A Complete Printing Press
By Regina Hoo
November 2018 FEATURE
Phoenix Press, one of the oldest printing presses in Penang, began operations as a commercial printer along Lebuh Gereja at the turn of the twentieth century.Strategically located in the epicenter of import-export businesses, trading houses, entrepots and commercial banks, Phoenix Press initially printed letterheads, and delivery order and customs forms for businesses like Sime Darby, Jardine Matheson and McAlister & Co. Later, it ventured into printing bus tickets – once considered a security item printed exclusively in England. It also...
Regina Hoo
is the deputy editor of Penang Monthly.
