Covid-19 Exclusives - Penang Monthly (Page 4)

Are Our Trishaws Doomed?

3 min read

Trishaw operator Koay Beng Hong owns about 50 trishaws which he rents out to peddlers at a fee of RM2 per month. It is no secret that most of these peddlers are homeless, but are still intent on making their own living.

by Lim Sok Swan

Suffering the MCO in the Services Sector

5 min read

PENANG’S SERVICES SECTOR is a shadow of its former self. On top of an already flailing entertainment industry and a row of F&B outlets biting the dust...

by Alexander Fernandez & Nursyazana Khidir Neoh

Nursyazana Khidir Neoh

Tourism Development is Now Everyone’s Business – and Responsibility

8 min read

To restore visitors’ confidence, hygiene and sanitation have been catapulted to the top of the to-do list for many countries, and more iron-clad preventive measures have been introduced to guard against unwanted outbreaks. Malaysia is no exception.

by Pan Yi Chieh & Esther Ping Dominic & Lim Sok Swan & Yap Jo-yee

Esther Ping Dominic

Upgrading Penang’s Shopping Possibilities

5 min read

THE SHOPPING MALLS Gurney Plaza and Gurney Paragon along the popular Gurney Drive seafront promenade form the backbone of Penang’s luxury tourism. They ca...

by Ernest Mah Herh Sun

Still So Much to Learn about Long Covid

5 min read

FOR IVY CHAN, January 2021 will forever be remembered as the time she had a close call with death. She had developed a fever just before Christmas, and afraid t...

by Regina Hoo

Tropical Spice Garden Evolves to Survive Covid-19

4 min read

PENANG HAS NO shortage of eco-tourism attractions. There is the Botanic Gardens, replete with a long history; the Penang City Park, formerly the Youth Park, whe...

by Kelvyn Yeang

Batu Lanchang Market Food Court Stays Afloat with Digital Ordering and Pick-up Service

3 min read

THE BATU LANCHANG Market Food Court may be decades old but the food vendors there are making sure the place does not close down because of the Covid-19 pandemic...

by Enzo Sim

Covid-19 Complicates Retirement Plans

7 min read

THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL crisis of 2008 had a brief negative impact – through asset values and inflation – on retirement savings, but luckily in Malay...

by Yap Jo-yee

Parenting in a Pandemic: Tension, Stress and Guilt

5 min read

NO INSTRUCTION MANUALS nor guide books were available on “How to parent under lockdown”, especially not in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic....

by Chan Xin Ying & Hasanah Akhir

A Rocky Road to Economic Recovery

7 min read

DISCUSSIONS AT THE Penang Economic Outlook 2021 webinar organised by Penang Institute on January 27, 2021 made it clear that industrialists and think tankers ar...

by Yap Jo-yee

Lessons for the Education Sector to Learn from Covid-19

5 min read

AS OF APRIL 21 – at the height of Covid-19 – schools in 191 countries were forced into mass closure. An estimated 1.5 billion students globally were...

by Ooi Tze Xiong

Digital Onboarding in Numbers

6 min read

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION is a core focus area of Penang2030. To enhance the usage of digital technology among Penangites, the state government has implemented a v...

by Ng Kar Yong

Ng Kar Yong