By ROYCE TAN HAVING borrowed his brother’s camera to snap pictures of friends and family 15 years ago, Howard Tan’s burning passion for photography has brought him to a whole new level today. The computer science graduate is holding a solo photography exhibition at G Hotel’s G Art Gallery located on the hotel’s first floor [...]
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By CHRISTINA CHIN, The Star. FASHIONISTAS visiting George Town’s heritage zone can now see where luxury shoe designer Datuk Jimmy Choo started his apprenticeship. The caricature of a woman excitedly admiring a pair of exquisite shoes made by a veteran cobbler and his protege has been installed at Muntri Street. Aptly titled Jimmy Choo, the [...]
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By TUNKU ‘ABIDIN MUHRIZ Spending time in Penang is definitely an experience to be repeated considering its history, beaches, food and now a level of cultural activity that puts the island in a new league. THERE is a lot of money in Penang. That has been one of my thoughts on trips there in the [...]
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By SHEELA CHANDRAN Penang welcomes its first dedicated performing arts centre. EXCITEMENT is in the air with the launch of Penang’s first ever Performing Arts Centre Of Penang (Penangpac) today. The event, to be officiated by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng at 7pm, is the island’s newest performing arts centre, which has been modelled [...]
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By ANDREA FILMER and SITI HASLINA MAT DAUD north@thestar.com.my Photos by GARY CHEN and LIM BENG TATT AT the Songkran Festival, no attendee is spared. Just walking near the vicinity of Burma Lane in Penang during this annual Water Festival will guarantee you a drenching of some sort. Thousands gathered on this street, where the [...]
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Lebuh Ah Quee The street is transformed and relived the old Penang lifestyle in the 19th Century by a group of young artists. Photo gallery:
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Events in Poh Hock Seah Exhibit old trades and skill performance like wooden tablet carving, clog making, handmade nyonya shoe, fortune telling, candy floss, face moulting, etc. Photo gallery:
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This rabbit year’s celebration is 12th event since 1994. This annual event is a crowd puller with estimated over 100,000 visitors patronizing the celebration by the organizer. The nature of the event is called “gathering in the temple” in Chinese, a traditional fun fair held in China during the Chinese New Year in the mainland [...]
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By KOW KWAN YEE Photos by LIM BENG TATT The 65-year-old rojak seller’s face beamed with delight at the mention of Ninja Turtles, Doraemon, the Eight Immortals and the Monkey King (Sun Wu-Kung). Then again, it is no child’s play dabbling with these characters as far as Khor is concerned. For he is a master [...]
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