Building Batu Kawan Brick by Brick

By Andrea Filmer

June 2015 FEATURE
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Sounds of piling echo through this huge area that is to become the new developmental centre for Penang, and the country.The vast and vacant territory of Batu Kawan – formerly a backwater – is now buzzing with activity and anticipation. It lies at the start of the Second Penang Bridge (officially known as the Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah Bridge) which opened just over a year ago.At the other end of the bridge is Batu Maung, which lies just by...

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Andrea Filmer

is a freelance journalist who has lived in the US and Australia but, for reasons unknown to herself, finds it impossible to call anywhere but Penang home.

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