Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 32)

Jawi Pekan Cuisine – Unique to Penang, Yet So Evocative of Other Foods

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Along Lebuh Armenian, where the Jawi Pekan – or Jawi Peranakan – traditionally settled, is the family-run Jawi House establishment. Chef Nurilkarim...

by Julia Tan

A Bright Future Awaits Oyster Farming in Penang

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A farmer handling baskets of oysters.Before the 1980s, oysters in Malaysia were mainly cultivated in the wild, harvested between mangrove roots and expose...

by Aliya Abd Rahim

Aliya Abd Rahim

Hawkers in Passing – Personal Accounts and Short Stories on Berita Harian in the 1960s

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IN 1963, a student essay for a weekly writing competition, held by Berita Harian, dubbed the bicycle the ”economic vehicle”. The author Yeow Peng Keat contempla...

by Chin Kar Yern

An Almost Run-of-the-Mill Trip from Singapore to Penang, circa 2021

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A sign marking the medical screening area at the Penang International Airport.A FLIGHT FROM Singapore to Malaysia is, by any and all accounts, a short one...

by Cian Sacker Ooi

E-Scooters May Be Penang’s Next Major Industry

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THIS MAY COME as a surprise to many, but Penang has been pioneering Malaysia’s electric vehicle (EV) industry since 2008, and this was with the establishm...

by Enzo Sim

The Future of Motorcycle Repairs

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A VESPA’S ALLURE cannot be denied. The scooter first came to public attention in 1946 as a cheap alternative to navigate the cobblestoned streets of bombe...

by Enzo Sim

FREPENCA: A History of Innovative Industrial Support Measures

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PENANG’S industrialisation started when Bayan Lepas, the “rice bowl” of the island, was turned into a Free Industrial Zone (FIZ) in 1972. This first free-trade...

by Rachel Yeoh

The George Town Literary Festival Persists through the Pandemic

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THE INITIAL PLANS for the 2020 George Town Literary Festival (GTLF) were for it to be celebratory – to look back on 10 years of work, while also looking f...

by William Tham

Saving SMEs is Key to Economic Recovery

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TO FLATTEN THE recession curve, and to save SMEs and preserve jobs, the organisation Research for Social Advancement (REFSA) convened policy experts and industr...

by Noorhasyilah Rosli

Youth Unemployment Expected to Worsen

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SOME ECONOMISTS BELIEVE that the ongoing economic crisis set off by the Covid-19 pandemic can rival the 1929 Great Depression. In Malaysia the national unemploy...

by Ooi Tze Xiong

Students Make Do in the School of Covid-19

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MALAYSIA’S EDUCATION SECTOR is embracing e-learning, but this adoption also brings to the fore the nation’s entrenched socioeconomic divide. Online...

by Aliya Abd Rahim & Noorhasyilah Rosli

Aliya Abd Rahim

Gedebe: Being a Man in Kelantan

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ALMOST EVERYONE IN the small town of Kota Bharu knew who Mat Zin Korea was in the 1960s and 70s. He was born and bred in Kampung Padang Bemban, a small farming...

by Izzuddin Ramli