George Town has been recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2008. It was based on the Outstanding Universal Values (OUV) of cultural diversity embodied and embedded in living heritage and built heritage. Therefore, George Town World Heritage Site (GTWHS) consists of many building types, such as government offices, sacred and religious sites and shopshoues. Today, let us walk down the cultural heritage journey to explore the main shophouse styles in George Town.

George Town, Penang has been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2008. George Town is recognized as having a “unique architectural and cultural townscape without parallel anywhere in East and Southeast Asia”. Besides, George Town contains one of the largest collections of pre-war buildings in Southeast Asia. Today, we’re going to share with you, some of the beautiful architecture buildings in Penang.

The Performing Arts Centre of Penang (PenangPAC) is organising live-streaming workshops to raise funds to keep the centre afloat.

As Penang is a place famous for its unique hokkien language, and spoken not only by the Chinese, but also Penangites from other ethnic backgrounds, many of the streets have Hokkien names to it. Suprisingly, the Hokkien street names have little relation to the colonial names, but is related to the historical background of the exact location instead.

It is World Book & Copyright Day today! Since we are still in the midst of Movement Control Order, why don’t we spend some time to read books, or buy some books online for your reads. We should also encourage and support our own local writers by buying their original works. Just in case if you doesn’t know, we have quite a number of accomplished writers here in Malaysia. Here’s some of their literary works, and also where you can buy it.

Souvenir is a memento of your visit to a place as most souvenir is a physical representation of the place it originated from. Some people get it for their friends and family, some people get it for themselves. Here, we have shortlisted some local stuff that you must buy for your friends when you travel to Penang!