Writing the Cycles of Womanhood
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Provocative with a generous dash of genius, Hiromi Ito gained prominence in the Japanese literary scene in the 1980s. Among her English readers, Ito is best kno...
Seeing Penang from the Outside – and from Above
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Stories abound of Penang’s talents leaving for greener pastures, be it for KL or farther abroad. It would seem we are a lot of adventurers, folks who have...
Telling Tales that Mesmerise, Provoke and Inspire
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Kamini Ramachandran, as a profession, enchants many with the tales she tells, carefully plucked from the expansive repertoire she inherited from her maternal gr...
WU LIEN-TEH: The Father of Modern Medicine in China
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This article first appeared in our February 2013 issue. In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we put together for you in this issue some of our most m...
Cheah Cheng Hye Penang’s Own Warren Buffett
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This article first appeared in our October 2012 issue. In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we put together for you in this issue some of our most memorable...
Logan's Lasting Legacy
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You may not notice it driving past the recently refurbished Penang High Courts on Light Street. But look closely and you will spot the memorial dedicated to James Richardson Logan standing tall as if presiding over the hallowed halls of justice.
Generating Knowledge for a Multipolar World: Ooi Kee Beng in conversation with Danny Quah (Part 2)
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PENANG MONTHLY continues its interview with Penang boy, Danny Quah, recognised by Stanford University to be among the 100 most influential academics in governme...
A Digital Revolution in Healthcare Has Arrived in Malaysia
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On March 12, 2022, Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. Noor Hisham bin Abdullah, Director-General of Health for Malaysia, was awarded the inaugural Dr. Wu Lien-Teh Award for...
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Art that Challenges and Reveals the Human Condition
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PENANG-BRED MULTIDISCIPLINARY artist Peter HH Lim has a natural insouciance about him, but age and experience from years abroad have humbled his opinion on Life...
Interview With Dato' Seri Paduka Maimunah Mohd Sharif: Navigating Cities and Crises Effectively
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HER WHIRLWIND TOUR to Japan, Singapore and Malaysia has brought Dato Seri Paduka Maimunah Mohd Sharif, the reelected Executive Director of the United Nations Hu...
Getting Malaysia’s First LEO Satellite into Orbit
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Ong Siou Woon, Chief Operating Officer of Penang Institute, spoke to Dato’ Dr. Sean Seah, Co-founder of Angkasa-X, a company investing in low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, on how Malaysia can progress in this area.
Datuk Seri Lim Chong Keat – Relentless Champion of Penang’s Botanical Heritage
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Datuk Seri Lim Chong Keat shared his journey in botanical research and taxonomy. When asked what inspired him to venture into botany studies, as an auto-didactic amateur, he says, “One’s curiosity about the natural sciences has to be self-motivated. To be educated is to know what you don’t know.”