A Hiking Adventure up Bukit Batu Kawan
By Rexy Prakash Chacko
October 2022 PEAKS AND PARKS
MENTION BATU KAWAN and what comes to mind are scenes of a growing township, featuring new industrial estates, design outlets and posh residential areas. It began with sugar cane plantations sprouting at the turn of the 19th century, oil palm estates in the ‘60s and now, it is an expanding industrial estate. Batu Kawan has witnessed dramatic land use change over the last two centuries. What is more intriguing is the fact that Batu Kawan was once an island. Old...
Rexy Prakash Chacko
is an electronic engineer by profession and a nature lover by passion. While he spends his weekdays earning a living at the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone, his weekends are spent reflecting and recharging on the green hills of Penang.
