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16 results for Penang

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Born to draw

24 January 2014

Illustrator Mohammad Nor Khalid, better known as Lat, finished his first comic book at the age of 13. Since then the cartoonist has captured the hearts and minds of children across Malaysia – not to mention an adult or two…

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Camera ready

17 March 2015

There’s a new breakthrough star on screen: Malaysia’s film and TV industry, with its stunning settings, burgeoning infrastracture and international tax breaks is beginning to make a global impact.

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George Town

15 March 2012

If you’re an entrepreneur looking for a renovation project then George Town has plenty of dilapidated charm and shop-houses waiting for new owners. Adding to its draw, part of the city has been declared a world heritage…

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Trade secret

17 March 2008

George Town, on the Malaysian island of Penang, was a colonial trading hub but after the Second World War it lost out to Hong Kong and Singapore. Now its faded Art Deco villas and relaxed pace of life are luring a new…

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The Menu - Simon Rogan’s Michelin stars and Malaysia’s food hot spot

11 March 2022

British chef Simon Rogan on the third Michelin star awarded to his flagship restaurant, L’Enclume. Plus: why Penang is becoming Malaysia’s culinary hot spot.

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Architecture

20 June 2018

We help Sydney improve the quality of after-life, meet the Vietnamese designers looking to the past for new solutions and venture into the dapper new showroom of an Italian design giant.

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Property prospectus: George Town

27 March 2012

George Town, on the Malaysian island of Penang, is a former British trading outpost rich with post-colonial charm. Now it’s drawing in a new batch of entrepreneurs who are converting old shop-houses into everything from…

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Paradise found

21 April 2022

Eclectic influences have shaped modern-day George Town to make it an attractive place to set up shop.

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The Menu - Food Neighbourhoods #373: George Town, Malaysia

27 February 2024

George Town is the vibrant capital of the Malaysian Island of Penang. The bustling city was once an important trading hub within the Straits of Malacca and over the years has been influenced by a variety of cultures, which…

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Asia

20 June 2013

What to do with an ugly building project in Tokyo? Cover it with a park, of course. Plus: "clean-air" holidays in China and flying doctors in Thailand.

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Behind the Camera

25 April 2013

Film producer Sisse Graum Jørgensen exemplifies the hard graft that goes into getting films onto the big screen in a timely and cost-effective fashion. She tells Monocle about winning an Oscar, shunning Hollywood and…

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Business

22 October 2020

The leatherware company who joined Office, mail-order wine and a Taiwanese airline on the rise.

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Observation

17 January 2013

The new year unfolds but the same problems exist for those wanting to start afresh: obstacles to immigration and barriers to business development, writes Tyler Brûlé.

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Chef Kittichai

25 April 2013

The son of a greengrocer who sold food on the streets as a child is now one of the world’s top Thai chefs. Ian Kittichai shares his ‘last meal’.

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Asia

19 January 2012

The view from Kabul, the Taiwanese president's modest motorcade and health insurance for Tibetan monks.

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Small Fortune

17 November 2022

Moving somewhere compact needn’t mean closing the doors of professional or personal opportunity. Life in small cities can give you the best of metropolitan life, only with greater access to nature and a more relaxed pace…