Category: Live in Penang

Penang and the Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia

Originally posted on What an Amazing World!:
The Khoo Kongsi Compound Chapter 4, Part 18 At the height of the spice trade in the Orient, the Europeans had their eyes fixated on strategic islands along the trade routes, which they eventually colonized. From British Hong Kong and Portuguese Macau at the Pearl River Delta, to…

Why my hometown of George Town, Penang is consistently voted as the world’s best place to retire.

Originally posted on BulanLifestyle.com:
Penang: World’s best place to retire Why my hometown of George Town, Penang is consistently voted as the world’s best place to retire. I was born and grew up in Penang, Malaysia. It was a small sleepy island in those days and not many people knew anything about it. Today,…

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