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Lest We Forget

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Relau House – A Sino-Venetian Bungalow That Still Exudes Pride of Its Time and Place
May 2019 Lest We Forget

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 Wong Yee Tuan
The Holiday Home of the Last King of Setul
June 2019 Lest We Forget

The Holiday Home of the Last King of Setul

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Segara Ninda, the centuries-old Anglo-Malay mansion at the corner of Jalan Penang and Lebuh Farquhar, is a poignant reminder that a Malay king once ruled southe...
Enzo Sim Enzo Sim
The Deep Legacy of Indian Immigration to the Malay Peninsula
August 2019 Lest We Forget

The Deep Legacy of Indian Immigration to the Malay Peninsula

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The ties between India and Malaya go back millennia. Silappadikaram, 1 a second-century Tamil epic, highlighted that Tamil merchants were operating from a Mal...
Preveena Balakrishnan Preveena Balakrishnan
Railways – The Iron Spine of Malaya
October 2019 Lest We Forget

Railways – The Iron Spine of Malaya

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The formation of the very first railway system in the Malay Peninsula in the late nineteenth century revolutionised the way economic commodities were transporte...
Enzo Sim Enzo Sim
James Dollery Fettes and Penang Waterworks: A Legacy of Public Service (Part 1)
March 2023 Lest We Forget

James Dollery Fettes and Penang Waterworks: A Legacy of Public Service (Part 1)

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JALAN TANJONG TOKONG, the main thoroughfare leading to the tourist beaches of Batu Ferringhi, is often clogged with traffic during public holidays. Torrents of...
Eugene Quah Eugene Quah
General on the Great Hill: US Civil War Hero Visits Penang – Part 1
December 2022 Lest We Forget

General on the Great Hill: US Civil War Hero Visits Penang – Part 1

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Enter the GeneralON FRIDAY, March 28, 1879, the 1,615-tonne schooner, S.S. Simla[1] of the British-India Navigation Company (B.I.S.N. Co) – a swift, “pleas...
Eugene Quah Eugene Quah
The Japanese Conquest of Penang: Part One
December 2021 Lest We Forget

The Japanese Conquest of Penang: Part One

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THE OVERWHELMING FOCUS on the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 19411 as the start of the Pacific War means that the actual first shot is largely forgotten...
Enzo Sim Enzo Sim
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