Lest We Forget - Penang Monthly (Page 2)

James Dollery Fettes of Penang Waterworks: A Life of Civil Engineering and Service (Part Two)

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DURING A MEETING on 30 April 1909, the President of the Penang Municipal Commission, James Wilson Hallifax, asked Leonard Moore Bell how long “the new engineer”...

Mount Palmer and Pulau Betong: Penang’s Forgotten Southern Flagstaff and Watering Place

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AS ONE VENTURES further southward of Paya Terubong, the mountain pass brings one onto a winding hill road. This road climbs to a height of 316m, offering breath...

General on the Great Hill: US Civil War Hero Visits Penang – Part Two

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IN PART ONE, the 18th President of the United States of America, Ulysses S. Grant, arrived at Penang and was hosted to a dinner at Government House on Flagstaff...

Indian Socio-cultural Influences in Penang: Both Rich and Prevalent

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Tea kadai at Little India back in the day.PENANG WAS A colonial port on the margins of the East India Company’s sphere of influence, and a magnet fo...

The Japanese Surrender in Penang

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IN LATE 1944 as the Allied forces, spearheaded by British Commonwealth troops, were launching a major offensive against Japanese-occupied Burma, an equally sign...

The Sarkies Brothers and Their Hotel Empire

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The E&O was founded by the Sarkies brothers. Who were they and what brought them to Penang?

The Forgotten Travails of Indentured Indian Women in Malaya

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Women coolies drying rubber. Photo: Arabis.orgTHE MIGRATION OF indentured labourers from India to Malaya – via the kangani or independent hiring sys...

The Japanese Conquest of Penang: Part Two

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[IN DECEMBER 2021, Penang Monthly published Part One of The Japanese Conquest of Penang. This issue covers the remainder of the campaign and what came after].Th...

FUN on Mount Pleasure: The Life and Times of Uncle Templeton

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ON THE MORNING of 9 September 1940, a Friday, Police Constable (PC) Ahmad bin Haji Abdul Rahman was on duty in front of the Penang Swimming Club. It was the sec...

The Coming and Going of Penang’s Trams

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From Steam to HorseThe first tramway introduced in Penang was the steam tram operated by one Mr.Gardiner with concessions from the government. Commencing oper...

Koay Su-Lyn

Vestiges of Penang’s Entrepot Days

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As the last surviving Chinese surname jetties in Penang today, the beginnings of the Clan Jetties are intertwined with the island’s once-bustling entrepot...

Relau House – A Sino-Venetian Bungalow That Still Exudes Pride of Its Time and Place

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Relau, once an agricultural area in the south-western district of Penang Island, is today a large modern residential estate. Vestiges of its past linger on thou...

Wong Yee Tuan