December 2015 - Penang Monthly

Small acts of courage to make the world a better place

5 min read

If he was not a household name before September 2, 2014, he should have become that after he, on that day, became the first academician in Malaysian history t...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

When art espouses politics…

5 min read

Apart from performing at many formal events, The BangsArt is also active playing on the streets to raise funds.University students used to be active in th...

by Izzuddin Ramli

The high life: Growing up on the peak

7 min read

From George Town, Penang Hill is a quiet presence, a thought that barely registers even as it looms in the background. It appears intermittently throughout the...

by Soon-Tzu Speechley

A bungalow on the Hill

6 min read

The first structures to appear on top of Penang Hill were almost certainly a flagstaff for signalling the arrival of shipping, together with a small building to...

by Mike Gibby

Mike Gibby

Malaysia – Where politics must be ethnically inclusive and exclusive at the same time

5 min read

What any Malaysian knows at heart is that the Malay community will always dominate the politics of the country. This means in concrete terms that Malaysia&rsquo...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Penang as an entrepreneurial state

12 min read

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng at the T. S. Eliot lecture theatre, Merton College.Penang is the second smallest state in Malaysia, with a land size of only 1...

by Lim Guan Eng

Lim Guan Eng

The renewal of Butterworth continues

6 min read

First of all, art is creation. A meaningful passage between the inner sensibilities of an artist and the outer world. A process that leads individuals to unleas...

by Marco Ferrarese

One Heck of a Hill

11 min read

Visitors to Flagstaff Hill – the traditional name for Penang Hill – have more than doubled in the last five years. There may have been some complain...

by Matthew Tan Kiak Hin

Matthew Tan Kiak Hin

Penang Hill at a glance

3 min read

Penang Hill is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Penang. Bukit Bendera, or Flagstaff Hill in English, is the most developed peak with an elevation...

by Penang Monthly

Calmness caught in epic colours

7 min read

Syed Thajudeen’s art is forged in the confluences of catalytic changes. When young, he savoured the euphoria of Independence in India (1947) and then in M...

by Ooi Kok Chuen

Christmas in the mountains of Sarawak

3 min read

Shopping malls nowadays may be decorating for Christmas as early in the year as possible, but they are not alone in their enthusiasm! Christmas also comes very...

by Carolyn Hong

Carolyn Hong

A hike to the top via Moongate

5 min read

Every hiker in Penang feels the irresistible urge at some point to climb to the highest point in Penang, and so they embark on one of the many routes leading to...

by Louise Goss-Custard