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The mansion was purchased from Cheong Fatt Tze's descendants in 1989 by a group of local Penang individuals to save the edifice from encroaching development and possible demolition. The property operates as an 18 Room Hotel-cum-museum as part of the adaptive reuse of an ongoing restoration project which has won awards from UNESCO. Tours are ...
Macalister Mansion is a 100-year-old mansion in George Town, Penang, Malaysia; it has been conserved and adapted as a hotel. [1]Its name honours Penang's British Governor Colonel Norman Macalister, who was lost at sea in 1810, when Penang was still known as "Prince of Wales Isle".
British administrators, including the founder of Penang, Francis Light, were buried within the Old Protestant Cemetery near the eastern end of Northam Road. The road gradually became the address of choice for the Europeans, and later, Chinese tycoons, who built elegant mansions along the road. [ 2 ]
A Malay traditional house in Kedah, adorned with distinctive carved panels of the northern Malay Peninsula.. Malay houses (Malay: Rumah Melayu; Jawi: رومه ملايو ) refer to the vernacular dwellings of the Malays, an ethno-linguistic group inhabiting Sumatra, coastal Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
The City Hall, Penang Fort Cornwallis in Penang Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Clocktower, in Georgetown The colonial Eastern & Oriental Hotel Beach Street, George Town, with banks. Pictured here is the Netherlands Trading Society Building, which currently houses the Bank of China The Chinese Khoo Kongsi clan hall and temple The "Blue Mansion ...
The Pinang Peranakan Mansion (Malay: Rumah Agam Peranakan Pulau Pinang) in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, is a museum dedicated to Penang's Peranakan heritage. The museum itself is housed within a distinctive green-hued mansion at Church Street, George Town, which once served as the residence and office of a 19th-century Chinese tycoon, Chung Keng Quee.
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Whilst Green Lane was officially renamed as Jalan Masjid Negeri in the 1980s, local Penangites still refer to the road as Green Lane. [2] [3] This is partly because the new name sounds unwieldy, but also reflects a strong sense of conservatism among the locals, who view Penang's colonial history as part of their local identity.