Putting Pulau Tikus on the map
By Julia Tan
September 2015 COVER STORY
This is a diverse community full of history and culture – and full of hope for the future.Affluent. Cosmopolitan. Convenient. These are words that are often used to describe Pulau Tikus, a township in Penang that is pretty much located in the middle of everything. It connects the north of the island to the centre and the south.This crucial thoroughfare had sleepier beginnings though. It was first populated by the Thai-Portuguese Catholics who were fleeing religious persecution by the invading...
Julia Tan
went to primary and secondary school at Convent Pulau Tikus before continuing sixth form at St. Xavier’s Institution; any other school was out of the question. She misses the fried rice at the school canteen, and laments the passing of the wan tan mee lady.
