Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 79)

Filming the Intangible

3 min read

Film can be a very reflective and evocative medium that captures the uniqueness of a place and its communities. And that is exactly what the Kaki Lima Short Film Competition aims to highlight.

by Goh Shuan Thing

No Child Goes Hungry in New Taipei City

4 min read

In metropolitan areas, franchise convenience stores such as 7-Eleven and FamilyMart can be found practically everywhere. No longer content with selling instant...

by Tso Chen-Dong

Tso Chen-Dong

Insidious Selfies: Should Leaders Act like the Rest of Us?

7 min read

Last year in May, President Barack Obama came to Malaysia for the first time. When he was here, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak couldn’t resist...

by Steven Sim

Fighting the Big C

7 min read

Hopes were high when former US President Richard Nixon first declared war on cancer in 1971 through the signing of the National Cancer Act. However, 45 years la...

by Lim Chee Han

Traditional Old Cures Find New Devotees

5 min read

Penang is culturally diverse, and it is quite natural that it has on offer a variety of traditional medicines including Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Mala...

by Izzuddin Ramli

A New Lease of Life for Traditional Puppet Theatre

6 min read

In a lean-to wedged between a temple and a cafe, the audience sits on plastic chairs, waiting. Plucked strings and wooden clappers ring out against the falling...

by Soon-Tzu Speechley

Penang Offers Much More for the Connoisseur than Just Hawker Food

7 min read

Over a Century of QualityFounded in 1856, Ghee Hiang is a heritage brand name which originated from China in the late Qing Dynasty. “We initially starte...

by Chang Jia Ying

A Hospital that Puts Fun into Patient Care

6 min read

The "Dr Red Nose Program" at NTUH.What do you expect to see when you walk into the grounds of a prestigious hospital? Perhaps grandiose and legendary buil...

by Tso Chen-Dong

Tso Chen-Dong

Awas! The Organising of Radical Malay Women

6 min read

Awas, Api and Geram demonstration held in Malacca on December 22, 1946.Popular history in Malaysia dictates that independence was won by the right-wing gr...

by Fikri Fisal

Keeping the Spirit of Bruno Manser Alive

5 min read

Ruedi Suter.In 2004, Swiss indigenous-rights activist Bruno Manser hiked to his favourite peak, Batu Lawi. Despite having completed the climb several time...

by Marco Ferrarese

Transgenders Continue to Fight for Acceptance

7 min read

Penang-born Regina Ibrahim advocates the rights of transgender persons through her writings and public appearances. But the conservative climate in the country today makes things quite difficult.

by Emilia Ismail

The story of 4PAWS, a no-kill not-for-profit animal shelter that houses stray and abandoned dogs, began in 2005 when Barbara Janssen, a German retiree, rescued two puppies from the roadside. She did not stop there, and over the years, the number she gave refuge to grew to over 600.

by Emilia Ismail