Empowering the Hearing Impaired
6 min read
The World Health Organization reports that 360 million people worldwide live with disabling hearing loss, and a staggering 32 million of these are children. In...
Healing Penang Hill
6 min read
The railway track was badly affected by the landslide and the funicular train service was suspended.The freak storm on the night of November 4 battered Pe...
Lending the Lesser-abled a Hand
10 min read
The Cerebral Palsy (Spastic) Children’s Association of Penang (CPCAP), which turns 56 this year, houses a fully functioning school that prepares children...
Deriving Life from Venom
4 min read
It is called the “hundred pacer” because victims of its bite meet their death by the time they have taken their hundredth step. While the veracity o...
Sun, Sand, Sea and ... Surgery?
7 min read
As many as 14 to 16 million people across the globe travel for medical reasons, be it for higher quality healthcare or affordability outside their countries o...
Taking Life in Their Stride
4 min read
Yong Ah Lan.“When I was first diagnosed with kidney failure, I felt so alone at the doctor’s office,” says Yong Ah Lan, a 40-year-old ba...
The Storytelling Continues…
4 min read
As a child, I looked forward to bedtime. Sleeping was of course always a pleasure, but that was not the main reason....
Teaching Children to Code
4 min read
Are we shifting our focus from teaching children how to write, to teaching them how to code?“Since technology now dominates our lives learning basic com...
The Hainanese Influence in Penang’s Cuisine
9 min read
The Hainanese were among the last Chinese language groups to arrive in Malaya, when the other language groups had monopolised most of the trades. They ended up working for the British in their households and kitchens, eventually playing a major role in the local food and beverage industry.
Avoid Accidents with Jellyfish
7 min read
Jellyfish in GeneralJellyfish have roamed the seas for at least 500 million years and possibly as long as 700 million years or more – making them the ol...
Bar-hopping in Penang Just Got Better
5 min read
“Prosperity” is created with gin, spiced rum, orange, lemon and Orgeat syrup.Magazine 63Dubbed the first “hidden” speakeasy in P...
Understanding Sustainability Does Not Come Naturally
5 min read
Half the world’s population live in urban settlements – 54.5% in 2016 to be exact, according to the UN. This figure is expected to rise to 60% by 20...
