Tasting the History of Clan Jetties’ Cuisine

By Prof. Dato' Dr. Zulfigar Yasin

July 2023 FEATURE
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ALIGHTING AT WELD QUAY, you can be forgiven for thinking that you are far from the sea, but that is not the case at all. Here, at the easternmost point of Penang Island, the tidal beaches are hidden behind small shophouses and restaurants. The busy roadside façade, with its hawker stalls on one side and colonial buildings on the other, conceals a deep history of an immigrant people whose resilience and tenacity helped build what is now Penang.There had been...

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Prof. Dato' Dr. Zulfigar Yasin

is a marine environmental scientist who is an Honourable Professor at Universiti Sains Malaysia and a visiting senior analyst at Penang Institute. His work now focuses on the sustainable development of the marine environment.

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