By ROBYN ECKHARDT PENANG is on a roll. Thanks to an influx of private and public investment and creative energy — precipitated in part by Unesco’s 2008 listing of Penang’s capital city, George Town, as a World Heritage site — the Malaysian island is padding out its list of attractions. To the region’s best street [...]
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By Ted Macauley, eTN Ambassador Getting off a plane at Penang’s newly renovated international airport, one cannot help noticing the welcome sign saying, “Welcome to the pearl of the orient.” Since the early days of the British Empire, Penang has been part of the chain stretching from England to Hong Kong and beyond. A military [...]
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By Alan Teh Leam Seng A trip to Penang is not complete without a visit to Ghee Hiang. Alan Teh Leam Seng wonders what babies have to do with the pastry shop I had just settled down in my hotel room after a tiring three-hour drive from Kuala Lumpur when I received an SMS from [...]
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Sholto Byrnes With its colonial grandeur, cultural vibrancy and luxury beach resorts, Sholto Byrnes finds his Shangri-la in the Pearl of the Orient… In 1786 Captain Sir Francis Light landed on the northeastern coast of Penang and took possession of the island on behalf of the East India Company. He had promised military protection to [...]
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By Rachel Harvey BBC Southeast Asia Correspondent George Town Heritage Runtime4:36 Three years after being granted Unesco World Heritage status, George Town finds itself at the heart of a debate over the very meaning of heritage itself. Strategically placed between Asia and Europe, Penang Island was once dubbed the ‘Pearl of the Orient’. Its main [...]
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I WAS taken aback when someone who is actively involved in Penang’s hospitality industry recently passed a remark that these days, the beach resorts and hotels in Batu Ferringhi looked more like hospitals or old folks homes. He must surely be joking, I thought. But no, the person who said it was dead serious although [...]
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A land of legendary heroes, giant footprints and even bigger templesText: Bob Rickard / Images: Signs and Wonders We were on our way to Penang – the most Chinese of Malaysia’s states – when word reached us that Ion Will, a founding member of the Gang of Fort, had died (see Necrolog, FT274:24–25). My wife [...]
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Sheriden Rhodes explores the streetscapes of George Town, an old-Asia blend of Malay-Chinese-Indian architecture. Business is booming in George Town, a wonderful glimpse of old Asia protected by a UNESCO World Heritage listing. But tell that to Leong. I’m standing inside the young Chinese man’s bric-a-brac shop in Penang’s capital city, crammed to the rafters [...]
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From MasterChef to Malaysia, Ray McVinnie finds plenty of flavours to savour in Penang’s Georgetown. The Malaysian island of Penang, or Pulau Pinang, which translates as betel nut island, (there is a betel nut palm on the Penang State flag) is situated at the start of the Strait of Malacca off the west coast of [...]
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MARK IRVING, The West Australian April 15, 2011, 7:49 pm It’s a tiny parcel of land but its streets are packed with history and its 200,000 or so residents originate from just about every ethnic group in South-East Asia you could nominate. Georgetown, capital of the Malaysian state of Penang, is one of the most [...]
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