Up close with Lat
By Julia Tan, Photography courtesy of Penang Global Tourism
February 2014 PENANG PROFILE
When Lat visited Penang for the George Town Literary Festival in December last year, Penang Monthly caught up with him to chat about the importance of having friends from various backgrounds, the kampung way of life and naughty monkeys."We shouldn’t use the word 'kampung' as a term that reflects backwardness – we are proud kampung people! We were born in the kampung, but we can strive in the big town."Humble, endearing and full of quaint anecdotes, Mohd Nor bin Khalid,...
Julia Tan
is a former editor of Penang Monthly. She remembers her time with the magazine with great fondness.
Photography courtesy of Penang Global Tourism
