Penang Profile - Penang Monthly (Page 4)

Meeting a legend that grows and grows

12 min read

Champions don't grow on trees, especially champions like Nicol David, who has been world No.1 in women's squash since August 2006. Ooi Kee Beng tries to find out what makes her tick, and tick so consistently and impressively.

by Penang Monthly

Living the poem

7 min read

Malaysia’s best-known poet has been raising the hackles of the establishment for over four decades with his outspoken work. Politicians find Cecil Rajendra subversive, academics believe he is a “propagandist troublemaker”, and the legal fraternity scathingly refers to him as a “part-time” lawyer.

by Rosalind Chua

Rosalind Chua

Rising from the ashes

8 min read

Long before most Malaysians thought green was trendy, when recycling was something you needed a bicycle for, there was Jimmy Lim.

by Jeffrey Hardy Quah & Rosalind Chua

Rosalind Chua

An Eminent Malaysian Academic Abroad

10 min read

Professor Aihwa Ong is an internationally respected anthropologist with at least 10 books to her name. Born in Penang where she had her entire pre-tertiary education, she is now a Professor of Socio-Cultural Anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley, the United States.

by Datuk Dr. Goh Ban Lee

The man who industrialised Penang

6 min read

A politician may point the way, but without competent and dedicated civil servants to do the work, not much gets done. Luckily, Dr Lim Chong Eu had Chet Singh on his side.

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Building the Penang Bridge

8 min read

Penang has a few iconic structures, the most photographed of which is the Penang Bridge, opened in September 1985. PEM talks to Liaw Yew Peng, the chief resident engineer for the project.

by Jeffrey Hardy Quah

On vibrant port cities and anomalous nation states

6 min read

Ooi Kee Beng sat down with Professor Ho Eng Seng, a Penang Free School alumnus, who shared with him some of the most important lessons he had learned on his long academic journeys.

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Penang girl Judy heads UN Peacebuilders

8 min read

When UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Penang girl Judy Cheng-Hopkins as Assistant Secretary- General for Peacebuilding Support (PBSO) on April 17, 2009, she became the highest ranking Malaysian in the organisation.

by Cecilia Ng

Cecilia Ng

Pluck, Luck and A Practical Mind

7 min read

Datuk Seri Kelvin Kiew, the outspoken chairman and president of Mini-Circuits Technologies Malaysia speaks to PEM about his humble beginnings and the formidable woman he credits for his success.

by Rosalind Chua

Rosalind Chua

An Old Chung Ling Boy Who Thought Big

5 min read

Penang-born entrepreneur Loke Gim Tay balances business success with a deep love for Chinese art and culture, championing Penang's heritage while supporting artists across borders.

by Rosalind Chua

Rosalind Chua

All that Rozz-matazz

7 min read

It has been five years since Rozz first lit up Bagan’s stage with his electric takes on classic torch songs and Broadway numbers. With undeniable panache, Rozz fluidly melds the worlds of the masculine and the feminine.

by Rosalind Chua

Rosalind Chua

Giving Guests More

7 min read

MARCO GIOVANNI BATTISTOTTI is a familiar face in the Penang hotel scene. A larger than life figure, figuratively and literally speaking, the half-German half-It...

by Jeffrey Hardy Quah