Penang Monthly Goes Braille
By Yeong Pey Jung
February 2025 FEATURE
A NEW CHAPTER in community engagement unfolded at the recently concluded George Town Literary Festival (GTLF). On that day, a collaborative project between Penang Monthly and St. Nicholas’ Home Penang was officially launched. The initiative’s main objective is to make the Penang Monthly magazine accessible to the visually impaired community in Penang, and widely to Malaysia.The idea to braille Penang Monthly was first sparked when the editorial team paid a visit to St. Nicholas’ Home for an event. During the visit, the Home highlighted the need...
Yeong Pey Jung
is a senior analyst with the Socioeconomics and Statistics Programme at Penang Institute. She is a reading enthusiast and is surgically attached to her Kindle.
