Is Penang’s Street Food Fading Away?
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When the beloved Siam Road char koay teow “uncle” – as Tan Chooi Hong is fondly known – was rumoured to have retired last June, many P...
Living with Autism: Nothing Beats Warm Support from Good Friends
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Kai and his friends.The sound of children’s chatter and laughter fill the classroom corridor. As I step into the Year Four classroom, I am surprised...
Mangroves: Useful Protectors of Our Coasts!
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The greatest mangrove diversity in the world can be found in South-east Asia, with one third of this in Malaysia alone. Mangroves provide refuge, and act as nurseries and feeding grounds for entire food chains, from commercially important fish to wading birds, monitor lizards and even crocodiles.
CEMACS: A Little-known And Highly Effective Research Centre
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CEMACS houses the largest collection of hard coral and marine invertebrate specimens in the country.The CEMACS field station is equipped wit...
Penang Pushes Ahead with its Gender Inclusiveness Policy
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In January this year, the Penang state government announced that it had tabled and passed a Gender Inclusiveness Policy aimed at building an inclusive society i...
Ensuring Prudent Growth in Penang
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Globally, the concept of “sustainable development” has been debated and promoted for more than four decades. The flagship initiative is the UN&rsq...
Interview with Dato’ Seri Maimunah Sharif: Changing the World – City by City
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Penang Monthly celebrated the appointment of Dato’ Seri Maimunah Sharif as Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habita...
Can Penang Lead the Way in Sustainable Tourism?
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It has been 11 years since George Town was listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site, and its tourism industry has since then flourished beyond imagination. No lon...
Losing the Religion that is Social Media
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Religious Elegance.City of Many Tales.It’s a tech-warped world we’re operating in today. The increasing number of social med...
Where Did Patriarchy Come From – And Does It Have Anywhere to Go?
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Late last year, Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development Hannah Yeoh received a public comment on her Facebook profile asking her to wear lips...
Homemaking Fathers
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David* was working in a management consultancy when his first child, a daughter, was born. “My wife and I believed that we needed at least one parent at h...
Mothers – Queens of Our Hearts
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The saying goes that being a mother is the hardest job in the world – there are no sick days, no rest and no pay. Penang Monthly takes a look at three ins...
