NGOs Striving to Improve Lives
6 min read
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (NGOS) in Penang have long served as the backbone of the community. Most, especially those dedicated to welfare and societal well...
Cohu’s VP Seeks to Revolutionise Penang’s Tech Future
4 min read
ONE MAN, one job, one company, one vision—this sums up Wai-Kong Chen’s career as an innovator of high-speed digital instrument design. Now, as Vice President of...
PDC: Sights Set On Further Growth For Penang
4 min read
PENANG HAS witnessed a remarkable economic transformation over the years, and at the heart of this evolution stands the Penang Development Corporation (PDC). Es...
Facing Mental Health Challenges in the Workplace
4 min read
DEPRESSION AMONG MALAYSIANS has been on the rise, with figures escalating from 1.8% in 2011 to 2.3% in 2020. Mental health expert and director of the Internatio...
Pawsitive Connections: Adopting Animal-Assisted Therapy in Malaysia
6 min read
OVER THE COURSE of history, our connection with animals has transformed in numerous ways, reflecting the varied cultural, social and economic settings of human...
.jpg)
Women’s Centre for Change: Protecting and Supporting Victims of Gender-based Violence
4 min read
ACHIEVING SOCIAL CHANGE is impossible through government intervention alone. The scale of contemporary social problems demands the engagement of multiple stakeh...
Penang’s Operatic Past: A Legacy of Passion and Dedication
6 min read
For a man of his accomplishments and social stature, Konishi is relatively low-profile; but his private residence in Taman Jesselton, an exquisite Italian villa-styled mansion called Villa Primavera, is widely admired and talked about.
.jpg)
Lights, Camera, Action: Penang’s Niche in Movie-Making
4 min read
CHEONG FATT TZE Mansion and Eastern & Oriental (E&O) Hotel were thrust into international spotlight in 2018, when Jon Chu’s Crazy Rich Asians premie...
.jpg)
Vulnerable and Exposed: Saw Teong Hin on the Travails of Filmmaking
5 min read
WHEN SAW TEONG HIN started his filmmaking career in KL, he began at the bottom rung. But to even get a foot in, he had to leaf through the Yellow Pages from A t...
Raging Against the Machine: Reflections on Pendatang, Abang Adik and Maryam Pagi Ke Malam
5 min read
What do (a) a family living in a speculative, segregated Malaysia; (b) two brothers squeezed into a Pudu flat and; (c) a woman of royalty who owns an art gallery, all have in common?
Art Exhibition Extraordinaire at the Ng Fook Temple
4 min read
CHINESE TEMPLES IN Penang serve as a place for worship, for ancestral prayers and for celebrations, such as the Mooncake Festival and Dragon Boat Festival. Howe...
Embracing the Joy of Having Toys
5 min read
AS KIDS NOWADAYS gravitate towards tablets and gadgets, the toy market is being kept afloat mostly by adults. According to data from NPD Group, a huge number of...
