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Batu Kawan: The Wetlands Landscape
Batu Kawan: The Wetlands
Many may not aware that Batu Kawan is actually an island and a town situated off Seberang Perai, which is on the mainland area of Penang. The Batu Kawan island is separated from the mainland by Sungai Jejawi and Sungai Tengah. Once considered a quiet backwater area which produces sugar canes in the 19th century, Batu Kawan had its brief growth of palm oil plantations and was among the oldest towns in Penang. It was accessible only by ferry from Bukit Tambun back in the old days. New developments are now being planned on the island with the recent completion of the second Penang Bridge (which connects Batu Maung area on the island and Batu Kawan area on the mainland side).
Morning by the Forest Stream
Cleaner Greener Penang
The “Cleaner Greener Penang” is an initiative by the Penang State Government together with the corporate sector and local communities to promote and restore the living environment for a better quality of life.
Penang Isle: TPO Friendship Park
TPO Friendship Park is a small landscape park lying in the middle of Farquhar Street, George Town with planted Bucida Variegated trees. The park is dedicated for the 68 Asia Pacific region city mayors who came to Penang for the 5th Forum of the Tourism Promotion Organisation for Asia Pacific (TPO) which was held from 17 to 20 September 2012. The park is right in front of the City Bayview Hotel and Wisma Boon Siew building.
The Municipal Park: A Moss Covered Walkway
A walkway through moss-covered ground at the Penang Municipal Park (or also commonly known as Youth Park).
Beyond the Island: A Kampung Road
The Malay term kampung (sometimes spelled as kampong) can be translated as a rural settlement or village.
Penang Street Art (‘Under Protection’ Mural)
This large mural can be found painted on the wall facing a small alley of Hotel Penaga‘s Clarke Terrace. Phrases of “Under Protection” can be seen inscribed upon the art work, probably to mean the things that should be protected by people less they are extinct. The painting depicts a tiger caring for her cubs, an old pre-war house structure and a man resting on a trishaw amidst tropical trees and birds.
Penang Street Art (Tropic Trishaw Mural)
A rather secluded art mural depicting a somewhat tropical looking picturesque with a trishaw rider resting under a coconut tree.
This mural and the Tiger Mural are part of a larger painting.