When, oh when will people like Sybil Kathigasu be given due recognition and held up as models of courage and service to the people?
Jan 312013
Dec 072012
Update (7 December 2012): After this article appeared in The Herald in April 2011, plans to demolish this heritage building Church of the Nativity, Butterworth were quietly put on hold. Now talk has surfaced in the parish about demolishing the building to make way for some large pastoral centre. Plans for this centre could be scaled down so that the old church building is not affected and the greenery preserved. Originally post on 24 April 2011:
Nov 112012
During the Japanese Occupation of Penang, the mere mention of one name was enough to strike fear among the local populace.
Oct 222012
These are the gardens that Brother Charles tended to with the help of the St Xavier’s Institution groundskeeper. In the slideshow above, you can also see a photo of a desktop computer system just set up by friends for Brother Charles to use on the same weekend as his fall. He never got to use it.
Sep 252012
Blog reader Ah Chuan shares his memories of Sungai Ara.
Sep 202012
For a long time, Bukit Mertajam was one of those places where time seemed to stand still and memories frozen in the past could be savoured in the present.
Sep 062012
Tunglang recalls what life was like in Madras Lane in the 1960s and 70s:
Sep 052012
Few people are aware that the famous Indian Nobel laureate for literature, Rabindranath Tagore, visited Penang in 1927. He also passed by this way earlier in 1916.
Jul 312012
Update: In the 1940s, boats used to carry cargo all the way from the sea-front all the way along Prangin Canal, which was once a river, passing by Capitol Cinema (demolished to make way for Komtar) until the junction of Transfer Road. Back in the 19th century, George Town only reached up to Prangin Canal, and that’s why the old market area near the canal was called Sia Boey (end of the town). More history of Prangin Canal on the Travel Tips website. 31 March 2011: Now that there are plans to revitalise the Prangin Canal area in Penang, those responsible should proceed very carefully with what they do, bearing in mind that the surrounding area is swampy ground.
Jul 292012
A former Taiping resident has contributed these nuggets about the environmental history of the historical town.