Vestiges of Penang’s Entrepot Days
By Pan Yi Chieh
February 2019 LEST WE FORGET
As the last surviving Chinese surname jetties in Penang today, the beginnings of the Clan Jetties are intertwined with the island’s once-bustling entrepot, buoyed by the emergence of Weld Quay in the nineteenth century.Efforts to improve the quay’s shipping facilities were carried out in the 1880s,1 and since 1882 the gradual reclamation process of Weld Quay began to deepen the port’s wharfage, giving rise to more landing docks for trading. Upon the completion of the island’s first deep-water wharf –...
Pan Yi Chieh
is a research analyst at Penang Institute who was born in Taiwan but now lives in Penang. She is proud to be nurtured by the two beautiful islands she regards as home.
