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The Clan Jetties form a residential neighbourhood within the city of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang.Situated within the city's central business district, it now comprises seven wooden villages lining the coastal road of Weld Quay, each owned by residents of a specific Chinese clan – Ong, Lim, Chew, Tan, Lee, Mixed Clan and Yeoh jetties.
Weld Quay is a coastal road in the city of George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang.One of a handful of places worldwide that was named after a Prime Minister of New Zealand, the road runs along the city's eastern shoreline, connecting the Tun Dr. Lim Chong Eu Expressway with Light Street and Beach Street.
The old Resident Councillor's Office and Penang Secretariat was a U-shaped building facing King Edward Place, with wings along Beach St and Weld Quay and backing onto Downing St, until it was destroyed by Allied bombing during the Second World War. The only remaining wing of the building is now occupied by Penang Religious Affairs Department on ...
This was followed by an eastern extension along Weld Quay. The second phase included the construction of the Beach Street wing, which housed the Land Office, between 1890 and 1891. The Weld Quay wing was extended southward to Downing Street from 1901 to 1903. [3] From 1907 to 1909, the Beach Street wing was also extended southward to Downing ...
The Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway (Chinese: 敦林苍佑大道; Malay: Lebuhraya Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu), signed as Federal Route 3113, is an expressway in George Town that connects its city centre with Batu Maung at its south.
George Town is the capital of the Malaysian state of Penang.It is the core city of the George Town Conurbation, Malaysia's second largest metropolitan area with a population of 2.84 million and the second largest metropolitan economy in the country.
Up until the 1970s, the main harbour facilities were situated at Weld Quay in George Town. The reclamation of Weld Quay in the late 19th century allowed larger ships to dock off the city's waterfront, as the depth of the seas off Weld Quay was deeper. [5] In 1974, the Port of Penang's cargo facilities were shifted to Butterworth across the strait.
Beach Street was so named as it was once a coastal road, stretching along the eastern shoreline of George Town. [1] Today, the shoreline has been shifted further east due to the land reclamation in the late 19th century; Weld Quay has since become the eastern coastal road in George Town.