Penang Hill: A Natural Resource That Shaped The Settlement
By Eugene Quah
October 2023 FEATURE
BESIDE THE HANDSOME George Town Dispensary building on Beach Street is a neat white shophouse which today is occupied by an upscale artisanal retail store. On the façade is emblazoned the initials of its original owner, TTS—for Thio Tiauw Siat [1]. The present building was built over an earlier structure which housed the Penang Foundry Company.On Monday, 8 January 1883, a now-forgotten momentous event took place there. It was reported that “suspended in the middle of the large building”—likely one...
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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.
