The Strange Rise and Sudden Fall of the Chinese Stock Market
6 min read
The recent rollercoaster ride that the Chinese stock market went on puzzled the financial world and spawned extensive analysis and scrutiny.
Festivals of Significance: A Writer’s View of Literary Festivals
11 min read
Tan Twan Eng, Malaysia’s most noted writer of intricate and sensitive stories rooted in the country’s history, shares some experiences from the global journey of meeting admirers – and other authors.
In Malaysia, Every Year is A Year of Festivals
4 min read
Timing is everything, and for local writer Keith Hockton to have released his book, Festivals of Malaysia, this year, well, one might have thought he had insider knowledge.
The Path Not Taken
9 min read
What happens when you put necessity before passion? The high achievers who brought prestige to Penang in their younger days and then chose other pursuits tell their stories.
Can Budget 2016 Strengthen Malaysia Against External Economic Headwinds?
5 min read
Budget 2016 has been touted as a people’s budget. We decided to examine if it is capable of weathering external economic headwinds.
Worshipping Women: Confident, Conscious and Complex
7 min read
Yuen Chee Ling has died at age 65, but her art, celebrating Women with a capital “W”, in all its good-natured simplicity and other-worldly complexities, lives on.
A Trail Charming and Delightful
5 min read
Easily visible even from the island, Bukit Mertajam is 545m above sea level. It sits in Seberang Perai’s 37ha Bukit Mertajam Forest Park a few kilometres outside the town of the same name.
Space for Penang’s Local Artists
4 min read
Ottokedai and Chai Diam Ma in George Town are not your regular souvenir or coffee establishments.
No fetish for heritage here, and yet…
4 min read
I was looking out of a window in the longhouse when a local resident asked if I could spot the ancient stone mound, called a perupun in the local language, which is often associated with burials.
A City of Cafes
7 min read
A lot has changed in George Town in a few short years. Food of all sorts can now be found around the clock. A new exciting Penang café culture is being born.
The Ringgit and Sen of Festivals
11 min read
Festivals are always a draw, attracting people looking for fun and inspiration. But fun costs money, and balancing the bottom line well is what turns them into events that can run year after year.
Festivals in Numbers
5 min read
2015 is the Year of Festivals for Malaysia. The tagline, “Endless Celebrations”, showcases Malaysia as a tourist destination with bountiful and diverse cultures and festivities.
