SS Quah's Anything Goes

It seems quite appropriate for me to say something about the Francis Light statue at Fort Cornwallis as I have written quite a bit about thi...

On the 240th anniversary of the landing at Penaggar Point to found Penang as a British settlement by Captain Francis Light, I'm reproduc...

After a rather forgettable first year playing in Europe, Penang's chess prodigy Poh Yu Tian entered his second season on the European ch...

I haven't attended a George Town Festival programme in years. When was the last time? I can't remember, but it was definitely before...

July was sort of a momentous month for me. Not only was I given an award by the Penang Governor and then invited to the reopening of the Pen...

Anyone visiting the newly reopened Penang State Museum could be forgiven for thinking that it is, in part at least, a museum devoted to Pena...

I attended the reopening of the Penang State Museum last Thursday evening. It was a grand affair graced by the presence of the Penang Govern...

I had been dilly-dallying for years, but finally decided to go for my pneumonia jab yesterday.  I first became aware of the pneumonia vaccin...

This Thursday is a date I've been looking forward to for quite some time. After almost ten years behind hoardings and scaffolding, the P...

Just going to the Dewan Sri Pinang last Monday brought back memories of my long association with this grand old hall. It was not the first t...

I'm not one to chase state honours because I've never been a businessman or corporate leader, nor have I ever felt the need for the ...