FUN on Mount Pleasure: The Life and Times of Uncle Templeton
By Eugene Quah
May 2023 LEST WE FORGET
ON THE MORNING of 9 September 1940, a Friday, Police Constable (PC) Ahmad bin Haji Abdul Rahman was on duty in front of the Penang Swimming Club. It was the second day of Chinese New Year – a public holiday. There were already “about 100 cars parked on both sides of the road in front” of the club which was usually empty during weekdays.At a quarter to noon, PC Ahmad suddenly heard a “noise like that made by an aeroplane”....
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Eugene Quah
is an independent researcher and writer who is working on a book tentatively called “Illustrated Guide to the North Coast of Penang”. He rediscovered the joys of writing after moving back to Penang from abroad.
