Chowrasta market to get a makeover

The MPPP is embarking on a RM10-12m project to upgrade the heritage Chowrasta market – its first makeover since 1961.

 
Old Penang: Penang Road

This is what Penang Road looked like in the early 20th century – we once had a car-free George Town, didn’t we? (Click on picture to enlarge)

 

I was intrigued to read about a local academic claiming that proto-Malays from the Sunda Shelf had fanned out into the world to become the ancestors to the human population. 

 

Penang Forum 4: Development and Good Governance is being held at the Caring Society Complex in Penang today. Penang Forum 4: Development and Good Governance

 
Old Penang: Air Itam Road

A light rail or tramway once extended from the Weld Quay jetty to Penang Hill via Air Itam Road.

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