GEORGE TOWN: Way back in 1904, Chung Thye Phin, the last Kapitan China of Perak and Malaya, had an ornate fountain commissioned.It was designed and built in Glasgow, Scotland, at a cost of 3,000 Straits Settlements dollars.
GEORGE TOWN: Horse owners at the Penang Turf Club (PTC) have been caught in two minds over the next course of action for their horses based at the club in Batu Gantong.
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 15 The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) has issued a show-cause letter to the owner of the land where the 138-year-old tomb of Foo Teng Nyong, the third wife.
GEORGE TOWN: With Qing Ming festival permitted this year after a two-year hiatus, Covid-19-related paper paraphernalia such as face masks, hand sanitisers and vaccines are in demand as offerings to the departed.