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Plan of Beach Street and side streets Old colonial buildings in a street in George Town, Penang, opposite the entrance to the Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi temple. The street names of George Town reflect the multicultural heritage of the city, the capital of the former British settlement of Penang, now part of Malaysia.
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Market Street is a street in the city of George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. Located within the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site, this street was named after a market which was established by Indian emigrants to Penang. The street is known in Tamil as Kadai Teru, meaning "street of shops". The market continued to function even ...
Light Street is the oldest road in the city of George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang.It was named after the founder of Penang, Captain Francis Light. [1] As the epicentre of George Town, the street was created soon after Light established the settlement in 1786 and has been serving as a major thoroughfare within the city centre ever since.
Beach Street is a major thoroughfare in George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang.Part of the city's central business district, it is also one of the oldest streets in Penang, having been created soon after the founding of the state by Captain Francis Light in 1786.
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Penang Road is a major thoroughfare in the city of George Town, within the Malaysian state of Penang. It runs between Farquhar Street to the north and Komtar to the south. It is a one-way road, with traffic directed southwards towards Komtar.
Pitt Street was named after William Pitt the Younger, who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain between 1783 and 1801.. When Captain Francis Light founded Penang Island in 1786, he renamed the island the Prince of Wales Island in honour of the Prince of Wales, the new settlement of George Town after King George III and the first street within the settlement after himself.