City status is a matter of status – and expectations

By Julia Tan

May 2015 FEATURE
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With Penang Island becoming a city, is anything going to be different within the council?What’s in a name? Does George Town smell any less sweet now that the city status encompasses the entire island of Penang?According to Datuk Patahiyah Ismail, Penang Island’s first mayor, it doesn’t. George Town hasn’t been forgotten, nor has its thunder been stolen. It’s just a matter of status; when all the celebrations have died down, it’s business as usual for the council. The city council.“Apart...

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Julia Tan

is a former editor of Penang Monthly. She remembers her time with the magazine with great fondness.

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