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A DESIRE to present Penang’s history through a more accurate Asian lens led Malaysia Silk Road Society president Datuk Dr Cheah See Kian to release his latest book The Chinese: Two Hundred Years in ...
News Malaysia » Penang » History: Penang’s cemetery tours spur interest in pioneers, colonial history
While the state receives millions in conservation funding, it faces challenges in preserving the Protestant cemetery due to its climate The sounds of passing cars and birds chirping broke the morning ...
News Malaysia » Penang » History: Old deeds bring Penang’s past alive
Geeta reading through a collection of old documents. She is particularly fascinated by the handwriting as well as the quality of paper and ink. WHEN former Penang island councillor Geeta Suresh Chand ...
News Malaysia » Penang » History: Light’s letters a window into Penang’s early history
Penang State Museum and Art Gallery director Haryany Mohamad showing the Light Letters on display next to a bust of Queen Victoria. THE recently reopened Penang State Museum and Art Gallery is now ...
News Malaysia » Penang » History: George Town Penang: Living Museum of Food, Art, and History
For American travelers, George Town Penang is less a single monument than a remarkably intact historic city: a walkable grid of streets lined with 19th- and early 20th-century shophouses, clan halls, ...
News Malaysia » Penang » History: Federal Constitution cancels claim Penang belongs to Kedah, Dewan told
Government backbenchers Ramkarpal Singh (left) and RSN Rayer said Penang’s sovereignty cannot be challenged. The Federal Constitution supersedes any historical claim that Penang belongs to Kedah, a ...
News Malaysia » Penang » History: Penang’s cemetery tours spur interest in pioneers, colonial history
The sounds of passing cars and birds chirping broke the morning stillness at Penang’s Northam Road Protestant Cemetery as visitors began filtering in after 8am. Tour guide Zul Harris arrived in a ...