Suara Nadi, Penang Institute’s New Platform for Short but Serious Discussions in Malay
By Sheryl Teoh
June 2021 FEATURE
THE HISTORY OF printing began in Penang on March 1, 1806 when Andrew Burchet Bone, a publisher who had immigrated to Penang from Madras1,2 started the weekly Government Gazette. By 1844 however, published works by the British had slowed to a trickle, which allowed for the printing and publishing industry to be taken over by the local communities, of Malays, Indians, Chinese and others.Meanwhile, in Singapore, the small island at the southern tip of the Peninsula, the Malay book trade...
Sheryl Teoh
holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Linfield College, a liberal arts college in the United States, and majored in History with a focus on Classical Greece and Rome. Her interests include the study of philosophy as well as a range of humanities and socio-political issues.
