Event: -Penang Free School's Musical Drama - Beauty and The Beast

After the success of The Phantom of The Opera (2009) and The King and I (2010), it is that time of the year again when Penang Free School welcomes you to the continuation of the stage production. This year, PFS is back with the classic Disney tale of love and enchantment , Beauty And The Beast.

Dates / Days:
22nd (WED.) , 24th (FRI.) and 25th (SAT.) JUNE 2011

Venue:
DEWAN BUDAYA, USM

Time:
8.00 pm

For tickets, kindly contact:

MADAM MALINI 012-4315410
MADAM SURIYA 012-4741825
MADAM KAVITHA 016-4771742

Ticket prices are available at RM20 (Wednesday, Friday & Saturday) and RM50 and RM 100 for VIP tickets (Friday & Saturday)

My article on TheStar

This is one of among my many articles published in The Star Malaysia. As it is related to Penang, I will publish it here.

Monday March 23, 2009

Scrap tiger park, focus on heritage and culture

I REFER to “Scrap tiger park, work on heritage status”(The Star, March 18) and “Rethink plan to build tiger park, Penang urged” (The Star, March 17).

I agree that building a tiger park in Penang is not wise. Instead, the Penang government should focus on the state’s key areas such as heritage, food, and culture.

Furthermore, Penang has no experience in managing a tiger park. The idea of setting up this tiger park is like we have world-famous char koay teow but we now want to market lontong in Penang.

The money going to be used to build the park should instead be used to upgrade state facilities to enhance the tourism industry, besides upgrading the public transportation service.

For instance, the state goverment should resolve the shortage of parking space in the heritage enclave area and upgrade the amenities such as public toilets and hawker complexes.

Moreover, the state authorities must work to improve public transport services, such as upgrading bus stations, introducing more bus routes and refurnishing Komtar bus terminal.

Let’s focus on our available tourism products and improve them. New is not necessarily good, old is gold.

LEE SIU MING,
Penang.

Link: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/3/23/focus/3516641&sec=focus

Penang's Food

Penang's has always pride itself with its food.

Penang's food is among the best in the world, if not the best.

Here, let us have a brief view of some of Penang's best delicacies.

1. Char koay teow














2. Hokkein mee














3. Wantan mee















4. Rojak
















5. Nasi kandar

Penang Hill Train Ready for Ride

The Penang Hill Train project has finally been completed. The train has been built to replace the trams that has been quite old in terms of its age.

The Federal Government decided to replace the trams with the new trains. The project is fully sponsored by the Federal Government of Malaysia.

So, do try out the new train which is fully air-conditioned and it is faster than the old tram. To reach the upper hill station, it only takes 10 minutes.

You may find more info here:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2011%2F4%2F26%2Fnation%2F8548965&sec=nation

About...

I am a Penangnite who chooses to blog about my Penang.

A a Penangnite who is currently not in his own hometown now, I would like to share with everyone else my perspective of Penang.

I would post on average one blog post every two days.

I hope that you will all find this blog helpful and interesting.

Thanks.