𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐊𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐡 𝐑𝐌𝟏𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞? 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑒𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑖 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑖𝑛 1791 𝑎𝑛𝑑 1800, 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦. We all know that the island of Penang was leased to the British by the Kedah Sultanate in 1791 for an annual payment of 6,000 Spanish Dolla

𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 “𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵” 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 in the past, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 Historically, the grounds where the Rifle Range low-cost flats are standing now was once a shooting range used by the British Army and local police during colonial days. That’s how it got its name. It was also the site where victims of the Japanese Imperial Army's Sook Ching massacre

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗹𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗮 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘂 𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗴 (𝗠𝗕𝗣𝗣) 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟....𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐬? 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝐻𝑜𝑜 𝐹𝑎𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝐼𝑘𝑎𝑛 𝑇𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑘𝑢𝑙 It's quite a head-scratching moment when you realised the odd-looking fishes are dolphins. After all, they are quite elusive in this part here, isn't it? According to MBPP's w

𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙚. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 1791, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘣𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 (𝘌𝘐𝘊) 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦�

Pongal is an important celebration for the Indians, especially those of South Indian origin. Pongal is a five-day thanksgiving celebration similar to a harvest festival. The Indian community celebrates Pongal to express gratitude to the sun and their cattle/buffaloes for providing good rice yields. The community will also buy new clothes, clean up and paint their houses, and so on to celebrate the occasion. Here are some important points about the celebration: ✨Kholam, which

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗮. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑃𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑔! In 1858, the Indian community were involved in constructing the road leading to Batu Ferringhi, Teluk Bahang. During the construction, they faced various obstacles which impeded the progress of the construction. The workers sensed some unknown

Popularly known as Kapitan Keling, Cauder Mohuddeen (alias Kaider Madeen) is the founder of the Kapitan Keling mosque at Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling (formerly known as Pitt Street). The early Indian settlers of Penang were called Chulias and they settled in an area between Pitt Street and Chulia Street. At that time, one Cauder Mohuddeen was the headman of the Indian Muslims and he was the designated Kapitan of the Chulias. [1] Upon his death in 1834, he was laid to rest at K

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗞𝗵𝗼𝗼 𝗦𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝘄𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗸 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗮. Majority of us have forgotten the importance of radio in keeping the public informed and entertained. In 1934, Penang Wireless Society (PWS) managed to get the necessary equipment, successfully test broadcasted, and obtained the necessary licenses and were given the codename ZHJ. And so, �

Today, we received a request to track down Mr Ho Keong Aun or his relatives who used to live at 29, Jalan Magazine, Penang (now Lee Klinik. See picture). This 70-year-old letter was found in a package received by Mr Kiss (a Hungarian), whose wife recently bought some old Hungarian stamps and bank notes for home decor purposes in their home in Kuching, Sarawak. This is the envelope that came with the package, with a Penang address. This envelope intrigued Mr Kiss. "This was ju

The hike to Station 39 from Rifle Range flats is surprisingly exciting. Best to start your day here with a plate of Roti Canai before making your way to the first stop at station 21, which is believed to be the site of an old church which was bombed during the World War 2. Then, continue your journey to Station 39, if you're so inclined. The trail starts behind Penang Hock Teik Soo Temple, 199, off, Jalan Boundary, Taman Ayer Itam, 11400 George Town, Penang. GPS: 5.41322, 100

In Campbell street, there lies a body of an 18th-century religious man known as Sheikh Mustafa Wali. He was originally from Afghanistan and came to Penang even before the arrival of Francis Light. Sheikh Mustafa Wali was a preacher. He settled in Pitt Street (now Jalan Kapitan Keling) and was a well-respected man in the community. Sheikh Mustafa Wali spent his life preaching the word of God, lived alone, and was never married. He died at the end of the 18th century and was bu

𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗣𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗵𝗲𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗶𝗼𝘁 𝟭𝟴𝟲𝟳? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘬, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦-𝘣𝘺-𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦. 𝘛𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦

𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐎𝐑 𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐎𝐍’𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐓. 𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄’𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐈𝐍 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟎 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩? The St. George’s Church has quite a few memorials in its vicinity, but one of the more interesting memorials that remains today is that of Governor Robert Fullerton's wife, Harriet, who was known to be a very uncompromising and exacting

𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲❗ 𝘼 𝘾𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙏𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙍𝙪𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙅𝙪𝙧𝙪 - 𝘼 𝙃𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙖'𝙨 𝙁𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙝 𝙍𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 Located at the fringe of Juru's forest, the Cave of Wang Qihua (or Ong Khi Wah) awaits those who are brave enough to explore it. There are no roads -- just a faint trail -- leading us to this site. The cave (which is actually a gentle nook between two colliding boulders) was the secret

𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙝-𝙎𝙞𝙖𝙢 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙋𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙜𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 1800𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙎𝙞𝙖𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙜. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺! It is common knowledge that Penang island was surrendered to the British in exchange for protection from the Siamese attacks. While building Fort Cornwallis and prioritizing Georgetown as a new entrepot,

𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘱? 𝘖𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘶𝘱 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘕𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦? 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵. The history of Kopitiam in Malaysia began with the Hainanese migration to Malaya. Hainanese is a Chinese dialect group from the Hainan Island in Southern China. The Hainanese were the last to a

𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙋𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙪 𝙅𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙟𝙖𝙠 𝙞𝙨 𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙖'𝙨 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙨 𝙄𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙?🗽 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘑𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘢𝘬 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥. From 1877 to the 1960s, Pulau Jerejak housed two quarantine stations, one on the Southeast (1877) and a newer one on the Northwest (1911). Many people pass