Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 85)

George Town Festival 2015: An exploration of community and humanity

5 min read

Since its inauguration in 2010, George Town Festival (GTF) has grown into a dynamic month-long event that showcases and highlights a multiplicity of spaces, people and art, as well as acclaimed local and international performances.

by Kat Knutson

Profiling Penang as a Culture Hub

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Branding a city is more than creating a logo; it refers to establishing an identity based on the city’s inherent features and characteristics. A city with a successful brand of its own can eventually turn into a place where people want to live, work and visit.

by Julia Tan & Chang Jia Ying

Making music tell stories

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This April’s Penang World Music Festival was touted to have the best line-up of musicians yet, with performances that were at once culturally educational...

by Michelle Leong

Michelle Leong

Corruption and cronyism: Two sides of the same coin

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Following the first Bumiputera Economic Congress in 1965, Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) was established as a statutory body through an Act of Parliament. The trus...

by Steven Sim

A book that questions race and probes history

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Walking towards Red House Canteen at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Dr Ariffin Omar recounts to me his time as both a student and lecturer on and beyond the...

by Liani MK

Malaysia’s great – and recent – identity crisis

4 min read

If ever there was a country chronically afflicted by an identity crisis, it would be ours. Debates rage on about how we should define our identities. For exampl...

by Zairil Khir Johari

Staging stories of iconic women

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It’s hard to believe from the way Sabera Shaik writhes and wriggles on the dance floor that she is 62 years old. Slender, mild-mannered and sharp-eyed, Sa...

by Michelle Leong

Michelle Leong

Romancing Penang’s Ferry

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This August, some bright minds will transform the ferry walkway into a platform connecting the people of Seberang Perai with the island in more ways than one.

by Julia Tan

An avant-garde hotel for Pulau Tikus

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Michael Hanratty.Situated along the bustling Jalan Kelawai, in the heart of Pulau Tikus, is a futuristically designed building called G Hotel Kelawai. Uni...

by Chang Jia Ying

A heritage trail of nostalgia (and food)

4 min read

Growing up in one place and walking past the same things every day, you tend not to notice the beauty and uniqueness that are there right in front of you. And s...

by Yeoh Siew Hoon

Highlights of George Town Festival 2015

11 min read

 The Metamorphosis, Android VersionIn France sometime in the near future, as war rages in the background, Gregor wakes up one morning to find that he...

by Jeffrey Hardy Quah

Malaysia’s troubled state

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Malaysia is currently in crisis. The ringgit seems to be on an inexorable downhill slide, ethnic tensions have deteriorated from uncomfortable simmer to open fl...

by Meredith Weiss

Meredith Weiss