PHT Site Visit: Mount Erskine: Penang’s forgotten ‘Flagstaff Hill’ Date: 30th September 2023 (Saturday) Time: 9am – 11am Venue: Pearl Hill Tua Pek Kong Did you know that there is a forgotten ‘Flagstaff Hill’ along the northern coast of Penang? Historical drawings and building footprints of Mount Erskine (better known as Pearl Hill) indicate the […]
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About the tour Not many people know that the charming 130-year-old church of St Anne, some 2km from Bukit Mertajam town, carries a forgotten legacy of French missionaries who were active in this part of the world in the 19th century. Fewer still are aware that on the very same grounds lies a huge rock
Date: 10 February 2018 (Saturday) Time: 4pm – 6pm Venue: Boon San Tong Khoo Kongsi, Victoria Street, George Town. Donations: RM15 (members)/ RM30 (non-members) [Refreshments are included. Space is limited] RSVP: info@pht.org.my or call +604 264 2631 Do you know there is another Khoo Kongsi in George Town built earlier than the famous Leong San
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Date: 27th January 2018 (Saturday) Time: 10am – 12pm Venue: Church of Assumption, Farquhar Street, George Town Penang Donations: RM 15 (Members)/ RM30 (Non- members) Speakers:Msgr Michael Cheah, Architect Edmond Khoo & Curator Mr Khoo Boo Chia RSVP: info@pht.org.my or call +604- 264 2631 Note: Please wear appropriate attire (no shorts and singlets). Non-Catholic visitors are
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Penang Heritage Trust’s next site visit is to Fort Cornwallis. Details of the visit are as follows: Date: 27 August 2017 (Sunday) Time: 3pm to 5pm Venue: Fort Cornwallis (Entrance facing City Hall) Donations: RM15 (members)/ RM30 (non-members) Fort Cornwallis was built as early as 1786, when Captain Francis Light first landed in Penang. The
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Penang Heritage Trust Site Visit 2017: Penang House of Music Date: 23 April 2017 (Sunday) Time: 2pm to 3pm Venue: Penang House of Music, Level 4, KOMTAR Donations: RM20 (members)/ RM30 (non-members) RSVP: info@pht.org.my or call +604 264 2631 A celebration of Penang’s glorious musical heritage and cultural diversity with carefully curated exhibitions and
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Penang Heritage Trust Site Visit 2017: Chulia Street Date: 11 March 2017 (Saturday) Time: 9am to 12pm Venue: Junction of Chulia Street Ghaut and Victoria Street (please refer map below) Lead Facilitator: Khoo Salma Nasution Donations: RM15 (members)/ RM30 (non-members). RSVP: info@pht.org.my or call +604-264 2631. Spaces are limited and are given based on a
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Gurney Drive was named after Sir Henry Gurney, a Malayan High Commissioner who was assassinated by the guerrillas of the Malayan Communist Party during the Emergency period in the early 1950s. It sits on a reclaimed land created off Teluk Ayer Rajah, the bay that curves between George Town and Tanjung Tokong. The intention to build a coastal
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PENANG HERITAGE TRUST 30th Anniversary Celebrations Presents:An Evening on Penang Hill (featuring special site visit and talk by Mike Gibby) Date: 14th August 2016 Time: 2pm – 5.30pm Venue: David Brown Restaurant, Penang Hill Ticket Price: RM70 (members)/ RM 120 (non-members) *Ticket price does not include fare up and down Penang Hill. Funicular railway tickets
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Date: 10th April 2016 (Sunday) Time: 3.30pm Venue: Kampung Siam, Pulau Tikus (Enter via road beside Roti Canai stall off Jalan Burma)Facilitator: Boon Leau Aroonratana (Spokesperson for Kampung Siam) Kampung Siam is one of Penang’s surviving heritage enclaves, but may soon cease to exist as it has been earmarked for a hotel development. The land
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