Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 49)

Penang pledges to promote green transport

3 min read

The state government makes a long-term commitment to “green” the state by signing the Kyoto Declaration for the Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Transport in Cities.

by Penang Monthly

A forgotten lady philanthropist

4 min read

Life in a colonial port was always complicated, and historical descriptions of individuals and events tended to reflect racial and gender biases, allowing many to fade away from memory. Tan Soon Cheng draws attention to a forgotten lady philanthropist.

by Tan Soon Cheng

Tan Soon Cheng

Whose rubbish is it anyway?

6 min read

This will soon be cleaned up by private companies, should the federal government have its way.The cabinet has decided that solid waste management (SWM) an...

by Khor Hung Teik

Khor Hung Teik

Laying the groundwork for innovative growth

3 min read

During the talk at Wawasan Open University’s main campus on April 20, 2010, World Bank economist for Malaysia Philip Schellekens emphasised that “innovation is key for Malaysia’s longterm prosperity”.

by Selvarani Suppiah

Selvarani Suppiah

Celebration of culture

4 min read

Two years on from George Town’s listing as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the newly established George Town World Heritage Office is planning a revamped and extended annual bash to celebrate the honour.

by Rosalind Chua

Rosalind Chua

Gardens going to seed

7 min read

The public wants to be involved before a project is carried out.” But the public wasn’t informed, not until the projects were well under way. Then it was too late, and widespread outrage soon followed.

by Jeffrey Hardy Quah & Ben Wismen

Ben Wismen

Baba Nyonya culture in Penang and Phuket

8 min read

When I First walked down Thalang Road in Tongkah, the old town of Phuket, several years ago, I was reminded of the streets of Penang.

by Khoo Salma Nasution

Khoo Salma Nasution

We are the led-ing light

5 min read

Penang has built its reputation as the Silicon Island of the East through its almost 40 years of experience in the export-oriented electronics industry. Today&r...

by Anna Ong

Anna Ong

Finding Penang’s niche

2 min read

From left to right:Professor Dr p. Ramasamy, Penang Deputy Chief Minister ii; Lim Guan Eng, Penang Chief Minister; Liew Chin Tong, seri executive director and...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng & Datuk Dr. Goh Ban Lee

By George Town! A festival to inherit

4 min read

Penang celebrates its Unesco Heritage status with a pulsating fiesta. Performances by local and foreign talents will fill the whole month of July, giving no one an excuse for missing it.

by Jeffrey Hardy Quah

Cleaner, greener Penang

2 min read

Will Penangites finally learn to use the mysterious orange object? “It’s not easy being green,” sang Kermit the Frog, it hasn’t been for Penang either, and the state once dubbed the “rubbish bin of the Orient” by a former prime minister has struggled to live down this label.

by Rosalind Chua

Rosalind Chua

Between faith and hope

7 min read

Forlorn letterboxes in a Rifle Range block.When Khoo Cheng See started the House of Hope five years ago, she had no idea what she was getting herself into...

by Rosalind Chua

Rosalind Chua