BUKIT MERTAJAM: The 133-year-old Hock Teik Cheng Sin Temple, which was almost razed in a fire three years ago, has finally been rebuilt to its old glory.
As the bus takes us to George Town for breakfast, I glance out the window and see how similar Penang and Phuket islands are to one another. Both old cities are home to a unique collection of magnificent classic Sino-Portuguese buildings that harmoniously fuse Eastern and Western architectural styles.
THE RM3mil restoration work on the Penang Thai Pak Koong (Fu De Ci) Temple in King Street has won it the 2021 Unesco Asia Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.
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