All posts tagged "Penang"
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10.6KEducationMalaya’s D-Day: The massive WW2 invasion of Malaya that almost happened
Anyone who’s studied WWII history or watched Saving Private Ryan will no doubt be familiar with Operation Overlord, where Allied soldiers stormed...
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1.4KAnimalsThe lockdown may end Penang’s only cat art museum. Here’s how you can save it
We’re gonna skip the usual long winded introduction and cut straight to the chase here: This is a plea for donations to...
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3.0KCultureIn 1786, Francis Light didn’t actually take control of Penang. He ‘rented’ it from Kedah.
Most of the time, we think we know everything about our country’s history, what with five years of studying our Sejarah textbooks...
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3.1KBusinessM’sia’s state govts made their own contact tracing apps, so we downloaded them to try
As you probably already know, Covid-19’s a virus that can spread really easily and rapidly. And a lot of Covid-19 cases can...
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1.2KCultureThis small Penang shophouse is where Dr Sun Yat-sen planned the end of the Chinese empire
Special thanks to the Sun Yat-sen Museum in Penang. The exploits of China’s revolutionary first President, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, are legendary. Known as...
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618CultureHere’s why were there hundreds of protesters in Penang this morning
(This article originally appeared May 2019, but has been updated following recent developments.) There’s this old saying that we just made...
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1.1KCultureNine Emperor Gods Festival: What is it, and why are devotees running around in a trance?
During the last week or so, you might have noticed traffic on major roads moving slower than usual because of very, very...
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1.4KArtWe walked upstream along Penang’s Prangin ‘river’. Here’s what we found
We’ve all seen it: the image of the crystal-clear Prangin Canal in Penang with koi fishes swimming in it, with the caption comparing...
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464Business6 unsolved cases the ‘new’ MACC might want to investigate
The appointment of lawyer and human rights activist, Latheefa Beebi Koya, as the new chief of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has...
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781HistoryPeople thought this Penang fort didn’t fire gunshots.. until old cannons were found
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