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Some kuih took a good six years to get right while others took longer. The kuih lapis took about 10 years just to get right. According to Kei Vin, the conception of Li Er Cafe can be traced back to when his mother, Lee Ngau, was a child living in Paya Terubong.

Global warming is real. Human progress over the past centuries has steadily led to the decline of the environment, measured through the quality of water, air and soil, UV exposure, disease, climate change and other direct and indirect impacts on our well-being.

Once dilapidated, Hin Bus Depot Art Centre has undergone an astounding transformation. Welcome to one of Penang’s most vibrant community spaces.

Penang Monthly sheds light on the plight of an undocumented Bangladeshi migrant worker as he speaks about his new life in Malaysia and the horrors of human trafficking.

Apart from the Penang Hainan Association that was established in the 1870s, there are no notable landmarks marking the Hainanese community’s early settlement in Penang. Most Hainanese immigrants hailed from Wanning, a county-level city in the south-east of Hainan Province.

Establishing their first school on foreign soil in Malaysia in 1852, the French Catholic religious order of the Infant Jesus Sisters (IJS) grew their base of schools here until World War II, establishing over 50 learning institutions across the nation.

Mention flea markets and Lorong Kulit’s Ropewalk immediately comes to the mind of most Penangites. This wonderful roofed flea market offers unique trinkets and bargain goods.

Penang prepares to host Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions.

My cabbie was an elderly Malay man who liked quoting Shakespeare. It turned out that he was born and raised in Penang, like I was; and went to a missionary school, like I. And he studied English Literature, like I did.