GEORGE TOWN (Feb 21, 2012): The century-old Chowrasta Market here will be given a brand new look in a RM12 million refurbishing exercise which is expected to commence by the end of the year. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the upgrading was the first since the market’s last facelift in 1961. He said the [...]
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By ANDREA FILMER GEORGE TOWN: American tourist Dr Edgar Arc, who was trapped in the Penang Museum after closing hours on Thursday, had mentally prepared himself to stay the night before he was rescued. The senior citizen, who will turn 70 in October, said he had noticed a wedding bed display in the museum. “I [...]
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By PHUAH KEN LIN Hundreds of devotees attend age-old ritual on Chap Goh Meh eve HUNDREDS of Taoist devotees packed the Hai Choo Soo Temple in Tanjong Tokong to attend the annual flame-watching ritual on the eve of the Chap Goh Meh celebrations recently. The event was held in conjunction with the Tua Pek Kong [...]
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By CHRISTINA CHIN Photos by GARY CHEN and PHC VISITORS to Penang Hill can expect better facilities this year as a series of upgrading works are in the pipeline. Penang Hill Corporation (PHC) senior assistant manager (promotions and marketing) Anne Goh said landscaping work at the bottom station, hill slope maintenance and upgrading of the [...]
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By VIVIEN CHANG Photos by ZAINUDDIN AHAD and LIM BENG TATT THE Snake Temple in Penang is drawing in crowds of tourists as well as devotees as the birthday of its resident deity approaches. Many people who are in Penang for the Lunar New Year holidays are taking the opportunity to visit the temple while [...]
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By JEREMY TAN and CAVINA LIM Photos by ASRI ABDUL GHANI, LIM BENG TATT and CHAN BOON KAI AN ‘invasion’ that occurs once every 12 years is currently in full swing. As dragons rear their majestic aura at shopping malls and hotels in Penang, one knows that Chinese New Year is close at hand. Gurney [...]
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By KOW KWAN YEE Photos by GARY CHEN THE Kwong Wah Yit Poh Press Chinese New Year party turned Presgrave Road in George Town, Penang, into a traditional Chinese street. Red lanterns were strung across the road and a huge golden dragon figure sat at the entrance to the street. Visitors thronging the street could [...]
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FOUR colourful dragons are being assembled at the 121-year-old Kek Lok Si Temple in Air Itam, Penang, in conjunction with the Chinese New Year of the Dragon. Two of them, each measuring at a jumbo size of about 36.5m (120ft) in length, flank both sides of the temple’s famous pagoda. The other two smaller dragons [...]
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SOME 2,000 red lanterns will adorn several streets in the George Town heritage enclave to welcome in the Year of the Dragon on Jan 23 and Jan 24. The lanterns would be strung up before the weekend, said Chinese New Year Cultural and Heritage Celebration 2012 organising committee chairman Cheah Chuan Wooi. The lanterns can [...]
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By KOW KWAN YEE CLAD in traditional Malay, Baba and Nyonya garments, 21 newlyweds from Guangzhou, China, turned the many Penang heritage sites and natural landscapes into their photo-shoot sites. Despite the hot weather, the couples were seen enjoying the photoshoot at several interesting places including the Pinang Peranakan Mansion and the breathtaking views at [...]
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