Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 48)

The short but significant story of the Khean Guan Insurance Company

3 min read

In 1885, the Chinese-owned Khean Guan Insurance Company was established in Penang. This was in response to the growing number of Western insurance companies operating in the city in the final decades of the 19th century.

by Dr. Wong Yee Tuan

Welcoming The Old and Disabled to Penang

7 min read

For the distant traveler, Penang is unique to the region. It is not like Phuket or Pulau Perhentian where sun, surf and sea are the attractions, or like Kuala Lumpur or Singapore, where urban life pulsates late into the night. Penang is somewhere in-between.

by Khor Hung Teik

Khor Hung Teik

Caught in the Net: The Malaysian Seafood Industry Waits In Vain

7 min read

The Malaysian seafood industry is widely recognised as world-class, with exports valued at RM2.5bil in 2007. However, the situation changed suddenly when Malaysian authorities decided on a self-imposed ban on exports to the EU.

by Rosalind Chua

Rosalind Chua

How industrial is Penang?

5 min read

Since the 1970s, Penang has seen itself as an industrial centre for the country. What are the jobs they create, and how many? And do our industries differ in significant ways from those found in other parts of the country?

by Ong Wooi Leng & Chan Huan Chiang

Chan Huan Chiang

Placing Penang in Asia

3 min read

Penang has gone from being one of Asia’s most important metropolises to being an increasingly insignificant part of Malaysia. In that, it painfully reflects the fate of the country’s politics.

by Liew Chin Tong

Penang blueprint

2 min read

THE MALAYSIAN ECONOMY is at a crossroads; it has stopped being a high growth economy and is no longer a low-cost centre. Furthermore, the global economy is a very different creature compared to what it was just two years ago, before the financial crisis shook the world.

by Penang Monthly

Beating Childhood Learning Difficulties

13 min read

Indeed, helping children with special needs is a battle against time. Early intervention is as important as early diagnosis.

by Ivy Kwek & Yam Phui Yee

Ivy Kwek Yam Phui Yee

The Prince of Wales Island Gazette

13 min read

The central role that Penang played in the early modernisation of South-East Asia is succinctly captured in the fact that it was the place where the region’s press history began. The first newspaper established there was The Prince of Wales Island Gazette.

by Geoff Wade

Geoff Wade

Penang outlook forum 2010

1 min read

The Penang Outlook Forum provides a platform for the assessment of Penang’s past achievements, present capabilities and future growth potential. This year’s focus will be on “Penang in Asia” and the forum will be held at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore.

by Penang Monthly

Brain drain, once removed

8 min read

Penangites have been leaving the state to work in other parts of Malaysia and throughout the world, at least since the 1960s. The ties they retain with their home state vary, depending on family and working conditions.

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Federalism going down the toilet

3 min read

Something that Malaysians have had to realise in recent months is that political power in the country has over the years become so centralised that local governance is in real danger of disappearing altogether.

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Earth Hour under the rain tree

3 min read

The Socio-Economic and Environmental Research Institute (SERI) celebrates its 13th anniversary and synchronises it with Earth Hour.

by Jeffrey Hardy Quah