Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 44)

A Mortar Board Does Not Guarantee Employability

9 min read

The Malaysian Education Blueprint 20152025 (Higher Education), or MEB (HE), launched on April 7, 2015 sets out a new vision for the development of higher educ...

by Geoffrey Williams

Geoffrey Williams

A Taste for Waste

6 min read

It’s no secret that the Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP) has stepped up its greening efforts. Helming the Ecocommunity Unit at MPSP is Chew Eng S...

by Carolyn Khor

Party like it’s 1899

6 min read

Ghazal Party’s tunes are easy to dance to, and once captured hearts in Seberang Perai.Ghazal, which originates from the Arabic word ghaz meaning “...

by Regina Hoo

Rocking our Kopitiams

4 min read

Low plastic tables spill onto the five-foot way, while inside, patrons chat, slurp their noodles and sip their drinks.It is a fond, familiar scene. “The...

by Marco Ferrarese

Malaysia: Absolutely a Secular State

7 min read

Whether Malaysia is a secular state or not has become a contentious matter. Since the nation’s independence, there has been constant demand from certain g...

by Joshua Woo Sze Zeng

The City Stadium – Where Sports are Worshipped

5 min read

We do it at home, we do it at the mamak stall, we do it in front of the Astro store in shopping malls. Football matches are great fun to watch, but what’s...

by Razan Rose

Saluting Our Warriors

7 min read

Peace never comes easy. In Malaysia’s case, the population had to survive the harsh Japanese occupation, the Malayan Emergency and Konfrontasi.Freedom a...

by Pan Yi Chieh & Koay Su-Lyn

The Art of Developing Balik Pulau

5 min read

Mural painted by local artist Lee Kok Liang.The once sleepy farming village of Balik Pulau is abuzz. Its greenery, simple life, and harvests are now offer...

by Nicole Chang

A Snack Well Worth Waiting For

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It tastes best when cooked with charcoal.Made from a simple base of flour and eggs, ban chien kuih is a popular Hokkien delicacy. It comes with a flavours...

by Ooi Kok Hin & Koay Su-Lyn

Penang – A Rice Bowl State under Threat?

6 min read

Seberang Perai has undergone much urbanisation over the last decade. This has led to concerns over land use: warehouses, industrial plants and housing have risen up in the municipality’s landscape, replacing its sprawling paddy fields.

by Stephanie Kee

Green is the Agenda!

7 min read

The Penang Green Council (PGC) and Penang Institute mooted the Penang Green Agenda (PGA), a two-year policy-planning project aimed at formulating strategies and building resilient communities in Penang to meet and adapt to future environmental challenges by 2030.

by Chuah Sue Ann

Eco-engineering Penang’s Coastline

6 min read

As the human population rises, coastal areas become increasingly developed: more than 40% of the world’s population and 60% of the world’s largest c...

by Dr. Chee Su Yin