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Crane crashes on pre-war housesA MASSIVE seven-storey crane tower crashed on a pre-war shophouse in George... More |
Najib rides on a high in PenangON SUNDAY, Sept 25, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak enlisted... More |
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DAP Penang headquarters torchedTHE Penang Democratic Action Party (DAP) headquarters at Jalan Talipon fell to... More |
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Features
Being a part of what you paintThis is a tribute to one of Penang's great master painters. Tan... More |
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Penang Story 2: The Bujang ValleyTHIS public lecture, the second in a series featuring significant events in... More |
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Opinion
Revamp low-cost housing policyBy Goh Ban Lee. PENANG state executive councillor in charge of housing Wong Hon Wai... More |
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George Town World Heritage Site
| THE World Heritage Committee meeting in Quebec City added George Town to UNESCO’s World Heritage List on the morning of 7 July 2008. George Town's built heritage comprises architectural traditions adapted to local conditions from both East and West. Its historic core has the largest concentration of pre-World War II architecture in Southeast Asia. Over the last 222 years, a unique way of life based upon East-West exchanges has developed here. The influences of Asia and Europe have endowed the city with a specific multicultural heritage. We provide here information on various attractions in the George Town World Heritage Site (WHS), drawing a lot on information already published on the Internet. The WHS is divided into four sections: Click through the sections for more
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