"Then I came to KL and found that there was no such thing as Malacca Peranakan [cuisine]. It was mainly Penang Peranakan which is very different from us," De Souza said, referring to a separate ...

MALACCA: Melaka Air is set to acquire a 42-seater French ATR aircraft to resume its Malacca-Penang route. Syed Mahaza Syed Dakian, chairman of Melaka Air operator Melaka Holidays Sdn Bhd ...

GEORGE TOWN, March 28 — Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said ... It is home to the only seagrass bed in the Straits of Malacca and a study has revealed that a total 429 species of seagrass ...

Every year, as the Christian world enters the solemn days of Holy Week — Semana Santa, as the Portuguese call it — something profoundly quaint and extraordinary unfolds in the historic Malaysian city ...

in the South Channel between Penang Island and the mainland, the Middle Bank sanctuary is a linchpin of marine biodiversity in the Straits of Malacca. It hosts the region’s only extensive ...

USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) arrives at Port Laem Chabang, Thailand, Jan. 27, 2025. US Navy Photo The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group sailed through the Malacca Strait on Friday as it makes its way ...

In 2009, 5.96 million visitors visited Penang (the capital of which is George Town), while Melaka (capital of the state of Malacca) welcomed nearly 3.76 million. As a result, tensions were arising ...

Melaka and George Town, historic cities of the Straits of Malacca have developed over 500 years of trading and cultural exchanges between East and West in the Straits of Malacca. The influences of ...