which is why the “George Town in the New Normal” project was introduced. To cope with the economic toll brought...

by Esther Ping Dominic

Esther Ping Dominic

Penang’s Tourism Players Needing All the Resourcefulness They Can Muster

4 min read

“PIVOT” is a fashionable term in tourism these days. It suggests a need for recalibration as local players scramble to appeal to a different market...

by Regina Hoo

Hungry Ghost Celebrations Hugely Downsized

4 min read

THE SEVENTH MONTH of the Lunar calendar is often referred to as the month of the “Hungry Ghost”. Believers hold rituals and ceremonies to pay respec...

by Pan Yi Chieh

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...

by Enzo Sim

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...

by Ooi Kok Chuen

What is it Like Living in Penang’s Southwest?

12 min read

“LIVEABILITY” is quite a buzzword these days. But what does it mean really when we say that a city is liveable? What factors come into play? General...

by Jonathan Thong

Jonathan Thong

Serving is a Sikh’s Legacy

3 min read

THE WADDA GURDWARA Sahib Penang runs a free community kitchen, and all are welcome to dine there regardless of religion, race, gender, age or social class. But...

by Esther Ping Dominic

Esther Ping Dominic

Will the Pandemic Raise Awareness of Penang’s Need for a Proper Concert Hall?

4 min read

THE PENANG PHILHARMONIC Orchestra (PPO) held its last publicised concert on March 1 before its plans for the year ahead was forced to be on a momentary interlud...

by Cheah Mi Chelle

Don’t Miss Them! Art Exhibitions are Back

6 min read

READY BUT POSTPONED Or Cancelled.A litany of woes of short-circuited, still-born and miscarried exhibitions brought about by the protracted Coronavirus pandem...

by Ooi Kok Chuen

Flying into Malaysia during the Pandemic

5 min read

FLYING DURING COVID-19 can be an intimidating affair. The overall experience is fraught with uncertainties: what are the odds of catching the virus inflight? Ca...

by Enzo Sim