When Night Falls...
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George Town’s nocturnal serenity is captured by Mark Hall who spent a year photographing the city’s heritage by streetlight. Shadows and light cast a magical sp...
George Town Festival 2011
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The George Town Festival returned for a second year and was bigger than ever. The month-long festival, held in July, celebrates the city’s listing as a Unesco W...
Biking Through the Valley of Death
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IT WAS APRIL 28, 2019. On my KTM 1290 Super Adventure R, I exited Penang through Bukit Kayu Hitam. The group of us, seven riders in total, were on our way to Ti...
Fishermen of Teluk Bahang
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Sometimes they leave as late as 10am; sometimes at 2am, or even earlier than that. Their boats range from large fishing boats to small two-man sampans.In the sl...
“Hoppy” New Year in Penang
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When Chinese New Year comes around many of Malaysia’s major cities become ghost towns, as Chinese families make their annual “balik kampung” journeys to be reun...
Revolutionary roots
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DR SUN YAT SEN, the dashing anti-Qing campaigner and “Father of modern China” spent several intense months in 1910 planning the Canton Uprising whic...
Covid-19 or Not, Life Continues for These Heritage Traders
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Ng Kee Cake Shop is one of the oldest traditional Chinese bakeries in George Town. Its decadent bakes include kaya puffs, tao sar pneah (salted bean cake) and coconut tarts, which are also served as offerings during major Chinese Lunar holidays, like the Ching Ming and Hungry Ghost Festivals.
Whiteaways – Where Art Hangs Out
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Galleries and spaces for the arts are burgeoning in Penang. While The Whiteaways Arcade in the heart of George Town might be better known to house the offices o...
I Am Everyday People
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Penangites and adopted Penangites captured on film prove the point that everyone has a story… we just need to stop and listen. Kindly reproduced from Penang Portraits by Francine Linssen and Jennifer Heal, published by Penang Passion, isbn 978-983-42360-5-2.
George Town Festival
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In July, the Penang state government held the inaugural George Town Festival, in celebration of its listing as a Unesco World Heritage Site. Initially a one-day...
Penang's Pride - 25 years of the Penang Bridge
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1985 WAS a memorable year for many. Malaysia was then an "Asian Tiger" with its own newly launched national car, Asia's tallest building was about to be complet...
Hidden Heritage
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Special thanks to Universiti Sains Malaysia School of Social Sciences senior lecturer Dr Saidatulakmal Mohd and her research team, whose…