Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 123)

Technology is Changing the Childhood We Once Knew

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IF YOU THINK millennials – those born in 1980-2001 – are selfie-taking hipsters, well, think again. Many are now parents to Generation Alpha (2010-2...

by Emilia Ismail

Penang’s WCIT Tech Fest Takes Place Online this November

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ON NOVEMBER 18-20, Penang will reframe the highly-anticipated international festival TECHFEST Live ft. ROAD-TO-WCIT Malaysia into an online event that promises...

by Penang Island City Council

Penang Island City Council

The Decade-old GTLF Migrates Online During Covid-19

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THE INITIAL PLANS for the 2020 George Town Literary Festival (GTLF) were for it to be celebratory – to look back on 10 years of work, while also looking f...

by William Tham

Bioplastics Needed More than Ever

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HUMANS TRULY ARE an innovative species. The use and control of fire; the simple yet sophisticated wheel; cars, ocean liners, aircrafts, spaceships; and the Inte...

by Jo-Ann Chuah

Jo-Ann Chuah

Making Penang More Resilient to Disasters

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Sustainable development is targeted at finding pragmatic strategies to promote economic and social development in ways that avoid environmental degradation, over-exploitation and pollution.

by Dr. Lee Khiam Jin

Come Travel the Rich Food Trail in Bukit Mertajam

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PENANG’S GASTRONOMIC DELIGHTS are world-renowned. But somewhat biasedly, these are often limited to the offerings found on the Island. The food scene in m...

by Marcus Dip Silas

George Town Festival 2011 Highlights

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Peranakan PenangDate: July 1, 2011Time: 8pmVenue: Grand Ballroom, Eastern & Oriental Hotel, Farquhar StreetScheduled to be the Gala Opening fo...

by Penang Monthly

Manifesting the Box Out of Which We Should Think

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Dreamer Series – Constitute by Low Chee Peng.Boxed In I (top) and Boxed In II (bottom) by Aboud Fares.WANTING TO THINK “outside the bo...

by Enzo Sim

What You Need to Know about the Replacement Penang Hill Special Area Plan 2020

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Volumes 1 and 2 of the SAP 2020.PENANG HILL, the state’s crowning jewel, is a top tourism destination rich in colonial history, an exquisite green l...

by Rexy Prakash Chacko

Udini House: The Decaying Mansion of a Kedah Prince in Exile

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Portrait of Tengku Kudin at the Kedah State Museum. Photo: Enzo SimWITHIN THE COMPOUNDS of the Marine Police living quarters in the busy suburb of Ge...

by Enzo Sim

Hands-on Business Training for Home-based Chefs during Covid-19

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Asnita Abd Hamid sells baked goods for a living.THE FIRST MCO was especially paralytic for women from the lower tiers of the B40 and M40 groups, who sold...

by Braema Mathi

Braema Mathi

Recalling the Music Scene in 1950s Penang

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From left to right – Noel (Bull) Remedios, Jacob Chin, Leander Jeremiah, Frank Rozells, William Scully and Stevie Ooi, circa 1960s. Photo: Penang Ho...

by Kelvyn Yeang