Penang Monthly

Penang Monthly is a monthly magazine devoted to socio-economic issues in Penang and Malaysia, offering informative articles on the arts, industry and society.

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Happy November readers!
For this month's cover story, we take a deep dive into the projects Digital Penang has achieved in the first year of its Digital Transformation Masterplan's 3-year foundation phase, and its plans to develop further Penang’s digital ecosystem.

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(DECEMBER 2021) Sabahan filmmaker, film programmer and activist of mixed-Dusun heritage recalls in memory snippets her first encounters with the film industry...
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(DECEMBER 2021) “In a TV series, you’re following these characters for months, sometimes years; and because the writers are shaping their stories over multiple episodes and seasons, I think television is more of a writer’s medium.” https://t.co/F0eKrwCk6t

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(DECEMBER 2021) The Shaw Organisation dominated the movie magazine market, having the distinct advantage of owning a printing press, The Shaw Printing Works.
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(DECEMBER 2021) Cinewav was developed by Cinewav Pte Ltd. and integrates the use of a mobile app in film screenings, allowing users to watch a movie on the big screen while the synced audio is listened to on their mobile phones.
https://t.co/71e1Xyk8Rz

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(DECEMBER 2021) Welcome to the 1960s and 1970s – when going to the movies was a real treat, a weekend reward from your parents.
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(DECEMBER 2021) The document, preserved in the archives of the Penang House of Music, is a remnant of the film-going days of mid-20th century Malaysia...
https://t.co/0jRDFYzVQw

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(DECEMBER 2021) The term “B-movie” was coined in the early 1930s to distinguish the low-budget productions made by the eight major studios from their more expensive “A-movies”. https://t.co/la4OWcbfHm

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Dear readers,
December has rolled around and this month, we’re talking about all things movies and cinemas! Visit https://t.co/v0ZZPLVitN for many more interesting reads.

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(NOVEMBER 2021) Women artists in Malaysia could be counted with the fingers. On one hand. Now, there is a plethora of women expanding the parameters in different media and trajectories of art practices.
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https://t.co/GCzoTip62h

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(NOVEMBER 2021) The gold and jewellery trade is highly traditional and depends on various linkages – between the supplier and the jeweller, and the customer and the craftsman. https://t.co/klSTTMeRL0

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(NOVEMBER 2021) In following the existing business model in Penang’s F&B industry, most food operators are tied to a contract for a set time period, not to mention the finances already funnelled into the remodelling of their business premises.
https://t.co/BxhDaL3b8J

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(NOVEMBER 2021) According to scholar Fan Ruo Lan (范若兰), the journey from China to Singapore and Malaya before the 1940s was for a woman migrant, physically challenging and replete with unknown threats.
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https://t.co/5D19zayJgM

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(NOVEMBER 2021) A convergence of factors helps to build this hard-to-penetrate cultural bubble; and the status quo almost always wins when attempts at religious literacy are made to understand the many spiritual practices of Malaysians.
https://t.co/kvqCuhr6XC

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(NOVEMBER 2021) How have reigning state authorities forced Islam and its relation to older belief systems into binary blocs of black and white, right and wrong, halal and haram? Click on the link to learn more.https://t.co/qK0QCBSENL

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(NOVEMBER 2021) Setting is almost as important as characters and plot in almost all these stories and it does not take long before Lim transports the reader back to Penang again.
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(NOVEMBER 2021) Before Covid, search interest for Shopee had already been greater than all other online shopping platforms. But after the first lockdown, this gap widened considerably.
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https://t.co/1MjHPKVMDg

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“Steeped as we were in our states of disconnection and isolation for the past two years, it has reinvigorated the desire for a deeper human connection through literature that is cosmopolitan...
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(NOVEMBER 2021) Through parents, a child’s digital identity is often shaped long before they are personally acquainted with the online world.
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https://t.co/kfFcv6k5U2

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(NOVEMBER 2021) Kobay has prospered alongside the state’s industrialisation efforts; today, this Bursa Malaysia-listed company has a market capitalisation of RM1.5bil, with manufacturing facilities in Perai and Bayan Lepas, Penang and in Pontian, Johor.
https://t.co/QkXpwYCmM4

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(NOVEMBER 2021) Using IoT analytics, the Schools of Computer Sciences and Chemical Engineering at Universiti Sains Malaysia are working together with the fish farming community of Sungai Udang to minimise the risk of fish kill. Click to learn more.https://t.co/CtdRL2OtI7