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Penang Hill is a hill resort comprising a group of peaks near the center of Penang Island, Malaysia. It is located within the Air Itam suburb, 9 km (5.6 mi) west of the center of George Town. Penang Hill is also known by the Malay name Bukit Bendera, which actually refers to Flagstaff Hill, the most developed peak.
The War Memorial Park is where some 800 victims of the Sook Ching massacres during World War II were laid to rest. Lanterns adorning Ayer Itam Road during Chinese New Year. Soon after the founding of Penang Island in 1786, British East India Company officials, led by Captain Francis Light, began exploring and clearing the interior of the island for agricultural purposes.
The Penang Hill Railway is a one-section funicular railway which climbs the Penang Hill from Air Itam, on the outskirts of the city of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. The railway first opened in 1923 as a two-section railway, but was overhauled in 2010 into a one-section system.
via Komtar, Dato Keramat Road, Rifle Range, Ayer Itam: 202 Weld Quay–Paya Terubong via Komtar, Dato Keramat Road, Rifle Range, Farlim: 203 Weld Quay–Ayer Itam via Komtar, Dato Keramat Road, Farlim: 204 Weld Quay–Penang Hill lower station via Komtar, Dato Keramat Road, Rifle Range, Ayer Itam: 206 Weld Quay–Jelutong
The Ayer Itam War Memorial Park is a war memorial in George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. Located at the suburb of Ayer Itam, the memorial commemorates the local Chinese who lost their lives during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the subsequent Japanese occupation of Malaya. The memorial was unveiled in 1951, with additional ...
Kek Lok Si Temple viewed from Air Itam. Kek Lok Si Temple is located at the foot of the Air Itam mountain in George Town on Penang Island. It is built over a plot of an area of 12.1 hectares (30 acres) that was donated by Yeoh Siew Beow. It is about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) walk from the Penang Hill Station. [2] [6]
The Thean Kong Thnuah Temple, also known as Thni Kong Tnua (Chinese: 天公壇) or the Jade Emperor's Pavilion, is a Taoist temple within George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located at Ayer Itam, the temple was completed in 1869 and is the only temple in Malaysia built specifically for the worship of the Jade Emperor (Hokkien: Thinn ...
Hill Railway Station Road is a road in the city of George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. Designated as Route P210 , it stretches from the suburb of Air Itam to the Penang Hill Lower Railway Station at the foot of Penang Hill .