A publication of Penang Institute, Penang Monthly is the voice of Penang and an inspiring read for the curious Malaysian. Publishing articles concerning the well-being and good folks of Penang.

Contributors

Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His recent books include The Eurasian Core and its Edges: Dialogues with Wang Gungwu on the History of the World (ISEAS 2016).

Ooi Kok Chuen

Ooi Kok Chuen

is an art-writer and journalist, and the author of MAHSURI: A Legend Reborn (Ooi Peeps Publishing), an adult contemporary fantasy “movel” (a novel conceived as a mock movie) spun from a local legend.

Regina Hoo

Regina Hoo

is the deputy editor of Penang Monthly.

Julia Tan

Julia Tan

went to primary and secondary school at Convent Pulau Tikus before continuing sixth form at St.

Azmi Hussin

Azmi Hussin

is a cartoonist from Butterworth, he holds two Malaysia Book of Records: one for 320 caricatures in 24 hours, and another for creating a 101-meter coffee painting, the longest of its kind on canvas.

Enzo Sim

Enzo Sim

is a Mass Communications graduate who has an unwavering passion towards international relations, history and regional affairs of Southeast Asia.

Jeffrey Hardy Quah

Jeffrey Hardy Quah

is a freelance writer and editor.

Andrea Filmer

Andrea Filmer

is a freelance journalist who has lived in the US and Australia but, for reasons unknown to herself, finds it impossible to call anywhere but Penang home.

Emilia Ismail

Emilia Ismail

is a freelance writer who has a love-hate relationship with the weighing scale.