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The Residency (Malay: Seri Mutiara) is the official residence of Penang's head of state, the governor of Penang.Located in the state's capital city of George Town, it was built by the British in 1888 and the mansion used to serve as the official residence of the highest-ranking British officer in Penang until Malayan independence in 1957.
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.
The 1,100-bedded Penang General Hospital within the city centre serves as the main tertiary referral hospital within northwestern Malaysia. [37] Aside from the public hospital, the city centre is a popular destination for medical tourism , boasting some of Penang's leading private hospitals such as Penang Adventist Hospital , Gleneagles ...
The Pinang Peranakan Mansion (Malay: Rumah Agam Peranakan Pulau Pinang) in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, is a museum dedicated to Penang's Peranakan heritage. The museum itself is housed within a distinctive green-hued mansion at Church Street, George Town, which once served as the residence and office of a 19th-century Chinese tycoon, Chung Keng Quee.
The Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion is a government gazetted heritage building located on Leith Street in George Town, Penang, Malaysia.The mansion's external decorations and indigo-blue outer walls make it a very distinctive building, and it is sometimes referred to as The Blue Mansion. [1]
The Suffolk House refers to two early residences built on the same site located some four miles west of George Town, Penang, Malaysia.Located on the banks of the Air Itam ("Black Water") River, the earliest of the two buildings is notable for having served as the residence of Francis Light, the founder of the first British settlement on Penang.
The Penang Mutiara Beach Resort is an abandoned luxury hotel on the “glowing bay” beachfront in Teluk Bahang, Penang, Malaysia. The 15-storey high-rise building has an estimated height of 56.64 m. [1] Ownership is by Tradewinds Corp Bhd, [2] formerly known as Pernas International Holdings Bhd.
Along with Malacca, Penang is an architectural gem of Malaysia and Southeast Asia. Unlike Singapore , also a Straits Settlement , where many heritage buildings had to make way for modern skyscrapers and high-rise apartments due to rapid development and acute land scarcity, Penang's architectural heritage has enjoyed a better fate.