Snapshots of Penang Week 1977 in Adelaide

By Rachel Yeoh

April 2024 PHOTO ESSAY
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Introducing sepak takraw, a traditional Southeast Asian team sport played with a ball made of rattan.
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Words by Rachel Yeoh. Photos courtesy of Tun Dr. Lim Chong Eu Foundation.A PARTICULAR INTEREST shown to visiting delegates of the Penang Development Corporation (PDC) to Adelaide by the then Premier of South Australia, Don Dunstan, in 1972 could have been the catalyst for Adelaide’s sister-city relationship with George Town today. After the initial introduction to the heritage and culture of Penang, Dunstan paid Penang a visit, only to discover the father-son link between the two cities: Captain Francis Light...

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Rachel Yeoh

is a former journalist who traded her on-the-go job for a life behind the desk. For the sake of work-life balance, she participates in Penang's performing arts scene after hours.

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