September 2022

THE ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS from the Buddhist Tzu Chi Merit Society are used to sprucing up almost-forgotten, old residential areas. Their latest project involves th...

ON 410 Jelutong Road in Penang sits an imposing house on brick piles divided into tripartite sections in the style of a traditional Malay family home. In the mi...

RESIDENTS OF Tanjung Bungah would sometimes use, as a shortcut, the well-shaded and narrow winding hill road that snakes around the Guillemard Service Reservoir...

THE JOURNEY OF motherhood, from conception to pregnancy, birth and then raising a child, can be a daunting prospect for a first-time mother. So how does a woman...

DRIVEN BY THE fear that Catherine De Padua’s Down Syndrome daughter may hamper the academic progress of the Year 1 (Standard 1) class, the parents of children i...

ELIAS DAVID MONCADO walks onstage the penangpac as applause swells for the violin protégé. Moncado is the star soloist of the matinée, Mozartiana, Penang Philha...

THE ARULMIGU SRI MAHAMARIAMMAN Temple, along Queen Street in George Town, apparently used to house two statues of Sikhs on their gopuram, the ornate entrance to...

There are three types of batik businesses in Penang today: traditional traders, artisanal proprietors and social media entrepreneurs. These batik proprietors differ from each other in how they value batik, their business model as well as the challenges they face from market demands today.