Originally named Hong Kong Street due to its early settlers from Hong Kong, this street was later renamed after Cheong Fatt Tze, an influential Chinese figure in Penang.
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Penang Street Art (Transfer Road Sidewalk Traders)
Another steel rod sculpture installed at the traffic light junction of Transfer Road and Hutton Lane at George Town.
This sculpture depicts the traders and vendors (mainly from China in the old days) who set up small businesses along the five foot sideway in the area. Some of these small traders would later rise to be among the wealthiest in Penang.
Portrait of the City Hall
Penang’s old City Hall (Esplanade).
Armenian Street End
Where Armenian Street meets Kapitan Keling Street.
Penang Isle: General Post Office (Bangunan Tuanku Syed Putra)
The Penang General Post Office is located within the Bangunan Tuanku Syed Putra (literally, Building of Tuanku Syed Putra) at Downing Street, George Town. As the first major government office in Penang after the country’s independence, Bangunan Tuanku Syed Putra was named after Tuanku Syed Putra, the Raja of Perlis, who was also the country’s third King during 21 September 1960 to 20 September 1965.
A Portrait of Fort Cornwallis
The Fort Cornwallis is the largest remaining British fort in Malaysia. The largest cannon located at the seafront corner of the fort, known as Seri Rambai Cannon, was a gift from the Dutch to the Sultan of Johore
The Cannon of the Fort
The largest cannon of Fort Cornwallis still stands proudly at the walls of the fort even as its age of glory had passed.
The Old City Hall
The Old City Hall.
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Penang Isle: Street View I
A stroll through the various streets in George Town brings one back into historical times.
Pre-war houses and heritage buildings can be easily seen in most parts of George Town.
Penang Isle: Christian Cemetery
As the the resting place of Penang’s European pioneers, the Christian Cemetery at Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah road in George Town is the oldest of such cemetery in the island. The cemetery (also referred to as Protestant Cemetery) is the resting place of Captain Francis Light (the Founder of Penang), the early British governors of Penang, the husband of Anna Leonowens (“Anna & The King”), and also the founder of Penang Free School. The cemetery is mostly shaded by trees with tombs as well as gravestones inhabiting the area since 1789.
