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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Seri Tanjung Pinang
Residential area nearby Straits Quay. Gurney Drive skyline can be seen at the far horizon.
Frames of George Town
George Town Street View: Abandoned Houses
A Stroll at the Penang Hill
George Town Street View: CHURCH STREET
Church Street is one of the many old and historical streets in George Town. It was named after a Catholic missionary church which was later renamed as the first Church of Assumption (the church being founded by Father Garnault, a French missionary). This church was, however, demolished in 1850s and a new Church of Assumption was built at Farquhar Street.
It was said that back in the old days, a famous and notorious Chinese secret society had made their headquarter at Church Street, the same street that also housed Portuguese churches. There is a street art sculpture which depicts the said history in Church Street.
Church Street runs through several streets as well as connects Kapitan Keling Mosque Street with Beach Street.
Street Shots of George Town
Carnavon Street meets Chulia Street.
Prangin Road Ghaut
Cintra Street
Green Hall
Chulia Street
Cannon Street Houses
The name Cannon Street had its origin from the cannons that were fired during the Penang Riots in 1867. The riot was the result of a secret society dispute when the alliance of Tua Pek Kong Hoey (Kean Teik Tong) and the Red Flag Gang fought against the alliance of the Ghee Hin Kongsi and the White Flag Gang for ten days in George Town. It was said that some of the houses still have bullet holes as a result from the riot.
According to some sources, Cannon Street (Tua Cheng Hang) originated from this event with two versions of the story. One report said that in order to suppress the riots, the colonial government fired cannons at the territory of the Tua Pek Kong Hoey and created a big hole on the street; so people called the street Big Cannon Hole (Tua Cheng Khang). Later, as the hole was levelled up, it was renamed Cannon Street (Tua Cheng Hang). Another story said that the Tua Pek Kong Hoey placed cannons on the street to resist the enemy and thus it was called Cannon Street.
Penang Isle: Cannon Square
The Cannon Square is a small area in George Town which houses the Khoo Kongsi and its surrounding clan buildings. The entrance of the Cannon Square and the Khoo Kongsi is located at Cannon Street.
A Portrait of Stewart Lane
The old façade of Stewart Lane in George Town.