Penang Profile - Penang Monthly (Page 2)

An Hour with the Author: Tan Twan Eng. A Global Penang Tale on Meaning and Marriage

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Tan Twan Eng, one of Penang’s most famous authors today, was in town in July. He granted Penang Monthly an interview at the E&O Hotel, where some key scenes...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Syed Saddiq: Dreaming of Strong Democratic Institutions

8 min read

Syed Saddiq is one of the youngest Members of Parliament in Malaysia. In his short stint as the Minister of Youth and Sports (2018- 2020), he pushed for a lower...

by Penang Monthly

Interview With Nik Nazmi: Moving Malaysia Towards Renewable Energy

9 min read

When Nik Nazmi became the Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change (NRECC), a ministry with one of the broadest portfolios, he had to hit t...

by Rachel Yeoh

The Man Who Industrialised Penang

7 min read

This article first appeared in our July 2010 issue. In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we put together for you in this issue some of our most memorable art...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

CPO Shuhaily Zain: To Lead Is to Train (Part Two)

7 min read

IN FEBRUARY 2023, Penang Monthly published the first part of an interview with Dato’ Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain, the Chief Police Officer of Penang, which was titl...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Ysabel Loh: Telling Stories About Penang

7 min read

LONDON-BORN AND Penang-raised Ysabel Loh, 24, is an award-winning Malaysian actress with a degree in English and Theatre Studies and an MA in Digital Media Prod...

by Miriam Devaprasana

CPO Shuhaily Zain: Beyond Mere Enforcement of the Law (Part One)

9 min read

On 15 December 2022, Penang Monthly’s editor Dato Ooi Kee Beng interviewed Dato’ Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain at his office at the Penang Contingent Police Headquart...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Happy Accidents that Bred Academic Impact and Excellence: Ooi Kee Beng in conversation with Danny Quah (Part One)

9 min read

One of the most influential academics and economists in the world today is Penang boy, Danny Quah. A citation impact study done in 2020 by Stanford University p...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Farizan bin Darus: Disruptions Await Society and the Civil Service (Part Two)

6 min read

THIS IS PART Two of an interview Penang Monthly's editor Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng had with Dato' Seri Haji Farizan bin Darus on April 15, 2021. Farizan retired as...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Laurence Loh: Raising Consciousness of Penang’s Heritage, Restoration by Restoration

5 min read

THE NAME LAURENCE Loh has over the past decades become synonymous to the conservation of cultural heritage, having saved many of Penang’s dilapidated hist...

by Enzo Sim

Seeing, Writing and Creating Better Possibilities

5 min read

THE PLOT, TITLE and aesthetics all make a novel. To some authors, the writing comes easier than sketching out the storyline, this often requires research that m...

by Esther Ping Dominic

Euston Quah and the Virtues of Cost-Benefit Analysis

8 min read

OUR EDITOR WAS stuck in Singapore for a few weeks in 2021 during the pandemic, and took the chance to meet up with one of Penang’s many famous sons living in th...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng