INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF GEORGE TOWN Warisan Budaya Tidak Ketara George Town 喬治市非物質文化遺產
Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site
Introduction
The following criteria for a business or cottage industry to be included in the Traditional Trades Inventory were set as a result of discussion during the researchers’ workshop, and were incorporated into the survey questions:
1. More than 50 years old (founded in 1962 or earlier) – recommended for inclusion • 25-50 years old (founded 1963-1988) – can be considered for inclusion
2. Inherited from family – recommended for inclusion
3. Special because it fulfills one or more of the following intangible cultural values: • Rare in local context • Involves manual skill • Involves traditional handicraft • Associated with traditional customs • Associated with traditional observances or rituals • Associated with traditional festivals • Needs specific traditional tools • Needs specific raw materials • Supplies to specific market • Other reasons (to be specified)
Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF GEORGE TOWN Warisan Budaya Tidak Ketara George Town 喬治市非物質文化遺產
Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site
Index Page Antiques, crafts and souvenirs ………………………….…………………………………… 1 Art supplies and stationers ………………………….…………………………………… 2 Bakery, biscuit shop and traditional cake shop ………………………….…………………………………… 3 Bar ………………………….…………………………………… 4 Barber and hair saloon ………………………….…………………………………… 4 Bertam chik, cane and rattan craft ………………………….…………………………………… 5 Beverage supplier (coffee, tea, liquor) ………………………….…………………………………… 6 Bicycle shop ………………………….…………………………………… 7 Bookshop, new and second -hand ………………………….…………………………………… 7 Budget hotel, family -run hotel and lodge ………………………….…………………………………… 8-9 Building industry ………………………….…………………………………… 9 Butcher, meat products and seafood products shop ………………………….…………………………………… 9 Canvas and leather goods ………………………….…………………………………… 10 Charcoal shop ………………………….…………………………………… 10 Clothing and apparel shop ………………………….…………………………………… 11 Coffee shop and tea shop ………………………….…………………………………… 12 - 14 Crockery and kitchenware ………………………….…………………………………… 15 Dried food provisions and specialist dried foodstuffs ………………………….…………………………………… 16 - 17 Fine art and graphic production ………………………….…………………………………… 18 Fortune -telling ………………………….…………………………………… 18 Frame -making and glass ………………………….…………………………………… 18 Fresh produce supplier ………………………….…………………………………… 19 General goods and household implements ………………………….…………………………………… 19 Hardware wholesale and retail ………………………….…………………………………… 20 Headgear and footwear ………………………….…………………………………… 21 Import -export ………………………….…………………………………… 21 Jeweller and goldmith ………………………….…………………………………… 22 - 23 Keys and locksmith ………………………….…………………………………… 24 Laundry and dry cleaner ………………………….…………………………………… 24 Marine and vehicle repair ………………………….…………………………………… 24 Metalwork and machining ………………………….…………………………………… 25 Money -changer ………………………….…………………………………… 26 Newspaper and magazine distributor ………………………….…………………………………… 26 Noodle and poh piah skin maker ………………………….…………………………………… 27 Optometrist and pharmacy ………………………….…………………………………… 27 Pawnshop ………………………….…………………………………… 27 Perfumery ………………………….…………………………………… 28 Philately and numismatics ………………………….…………………………………… 28 Pillow maker and beddings supplier ………………………….…………………………………… 28 Publishing and printing industry ………………………….…………………………………… 29 - 30 Recycling ………………………….…………………………………… 30 Religious and ceremonial goods wholesale and retail ………………………….…………………………………… 31 - 32 Restaurants and eateries ………………………….…………………………………… 33 - 34 Rubber -stamp maker and electro -engraver ………………………….…………………………………… 34 Rugs and carpets ………………………….…………………………………… 35 Specialist food and baking ingredients supplier ………………………….…………………………………… 35 Specialist packaging ………………………….…………………………………… 35 Specialist supplier ………………………….…………………………………… 36 Spice wholesaler, spice mill and fresh spice paste maker ………………………….…………………………………… 37 Stevedoring and shipchandling ………………………….…………………………………… 37 Stone craft and stone supplier ………………………….…………………………………… 38 Sundry shop and grocery shop ………………………….…………………………………… 38 - 39 Tailor shop ………………………….…………………………………… 40 Textile and piece goods, wholesaler and retailer ………………………….…………………………………… 41 Tobacco and cigar shop ………………………….…………………………………… 41 Traditional florist ………………………….…………………………………… 41 Traditional massage and blind massage ………………………….…………………………………… 42 Traditional medicine and healing ………………………….…………………………………… 42 - 44 Traditional occupation ………………………….…………………………………… 45 Traditional pastimes ………………………….…………………………………… 45 Watch and clock shop ………………………….…………………………………… 45 Weighing equipment ………………………….…………………………………… 46 Woodwork and woodcarving ………………………….…………………………………… 46
Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF GEORGE TOWN Warisan Budaya Tidak Ketara George Town 喬治市非物質文化遺產
Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Antiques, crafts and souvenirs
Penang is well-known for its antique and souvenir shops. Some of these shops started as shops selling “Eastern curios” and China crockery, catering to travellers and expats. Others started by selling second-hand furniture. Most of the shops listed here are more than 40 years old, but a few newer shops are also included because they have skills in seal-cutting, wood- carving, furniture repair and antique restoration.
Teik Chye Antiques restoration, carving 1 Lebuh Acheh 7 德財木器 1980 Wood Carving wooden plaques
Lebuh Tian Hua Chinese seal cutting, selling 2 85 天華 1968 Carnarvon Arts & Antique antiques, curios,
檳藝古玩 Antique shop, restoration and 3 Lebuh Chulia 354 Pentique Gallery 1972 商店 repair
China 4 Lebuh Chulia 434 升昌公司 1941 Antique curios, souvenirs Handicraft Co.
Lean Giap 聯業 Antique shop, restoration and 5 Lebuh Chulia 443, 449 1985 Trading Co. 貿易公司 repair
Lebuh 6 64D Kim Soon Seng 金信成 1972 Antique shop Kimberley
Jalan Masjid Haji A. Othman 7 113(1) - 1910 Second hand furniture shop Kapitan Keling Piliai & Sons
Fine Chinese porcelain wares, Hong Seng Arts & 鴻成磁行 8 Jalan Penang 86 工藝品 1936 antiques, arts and crafts, Crafts Sdn. Bhd. 有限公司 souvenir items
鴻業行 9 Jalan Penang 193, 195 Hong Giap Hang 1988 Souvenirs 有限公司
Syarikat Peking 10 Jalan Penang 230 勝昌公司 1940 Antiques, curios and souvenirs Arts & Crafts
Syarikat 鴻業 11 Jalan Penang 308, 310, 312 1958 Curios, souvenirs, pewter Hong Giap 工藝品商店
Antique shop, restoration and 12 Jalan Pintal Tali 8 Mei Tatt Antique 美達古玩 1988 repair
Lorong Seck Chin House of Antique shop, restoration and 13 13 陳家古玩 1970 Chuan Antiques repair
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Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Art supplies and stationers
A number of stores supply offices and school-going population with stationery and art supplies. In addition, a few stationers also stock higher-end artist’s supplies for amateur and professional artists. Penang is an important centre for the development of modern Malaysian art as well as traditional ink brush painting and calligraphy.
友心 1 Lebuh Campbell 26 U-Sim Sdn Bhd 1960 Stationery wholesaler 有限公司
Shanghainese shop selling ink brush, Chinese ink brush Lebuh 2 186 Van Hin Book Co. 萬興書局 1965 supplies, wedding red packets, Carnarvon red envelope, seal, stationery, paper cuts, almanac, ink stone
Syarikat Nanyang Selling stationery, oil painting Lebuh 南洋書局 3 200, 202, 204 Book Co. (PG) 1931 and watercolor paints, painting Carnarvon 有限公司 Sdn. Bhd. tools, etc.
Artist's supplies, oil paints, Lebuh Asia Educational 亞洲書局 4 206, 208 1952 watercolour, brushes, Carnarvon Supplies Sdn. Bhd. 有限公司 stationery
The Cosmorama Lebuh Educational 中外教學儀 5 151B 1960 Stationery and sports products Carnarvon Supply Co. Sdn. 器有限公司 Bhd.
B.S Mohideen & 6 Lebuh Chulia 66(1) - 1920 Stationery services Co
Lee & Sons 李氏父子 Stationery, water colour, art 7 Lebuh Muntri 80, 82 Enterprise Sdn. 企業有限 1960 products Bhd. 公司
Hai Chuan Corp 海川機構 8 Lebuh Pantai 193, 195 1947 Paper and stationery suppliers (M) Sdn. Bhd. (馬)有限公司
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Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Bakery, biscuit shop and traditional cake shop
The bakeries, biscuit and cake shops here are more than 30 years old. Penang is well known for a variety of biscuits, pastries, tarts, friedcakes, teacakes, steamed cakes, all recognizable by their individual names. Some products like long fritters and red-bean friedcakes are available daily the whole year round, whereas some like mooncakes are only made seasonally. There are several cottage industries making the famous Tau Sar biscuit, one of them is more than 150 years old. The bakeries listed here are pioneers in making Western-style bread and cakes. There are also biscuit shops that sell teabiscuits in large rectangular tins; one of them now has a biscuit factory in Prai.
Juat Khoon Pastry 悅群 1 Jalan Argyll 29 1952 Cakes, western biscuits. Centre 糕餅中心
Khian Guan Gat Lebuh 建元餅乾廠 Wholesale of traditional biscuit 2 26 Biscuit Mfg. Co. 1947 Armenian 有限公司 in tins. Sdn. Bhd.
3 Lebuh Cintra 61 Ng Kee Cake Shop 伍記餅家 1936 Biscuit and mooncake shop.
Making and selling long 4 Lebuh Cintra 76 - - 1960 fritters. Jalan Dato 5 21 Luan Fong Bakery 聯豐 1970 Bakery making sandwich loaf. Koyah Red tortoise bun, steamed Lebuh Chin Hiang 6 184 振香餅家 1975 Chinese muffin, glutinous rice Kimberley Marketing cake.
Jalan Dr. Lim Making and selling "roti" stick 7 182 Goh Gin Seong 吳連祥餅家 1960 Chwee Leong biscuits and seasonal biscuits
Swee Hin Chan 瑞興棧 Wholesale of traditional biscuit 8 Lebuh Pantai 72 1947 Co. Sdn. Bhd. 有限公司 in tins
Ghee Hiang 義香 9 Lebuh Pantai 95 Manufacture 1856 Sesame oil, Tau Sar biscuit 有限公司 Sdn. Bhd.
Leong Chee Kee 梁池記 10 Peoples Court C8 1960 Coconut tart, sponge cake Pepper Biscuit 老餅家
Making Hum Chim Peng, Pak 鹹煎餅, Tong Kou (salty deep-fried 11 Peoples Court D2 Steam Rice Cake 1950 白糖糕 Chinese doughnut, steamed sweet cake)
Lorong Soo Dragon Ball 龍珠餅 12 9 - Dragon Ball Biscuit Hong Biscuit 製作廠
Jalan Sungai Hai Kee Biscuit 海記肉乾餅 Pork jerky and biscuits, 13 8 1987 Ujong Shop 乾專賣店 including mooncakes
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Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Bar
Bars and pubs proliferated during the days when Penang was a free port, catering to travelers, itinerant businessmen and sailors. One particular bar dating from 1920 has kept its heritage character and is listed here.
1 Lebuh Chulia 371 Hong Kong Bar 香港酒店 1920 Bar
Barber and hair saloon
Barber shops for men are run either by Chinese barbers or Indian barbers. Hair-dressing saloons for women may have initially provided hair-cuts and wash, before movie stars made permanent waving fashionable. It is noteworthy that two hair-dressing saloons or “perm parlours” started in 1930. The older barber shops and hair-dressing saloons may offer ear- cleaning services.
Lebuh Barber with ear-cleaning 1 39 Hwa Bee Barbers 華美理髮室 1960 Armenian service
Vincent Hair 唯聲冷氣 2 Lebuh Chulia 435 1960 Hair-dressing saloon Dressing Saloon 理髮廳
Naw Kiow Hair 南僑冷氣 Hair dressing saloon with ear- 3 Lebuh Cintra 4 1930 Dressing Saloon 理髮廳 cleaning service
Beauty Hair 美麗冷氣 4 Lebuh Cintra 10 Dressing Saloon 1965 Hair-dressing saloon 理髮店 （Air-Con ）
Greatwall 5 Jalan Hutton 1B - 1930 Hair-dressing saloon Hair Salon
Sunny Phoon 6 Jalan Hutton 1D - 1950 Hair-dressing saloon Hair Studio Lebuh Keng Lai Kheng 7 2 麗瓊電髮院 1970 Hair-dressing saloon Kwee Perm Parlour Lebuh 8 197 Ching Hwa Barber 青華理髮店 1957 Barber shop Kimberley
Jalan Masjid Kedai Gunting 9 55 - 1962 Barber shop Kapitan Keling Rambut
New Light Hair 10 Lebuh Queen 46 - 1910 Barber shop Dressing Saloon
Hair Dressing Kedai Gunting 11 Jalan Transfer 61A Rambut - 1960 Barber Shop Saloon 理髪室
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Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Bertam chik, cane and rattan craft
Craft artisans are bearers and transmitters of intangible cultural heritage skills. The crafts shops listed here are family businesses of more than 50 years old, as the craft skills are passed down through the generations. These crafts, which make use of local materials, take years to learn. Originally the cane and rattan craft shops were making vegetable baskets and were thus located near the market. Their products are quite diversified and they can make big items of furniture as well as small items such as sepak takraw balls. Bertam chik makers make chick blinds for shade; when placed at the shopfront to shade the five-footway, they also double as advertising banners.
Lebuh Repairs cane and rattan 1 36 - - 1952 Armenian furniture
2 Lebuh Chulia 165 Ngai Sin 藝新 1953 Making chik blinds
Lee Soo Kee 3 Lebuh Chulia 370E 李蘇記滕業 1962 Cane and rattan craft shop Rattan
Cane and attan craft shop, retail cane, bamboo, wooden 4 Lebuh Pantai 393 Seang Hin Leong 祥興隆 1940 product, desk, chair, bench, souvenir
Cane and rattan craft shop, 5 Lebuh Pantai 490 Thean Seng Huat 天成發 1920 selling basket, repairing furniture
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Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Beverage supplier (coffee, tea, liquor)
The suppliers listed here are more than 40 years old, with the exception of the ice maker. The largest coffee roaster in Penang and two liquor breweries are located in the World Heritage Site. The old wine shops, the tea leaf shop and the single toddy shop have a vintage appearance.
1 Lebuh Acheh 91 - - 1980 Ice maker
Lebuh Nam Khong Co. 南康 Make Chinese wine and 2 14 1939 Carnarvon Sdn. Bhd. 有限公司 distribute all types of wine
Lebuh Kooi Kee Him 桂既馨 Various kinds of wine 3 142 1960 Carnarvon Sdn. Bhd. 有限公司 (homemade)
Lebuh Looi Guan Hoe 雷源和 4 151 1960 Retailer of tea leaf and tea sets Carnarvon Sdn. Bhd. 有限公司
Red House Lebuh 紅屋陳建成 5 153 Tan Kean Seng 1900 Beer wholesaler Carnarvon 啤酒批發商 Beer Wholesaler
Lebuh Make Chinese wine and 6 1B King Cheong 經昌酒莊 1960 Carnarvon distribute all types of wine
12, 16, 18, Kun Kee Food 均記 Jalan 20, disebelah 20, Coffee roaster, coffee powder, 7 Industries 食品工業 1952 Cheong Fatt Tze 23, 25, 27, tea powder Sdn Bhd 有限公司 28, 30, 32
大昌 8 Lebuh Chulia 446 Tai Chang 1912 Sell wine and sundries 百貨酒莊
Eng Guan Chan 榮源棧 Sell coffee bean to coffee 9 Lebuh Pantai 73 1956 Sdn. Bhd. 有限公司 roaster
Kedai Tuak 10 Lorong Pasar G.M.D - 1930 Toddy shop Lorong Pasar
Lean Siang 聯商 11 Jalan Penang 74 1962 Liquor, cigarettes, soft drinks Cold Storage Co. 冷藏公司
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Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Bicycle shop
Bicycle shops are typically run as family businesses. It is worth noting that all three bicycle shops started in 1950 and are located in the same vicinity. The shops selling children’s bicycles also sell pedal cars and prams. Bicycle retail and repair, Lebuh 1 55, 84 Chin Seng Leong 振成隆 1950 reconditioned bicycles, antique Armenian retail Lebuh Bicycle retail and repair, 2 165, 165A, 165B Syarikat Chin Aik 振益公司 1950 Carnarvon bicycle spare parts
Tai Seng 大成 Bicycle retail and repair, 3 Lebuh China 103 1950 Trading Co. 貿易公司 bicycle spare parts
Permainan Lebuh 陳南榮 4 139 Kanak-Kanak 1952 Children's cars, bicycles retail Kimberley 童車中心 Tan Num Wing Lebuh Children's cars, bicycles retail 5 141, 143 Syarikat Teik Seng 德成公司 1942 Kimberley and repair
Bookshop, new and second-hand
Penang has some well-established bookshops although many of the old bookshops are on the decline. The bookshops sell books in one or more languages – English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil. Some mainly sell textbooks and educational supplies.
Publisher's bookshop selling Lebuh Islamic books, an outlet for 1 16 Almuariff - 1987 Buckingham Almuarif printing press at Jalan Sungai Pinang
Lebuh Syarikat United 聯合書局 Bookshop, stationers, 2 189 1970 Carnarvon Book Sdn. Bhd. 有限公司 photostating service
Lebuh Seong Hung 3 197 商行書局 1957 Bookshop Carnarvon Book Co.
Lebuh Children's World 兒童世界 4 179B 1940 Bookshop Carnarvon Sdn. Bhd. 有限公司 Bookshop selling textbooks, Vetrivel Book 5 Lebuh China 8 - 1952 novels, children's books, Depot dictionaries
Ali's Enterprise Money changer, second-hand 6 Lebuh Chulia 410 - 1952 Book Store bookshop, bicycles for rent
Kedai Buku 7 Lorong Chulia 8 永發書店 1988 Second-hand bookshop Eng Huat
Ali Alavudin 8 Jalan Hutton 11C - 1972 Bookshop Book Store
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Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Budget hotel, family-run hotel and lodge
Apart from being a major and travel destination in itself, Penang was an important staging post for people from the surrounding region who were preparing to travel to Singapore, Sumatra, China, India and Europe as well as travellers, salesmen and employees from aboard who were proceeding to Thailand, Indonesia and the peninsular Malay States. The George Town World Heritage Site has many old hotels, inns and guesthouses, most of them originally family-operated. All the establishments listed here are more than 50 years old. The most traditional lodge is the Penang Negara Viduthi, which served to lodge members of the Chettiar clan. A few hotels made good use of converted Jawi Peranakan bungalows and Straits Chinese mansions, for example such as Ai Goh Hotel, Hotel Noble and Cathay Hotel. A number of “hotel and coffee shop” or “hotel and bar” premises feature coffee shop or bar on the ground floor and accommodation on the upper floor(s); such establishments were purpose-built from the 1920s to the 1970s, before the era of modern international hotels. From the 1970s onwards, a few Chinese inns started to cater to budget tourists who came via Bangkok to explore Southeast Asia. After 40 years of budget tourism, some of these inns have evolved to assume the outward character of “budget hotel”, although they may still be run as family-businesses or as traditional establishments retaining their veteran employees.
金山 1 Lebuh Campbell 86, 88 Kim Sun Hotel 1972 Budget hotel 冷氣旅社 Lebuh 2 246 Star Hotel 星光旅店 1959 Budget hotel and coffee shop Carnarvon Penang Nagara 3 Lebuh China 24 有印度文 1932 Lodge for Chettiars Viduthi
4 Lebuh Chulia 273 Hotel Hong Ping 鴻賓酒店 1957 Budget hotel
Kedai Kopi Sky 5 Lebuh Chulia 348 - 1961 Coffee shop (Sky Café)
6 Lebuh Chulia 348 Sky Hotel 青天旅社 1961 Budget hotel
7 Lebuh Chulia 509 Hotel Eastern 遠東旅社 1940 Budget hotel
Oasis Hotel 綠州旅社 8 Lebuh Chulia 431F 1953 Budget hotel (Swiss Hotel) (瑞士旅社)
Kafeteria Dan 鶯羅茶室 9 Lebuh Gereja 48 1942 Budget hotel and coffee shop Hotel Eng Loh 冷氣旅社
10 Lebuh Leith 15 Cathay Hotel 國泰旅社 1948 Budget hotel
Jalan Dr. Lim Ban Aun Hotel Coffee shop and family-run 11 224 萬安旅社 1920 Chwee Leong dan Kedai Kopi hotel
12 Love Lane 35 Wan Hai Hotel 環海旅社 - Budget hotel
Pin Seng Hotel 檳城旅社 13 Love Lane 80A-82 1930 Budget hotel Sdn. Bhd. 有限公司
14 Lebuh Muntri 179C Modern Hotel 現代旅社 1955 Budget hotel
15 Lorong Pasar 36 Hotel Noble 豪華旅社 1948 Budget hotel
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Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Budget hotel, family-run hotel and lodge
16 Jalan Penang 463 Ai Goh Hotel 愛吾旅社 1920 Budget hotel
17 Jalan Penang 50A Peking Hotel 北京酒店 1962 Budget hotel
18 Lebuh Penang 1A(2) Merlin Hotel 美輪旅社 1942 Budget hotel
Building industry
The two companies listed here are more than 50 years old. The first is a seasoned contractor whereas the second supplies materials for the building industry, including granite, marble and slate. Seriousbiz 1 Peoples Court D4 - 1942 Contractor Enterprise
Lam Ah Company 南亞 2 Lebuh Pantai 63 1950 Supply of granite, marble, slate Sdn. Bhd 有限公司
Butcher, meat products and seafood products shop
Most meat butchers and suppliers of seafood products are to be found in the Chowrasta and Campbell Street wet markets but the businesses listed here operate in shophouses around the markets. Some of the pork butchers also diversify into supplying the meat roasted, barbequed and as pork jerkies. A couple of Muslim butchers are found in the vicinity of Little India and they mainly supply to restaurants and hawker stalls as well as local residents.
Lebuh 蘇少權 1 21 Soo Siew Khoon 1970 Pork butcher Carnarvon 豬肉店 I.Q.-NOR (M) 2 Lebuh King 100 - 1938 Muslim butcher Sdn Bhd
Jalan Kuala Khow Lee Pork butcher, roast pork, 3 22, 24 球利肉店 1950 Kangsar Pork Shop barbeque pork
Jalan Kuala Sun Yee Lee Pork butcher, roast pork, 4 23 新義利肉店 1962 Kangsar Pork Shop barbeque pork
Jalan Kuala Weng Lee 5 35 榮利肉店 1977 Pork butcher Kangsar Pork Shop Jalan Kuala 6 36 Chop Soon Bee 順美 1962 Pork butcher Kangsar KAS Wawasan 7 Lorong Pasar 34-B - 1985 Selling beef, lamb, seafood, Enterprise
Selling fish and jellyfish, 8 Lebuh Tamil 26 Chop Wah Bin 華民魚行 1972 making fish balls
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Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Canvas and leather goods
These are specialist tailors who use their tailoring skills to sew items other than clothes: the maker of leather bags, belts and other items, makers of canvas bags and deckchair fabrics, as well as makers of canvas tents.
富雅 Leather and canvas bags, make 1 Lebuh Chulia 159 Foo Ah & Co. 1939 皮件公司 and repair, luggage repair
Kedai Kanvas 戴義成 2 Lebuh Chulia 162 - Making canvas tents, bags Tye Yee Seng 帆布店
Kong Min 3 Lebuh Cintra 57 光明公司 1967 Leather Shop Company
Al-Hikam Canvas and tarpaulin tent 4 Lebuh Pantai 182 - 1960 Tarpaulins maker
Charcoal shop
Charcoal is a traditional cooking fuel and was formerly used in almost every domestic kitchen, restaurant kitchen and food stall. Charcoal is mainly imported from the charcoal kilns found near coastal mangrove areas on the peninsula to the north and south of Penang. Today, gas and electric stoves have largely replaced charcoal stoves, but charcoal is still used in hawker stalls for cooking certain types of food, such as “apom”, satay and Penang Char Koay Teow.
Reclaimation 1 183 Hai Guan 海源 1987 Selling charcoal Area Weld Quay
Pengkalan Weld 2 151 Ooi Ah Seong 黃亞雄 - Selling charcoal Foreshore
Pengkalan Weld 3 153 - - 1980's Selling charcoal Foreshore
Pengkalan Weld 4 157 Poh Huat 保發 1958 Selling charcoal Foreshore
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Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Clothing and apparel shop
During the days when Penang was a free port, it was a fashion centre for the north western part of Malaysia. The clothes trade in George Town then declined after the loss of free port status in 1949. Aaround 2000 many clothing shops got a second lease of life as wholesalers of cheap “bundled clothes” which are bought by vendors for resale elsewhere in Penang. Some shops are listed here because they have retained their distinctive look or specialization, others because they are more than 50 years old, even though they may have evolved to suit current taste. The oldest clothing shop, for example, being more than a century old, used to be well-known for the latest fashions during the free port days. Another clothing shop was the first to sell Western shirts to a Chinese clientele. Yet another cluster of shops in the vicinity of the “Jual Murah” along Penang Road was well-known for batik clothes, originally made-in-Penang but gradually replaced with those imported from Indonesia; these shops evolved to selling batik to the tourist market.
新華 1 Lebuh Campbell 175 Sin Wah 1958 Branded clothes retail 恤衫公司
Richard Tailor & 2 Lebuh Chulia 521 - 1971 Batik clothes shop Batik House
Sam's Collections Import-export, wholesale and 3 Jalan Penang 159, 161 (Sham Lata - 1972 retail of Batik and Indian Sdn. Bhd) clothes
Retailer of men's apparel and Pitchay Gunny 4 Jalan Penang 178, 180 - 1900 unisex tailoring, jeans, 1960s Fashion House fashion
Import-export, wholesale and Sam's Batik House retail of Batik and Indian 5 Jalan Penang 183, 185 (S.B.H. Batek - 1982 clothes, accessories, home House Sdn. Bhd.) decoration
Syarikat 6 Jalan Penang 217 - 1960 Batik clothes Maphilindo Baru
Clothes retail, pewter, 7 Jalan Penang 314 Asia Co. 亞洲公司 1960 souvenirs for tourist market
Clothes, hats, handbags, shoes 8 Jalan Penang 459, 461 Joo Hong Store 裕豐商店 1930 for tourists
Toko Medan 9 Jalan Penang 255I - 1960 Clothes and Batik wholesale Sdn Bhd
Purnama Batik clothes wholesale and 10 Jalan Penang 255Q, 255S - 1940 Raya Baru retail
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Coffee shop and tea shop
With the exception of one medicated tea shop, the rest are coffee shops, over 25 years old, while quite a few are over 50 years old. There used to be one or two coffee shops on every street, promoting neighbourhood conviviality and social interaction. Most Penang coffee shops are run by Hockchew and Hainanes people as family businesses. Some coffee shops sublet space to one or more hawker stalls selling food. Some coffeeshops, especially those run by the Hainanese, also have kitchens serving stir-fry food. Such establishments may be called “restaurant”, “kopitiam”, “kedai kopi” or “café” but they fit the description of coffee shop (local Hokkien term, kopitiam), where the main business is beverage, especially freshly- brewed coffee and tea; if food is offered the menu is usually quite limited. Those that are called “café” or “kopitiam” are likely to serve breakfast with “roti bakar”, homemade kaya and half boiled eggs. Some of these cafes, especially those along tourist areas such as Lebuh Chulia, are increasingly catering to budget tourists and may also offer cereal and yoghurt for breakfast. The Penang-style kopitiam typically features marble top tables and Bentwood chairs imported from Eastern Europe (usually supplied by Lim Teck Lee), and some have kept this vintage look.
1 Lebuh Acheh 40 Phei Tee Café 佩蒂茶餐室 1960 Coffee shop
2 Lebuh Ah Quee 2 Lean Thye 聯泰茶室 1951 Coffee shop
3 Jalan Argyll 86 Tai Wah Café 大華茶室 1960 Coffee shop
Lebuh Kedai Kopi 4 59 萬隆軒茶室 1952 Coffee shop Armenian Ban Leong Ean
5 Lebuh Bishop 101 Kedai Kopi Melo 美羅茶室 1960 Coffee shop
6 Lebuh Bishop 64i City Rio Café 新麗羅茶室 1940 Coffee shop
Lebuh Kedai Kopi 7 160 成都茶室 1950 Coffee shop Carnarvon Seng Thor Lebuh 8 179 Kafe Ping Hooi 檳園茶室 1920 Coffee shop Carnarvon Lebuh Kedai Kopi 9 266 華南茶室 1920 Coffee shop Carnarvon Hwa Lam Lebuh 10 179A Kwong Fat Lee 廣發利 1940 Coffee shop Carnarvon
11 Lebuh China 34 Hock Poh Lye 福寶來 1940 Coffee shop
12 Lebuh China 56 (Hock Leong Hin) 福隆軒 1960 Coffee shop
Hing Kee 13 Lebuh China 60 興新飯店 1907 Coffee shop Restaurant
Restaurant 新全美 14 Lebuh China 64 1950 Coffee shop Sin Chuan Bee 茶室販店
15 Lebuh Chulia 307 Sai Lam 西南茶室 1932 Coffee shop
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Coffee shop and tea shop
16 Lebuh Chulia 393 Pak Hock Cafe 柏幅茶室 1948 Coffee shop with chicken rice
Kedai Kopi 伍秀澤 17 Lebuh Chulia 338A, 338B 1950 Chicken rice restaurant Thew Chik Café 海南雞飯
Kedai Kopi 18 Lebuh Chulia 437A, 437B 新冠華 1964 Coffeee shop with chicken rice Sin Kuan Hwa
杭州 19 Lebuh Chulia 511(1) Hang Chow Kafe 1950 Coffee shop 旅社茶室
20 Lorong Chulia 12 Tong Kong 東江飲食店 1930 Coffee shop
21 Lebuh Cintra 37 Sin Sun Vood 新生活茶室 1920 Coffee shop
Wen Chang Coffee shop with Hainan 22 Lebuh Cintra 63 文昌茶室 1967 Restaurant chicken rice
Kedai Kopi Coffee shop with pork-free 23 Lebuh Dickens 10 鎂華茶室 1967 Bee Hwa hawker food
24 Lebuh Gereja 3, 5 Hwa Pin 華賓 1950 Coffee shop
廣泰來 25 Jalan Hutton 6 Kong Thai Lai 1920 Coffee shop 咖啡室 Lebuh Sin Guat Keong 26 86 新月宮茶室 1950 Coffee shop Kimberley Coffee Shop Lebuh 27 116 Nam Kie 南佳 1929 Coffee shop with stir-fry food Kimberley Lebuh Yik Kheng Kee 28 161 益群居 1932 Coffee shop with Char Hor Fun Kimberley Café
Lebuh Khee Cheang 29 165 喜昌隆茶室 1950 Coffee shop Kimberley Leong Lebuh 30 186 Wah Lin 華聯 1940 Coffee shop with Yong Tau Fu Kimberley Shong Hor Hin Lebuh 31 194 Medicated 松鶴軒 1953 Tea shop selling medicated tea Kimberley Tea Stall Lebuh 32 201 Eng Aun 永安 1952 Coffee shop Kimberley Lebuh 33 219 Leong Yew 良友茶室 1950 Coffee shop Kimberley 新和平 34 Lebuh King 1F Sin Hoe Peng 1932 Coffee shop 茶餐室
Jalan Kuala 金山 35 10 Kim Sun 1957 Coffee shop Kangsar (中山茶室)
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Coffee shop and tea shop Jalan Kuala 36 14 Kedai Kopi Bazaar 公市咖啡店 1931 Coffee shop Kangsar Jalan Kuala Yee Keng 37 15, 17 愉景茶餐室 1962 Coffee shop Kangsar Café & Restaurant
Jalan Kuala Kedai Kopi 天天來 38 26, 28 1960 Coffee shop Kangsar Hari Hari Datang 飲食中心 Jalan Kuala 39 48, 50 Wei Liang 偉亮 1960 Coffee shop Kangsar Jalan Kuala Kedai Kopi 40 58 同和號 - Coffee shop Kangsar Tong Hoe Jalan Masjid Hai Beng 41 32 海明 1961 Coffee shop Kapitan Keling Coffee Shop Jalan Masjid 42 46 Asia Café 亞細亞 1970 Coffee shop Kapitan Keling Jalan Masjid 43 150 Wah Bin 華民 1960 Coffee shop Kapitan Keling Kedai Kopi Haja Jalan Masjid 44 Beside 113 Alavudin Bin - 1928 Roti canai shop Kapitan Keling Ismail Sin Chuan Hin 45 Lebuh Melayu 23 新泉興茶室 1950 Coffee shop Coffee Shop
46 Lebuh Muntri 108 Lum Fong Café 南方茶餐室 1942 Coffee shop
Lam Ah 47 Lebuh Pantai 194 南亞公司 1970 Coffee shop Coffee Shop
48 Lebuh Pantai 380, 382 Lek Chuan Teng 淥泉亭 1960 Coffee shop
Eng Seng 49 Lebuh Pantai 411 英成茶室 1980 Coffee shop Kopitiam
50 Lebuh Pantai 420 Wah Keong 華強 1950 Coffee shop
51 Jalan Penang 80, 82 Kheng Pin Café 群賓茶餐室 1940 Coffee shop
52 Jalan Penang 475 Joo Hooi Café 愉園餐室 1950 Coffee shop
Kedai Kopi 53 Jalan Pintal Tali 65 東園餐室 1970 Coffee shop Tong Hooi 美興 54 Jalan Transfer 51 Bee Hin Café 1968 Coffee shop with Western food 中西茶室 24, 24A, Kedai Kopi Coffee shop with beef Koay 55 Pengkalan Weld 炎發茶室 1950 24B(Back) Eam Huat Café Teow
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Crockery and kitchenware
The crockery and kitchenware shops listed here are wholesalers as well as retailers. The use of crockery and kitchenware is related to traditions of ethnic cuisine. The Chinese crockery shops import the crockery, including ceramic ware and tea sets, as well as certain kitchenware such as bamboo steamers, from China. The Indian shop imports brass and stainless steel kitchenware from India and supplies to a multicultural market.
Import and wholesale of Lebuh 慶發 1 25 Keng Fatt Sdn.Bhd 1956 Chinese ceramics, crockery, Armenian 有限公司 tea sets
Lebuh Thow Seng Chan Ceramic crockery, metal tiffin 2 di sebelah 266 陶昇棧 1956 Carnarvon Crockery Dealer carrier, clay currry pot
Jalan Dr. Lim Household goods wholesale, 3 114 Eng Hin Chan 榮興棧 1960 Chwee Leong kitchenware, plates, plastic bag
Import and wholesale traditional China crockery, 4 Lebuh Pantai 224 Teow Hin Chan 潮興棧 1968 enamel tiffin carrier, Hokkien basket
Hiap Seng Whatt 協成發貿易 5 Lebuh Pantai 286, 288, 290 1960 Kitchenware wholesale Trading Sdn Bhd 有限公司
Wholesale and retail in Weng Seng Loong 永成隆 6 Lebuh Pantai 310 1950 enamel, porcelain and metal Sdn.Bhd 有限公司 wares
Kanganam Selling Hindu religious goods 7 Lebuh Pasar 32, 41 - 1952 Trading Sdn. Bhd. and kitchenware
Ju Fatt (M) 裕發貿易 8 Lebuh Victoria 165GroundFloor 1970 Daliy cooking utensils Trading Sdn. Bhd. (馬)有限公司
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Dried food provisions and specialist dried foodstuffs
About three dozen businesses are listed here, doing both wholesale and retail; they are all over 25 years old. Penang was an important centre for dried foodstuffs, provisioning the ships that stopped in the Penang port with supplies for their long sea journey. Some general provisioners of dried foodstuffs c also stock specialist foodstuffs, whereas a few carry specialist exclusively. Chinese shops carry Penang salted fish, belacan and shrimp paste, luxury products such as abalone and sea cucumber, as well as other preserved meat and seafood products. Tamil Muslim shops carry spices, grains, pulses, onions and dried fruits; a few are currently expanding their range of dates and khurma products in line with current trends. The dried provision shops do a large part of their business supplying to restaurants and also provide delivery services.
Wholesale in canned goods 1 Lebuh Acheh 25 Swee Kang 瑞康 1962 and dried goods Dried foods, canned foods, Syarikat 羅潤潘 2 Lebuh Campbell 82 酒業什貨 1942 seasonal foods, tea leaf, tea Loh Yoon Poon 海味行 set, sweet sour tidbits
KwongTuck 廣德 Dried foods, canned foods, 3 Lebuh Campbell 90 Sundries & 酒業雜貨 1875 seasonal foods, tea leaf, tea Liquors Sdn Bhd 有限公司 set, sweet sour tidbits, liqour
Veng Tatt Soon 榮德信 Dried goods and Chinese 4 Lebuh Campbell 101 Enterprise 藥業貿易 1985 medicine Sdn Bhd 有限公司
5 Jalan Chowrasta 3 Eng & Co. 榮公司 1960 Salted fish
6 Jalan Chowrasta 9 Guan & Co 元公司 1959 Salted fish
Jalan Kuala 德記 7 29 Syarikat Tuck Kee 1979 Make and sell pork jerky Kangsar 肉乾肉絲行 Jalan Kuala Hong Heng Pork butcher, roast pork, 8 41 鴻興肉店 1980 Kangsar Meat Shop barbeque pork
Jalan Dr. Lim Bean Lam 聯南 Wholesale dried goods, salted 9 24, 26 1984 Chwee Leong Trading & Co. 貿易公司 fish and dried shrimp Hup Soon/ Sum Jalan Dr. Lim 合順 / 三福 10 40, 42 Hock Enterprise 企業 1900 Wholesale dried goods Chwee Leong Sdn Bhd 有限公司 Jalan Dr. Lim Ong Seng Kee 王成記有限 Wholesale of sugar, flour and 11 44 1959 Chwee Leong Sdn. Bhd. 公司 rice Jalan Dr. Lim 吉和 12 48, 50 Ket Hoe Sdn. Bhd. 1960 Dried goods, mix of groceries Chwee Leong 有限公司
Jalan Dr. Lim Chiap Heng Ch'ng 捷興莊 Wholesale in canned goods 13 140, 140A 1962 Chwee Leong (M) Sdn. Bhd. (馬)有限公司 and dried goods Shaik Dawood 14 Lebuh Pantai 92, 142 Feroz (SAP) - 1940 Dried provisions Sdn. Bhd.
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Dried food provisions and specialist dried foodstuffs
Soon Seng Hang 順成行 Wholesale in canned goods 15 Lebuh Pantai 135, 137 1960 Trading Sdn. Bhd. 有限公司 and dried goods Seng Keat Lee Wholesale in canned goods 16 Lebuh Pantai 159 成吉利 1930 & Co. and dried goods Guan Lee Seng Abalone, sea cucumber, shark's 17 Lebuh Pantai 199 源利成 1960 Co. (M) Sdn. Bhd. fin Wholesale in canned goods 18 Lebuh Pantai 204 Chop Teik Hong 德豐號 1950 and dried goods Bian Teik Lee 聯德利 Import-export of China 19 Lebuh Pantai 242 1947 Sdn Bhd 有限公司 foodstuffs, beans, onions etc. Tai Hin Chan 大興棧 Wholesale in canned goods 20 Lebuh Pantai 260 Company 1960 有限公司 and dried goods Sdn. Bhd. Sin Chiat Hong 新捷豐 Wholesale in canned goods 21 Lebuh Pantai 272 1972 Sdn. Bhd. 有限公司 and dried goods Tan Cheng Hock 22 Lebuh Pantai 314 陳清福公司 1968 Dried goods, mix of groceries Co.
23 Lebuh Pantai 451 Chuan Seng & Co. 泉成公司 1930 Dried goods, salted fish
Syarikat Salted fish, dried shrimp, dried 24 Lebuh Pantai 531 建順公司 1960 Kean Soon goods Salted fish, dried shrimp, dried 25 Lebuh Pantai 413A Hock Soon & Co. 福順公司 1970 goods Hock Huat Hung 福發行 Salted fish, dried shrimp, dried 26 Lebuh Pantai 431A, 455 1932 Trading Sdn Bhd 有限公司 goods Syarikat Spices, dried fruits (raisins, 27 Lebuh Pasar 29, 29A Abdul Ghaffar - 1949 apricots, figs, dates etc.) Trading Sdn. Bhd. Chai Kim Young 蔡金龍 Salted fish, shrimp paste, 28 Jalan Penang 423 - Trading 土產貿易 belachan Mohamed Meera 112, 116, Lot Wholesale and retail of spices, 29 Lebuh Penang Sahib (M) - 1954 228 grains, khurma Sdn. Bhd. Lee Hooi 30 Peoples Court A9, A10 李會鹹魚店 1960 Salted fish Salted Fish Shop Lai Yoke Kee 黎沃記 31 Jalan Pintal Tali 90 Dried Pork & - Pork jerky and meat floss 肉乾肉絲 Minced Pork Yong Siu Szu 楊秀士海味 Abalone, sea cucumber, shark's 32 Lebuh Victoria 122 1969 Sdn. Bhd. 莊有限公司 fin Khoon Heng 群興 33 Lebuh Victoria 157 1940 Wholesale of salted fish Sdn. Bhd. 有限公司 建榮 34 Pengkalan Weld 81, 83 Kean Eng Sdn Bhd 1947 Salted fish, dried shrimp 有限公司
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Fine art and graphic production One studio is listed because it was one of the first advertising studios in town, the other because of the production of batik art and craft.
1 Lebuh Acheh 81B, 81C Rozanas Batik - 2010 Batik artist's studio and gallery
Black & White Making cloth banner and 2 Lebuh Melayu 91 黑白廣告社 1958 Studio advertising signboard
Fortune-telling
Fortune-telling and palmistry is a traditional trade which is usually passed from master to pupil. The businesses listed here are more than 25 years old. Fortune-teller, palmist and 1 Lebuh Cintra 93 Ban Hong Kim 萬逢金 1979 Feng Shui master
2 Jalan Masjid 6 Fatt Chye Wang 發財旺 1983 Fortune-teller
3 Lorong Muda 4 - 齊天大聖 1982 Fortune-teller
Frame-making and glass
All the businesses listed here are more than 50 years old. Glass cutters and frame-makers work closely together in mirror making and framing; sometimes both operations are combined in one shop. Glass cutters also cut glass for furniture and window panes. Artistic framers have a wider range of aesthetic frames for mirrors and art works.
Syarikat Cermin 萬源 Frame-maker, glass-cutter, 1 Lebuh Chulia 229 1962 Bun Yoon 鏡莊公司 mirror-maker Wing Hup Frame-maker, glass-cutter, 2 Lebuh Chulia 268 榮合相框 1950 Frame Maker mirror-maker Kedai Cermin 進步 Frame-maker, glass-cutter, 3 Lebuh Chulia 328A 1930 Kembangan 玻璃公司 mirror-maker Konmeng Glass 光明玻璃 Frame-maker, glass-cutter, 4 Lebuh Chulia 328B Merchants 1950 有限公司 mirror-maker Sdn. Bhd. Sin Nam Quan Lebuh 新南光 5 223 Glass Dealers & 1940 Glass cutting and framing Kimberley 玻璃商 Frame Makers Yee Foong Kedai 日豐 6 Love Lane 43 1961 Glass cutting Kaca & cermin 玻璃鏡業 Seng Yip 成業鏡莊 7 Jalan Transfer 5 1960 Glass cutting Glass Merchants (前名紹記)
Wing Hup & Co. 榮合 Glass Merchants / 公司鏡莊 / 8 Lebuh Victoria 241 1955 Glass cutting Wing Hup Glass 榮合玻璃供 Supplies Sdn Bhd 應有限公司
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Fresh produce supplier
There are two egg wholesalers who only sell eggs; they are at least 40 years old. They make deliveries to restaurants and hawker stalls. While there are many fruits and vegetable suppliers located around the wet markets, the one listed here is more than 30 years old.
Lebuh Chew Teng Min 1 25 周呈敏蛋商 1972 Eggs wholesaler Kimberley Egg Supplier Jalan Dr. Lim Chip Hin Hup 集興合記 2 14 1960 Eggs wholesaler Chwee Leong & Co. 公司 Jalan Dr. Lim Lim Chin Teng 3 102 林振庭企業 1977 Retail, wholesale vegetables Chwee Leong Enterprise
General goods and household implements
These shops are over 25 years old. Traditionally, most of them used to sell essential items of personal grooming to migrants from China (comb, mirror, toothbrush, “Good Morning” face towel, “Pagoda” singlet, oil-paper umbrella) as well as household implements (broom, brush, pail etc.) Many of these items are still imported from China but some are now made in Malaysia. One company grew to have its own factory in Prai making household implements, whereas other businesses had to diversify by selling assorted goods to local consumers.
General goods, household Syarikat 1 Lebuh Chulia 101 - 1930 festival decorations, blankets, S.G Surani prayer beads etc.
Guan Aik General 源益 Vacuum flask, umbrella, Good 2 Lebuh Chulia 439 1962 Goods Store 洋貨商店 morning towel Lebuh Household utensils, shoes, 3 69 Chuan Lam 泉南洋貨 1947 Kimberley bags Wholesale home utensils, Sin Gay Sin outlet for Mak Mandin factory 新藝新貿易 4 Lebuh Pantai 369 Trading (M) 1976 making brass brushes, steel (馬)有限公司 Sdn Bhd wool and metal pot cleaners, making medals Everspring 永春貿易 Wholesale home utensils 5 Lebuh Pantai 447 Trading Co 1980 有限公司 (broom/bucket etc) Sdn Bhd A Abdul Muthalif Mixed merchandise, toiletries, 6 Lebuh Pasar 73(back) - 1964 & Sons foodstuffs, bags
Bags, school bags, backpacks, 7 Jalan Penang 455 Keng Huat Co. 慶發公司 1930 luggage, retail, retail tobacco pipe Import and wholesale China 47, 49, 51, 51A, Ko Chong How 高仲侯 products, pagoda T-shirt, Good 8 Jalan Pintal Tali 1970 55, 57 Co Sdn Bhd 有限公司 Morning towels, items of daily use
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Hardware wholesale and retail The hardware shops in Penang traditionally supplied the building industry not only on the island but also on the mainland and surrounding states. The small retail shops supply to small contractors, builders, renovators and furniture-making workshops, while a few companies have become big wholesalers to the booming construction industry, doing most of their business over the phone and internet and keeping their supplies in large warehouses in Prai. They also supply hardware for ship maintenance and repair.
Konsen Hardware 廣成五金 1 Lebuh Campbell 34, 36 1948 Hardware shop Sdn Bhd 有限公司 Chooi Tee Lebuh 水智五金 2 1A Hardware 1961 Hardware wholesale and retail Carnarvon 有限公司 Sdn. Bhd. Lorong Syarikat 3 2 啓發公司 1940 Paint shop Carnarvon Khay Huat Chin Ho & Co. 振和(馬) 4 Lebuh China 26 1903 Hardware wholesale and retail (M) Sdn Bhd 有限公司 Soon Lee Hung 順利五金行 5 Lebuh Chulia 233 hardware 1932 Hardware wholesale and retail 有限公司 Sdn.Bhd CTC Trading Sdn 先達貿易 6 Lebuh Chulia 270 Bhd (Central 1952 Hardware trading 有限公司 Trading Co.) Ong Cheng Hock 7 Lebuh Chulia 298 王清福五金 1910 Hardware wholesale and retail Harware Kim Company 8 Lebuh Chulia 368, 370 金有限公司 1958 Hardware wholesale and retail Sdn Bhd Lebuh 9 63 Kean Seng Co. 健生公司 1950 Hardware wholesale and retail Kimberley Kim Yew Jalan Dr. Lim 錦有五金貿 10 266, 268, 270 Hardware Trading 1930 Hardware shop Chwee Leong 易有限公司 Sdn. Bhd. Lum Choon 南春 11 Lebuh Pantai 55 1939 Hardware wholesale & Co. Sdn Bhd 有限公司 Kim Hing 金興五金 12 Lebuh Pantai 206 Hardware 1945 Hardware wholesale and retail 有限公司 Sdn Bhd Hardware wholesale, floor Guan Kongsi 13 Lebuh Pantai 240 源有限公司 1925 tiles, doors and locks, chicken Sdn. Bhd. coop wire netting
Hock Huat Hup 福發合記 14 Lebuh Pantai 375 1962 Hardware wholesale and retail Kee Sdn Bhd 有限公司 CSB Spring & 成美號 15 Jalan Pintal Tali 154 Hardware 1952 Hardware wholesale and retail 有限公司 Sdn Bhd Heap Sing Huat 16 Lorong Prangin 60 協盛發棧房 1950 Hardware wholesale (Godown)
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Headgear and footwear
The Indian maker of headgear specializes in traditional Muslim caps, such as songkok and fez. During the free port days, Campbell Street was renowned for shoe shops. The shoe shops featured here include two shoe-makers who fabricate custom-made leather shoes with Nyonya beadwork covers.
Lebuh Nyonya Beaded 1 4 繡珠鞋 1973 Shoe-maker fabricating Armenian Shoes
Lian Aik 2 Lebuh Campbell 87 聯益商店 1946 Shoe shop Sheung Tim
Kean Hin 3 Lebuh Campbell 95 建興鞋莊 1940 Shoe shop Shoes Supplies
Kedai Songkok 4 Lebuh King 155, 157 OSM Mohd - 1936 Songkok Making Shariff Shoe-maker fabricating Lebuh Hong Kong 5 20 香港鞋店 1950 customized leather and Kimberley Shoe Store beaded shoes Cobbler making children's 6 Lebuh Victoria 8, 134 Pia Baby Mfg - 1983 shoes
Import-export
As Penang was an important port and distribution centre, with full shipping and logistics services, many merchants were based in Penang, importing all sorts of goods and commodities for wholesale in Penang as well as for re-export to the surrounding region. Some old import-export merchants have grown out of their shophouses to become big concerns trading in commodities and operating in modern office buildings; they are not covered in this survey.
Lebuh Tan Ban Huat 陳萬發 1 42, 44(Ground) 1947 Import-export of beans Armenian Sdn Bhd 有限公司
2 Lebuh China 22 VR Patel Sdn. Bhd. - 1954 Import-export of coconut oil
Ban Aik Hin Jalan Dr. Lim 3 66 (Agency) 萬益興 1937 Nestle products dealer Chwee Leong Sdn. Bhd. Penang Civil 4 Lebuh Pantai 198, 200 Storage Company - 1946 Import-export (No Shipping) Sdn. Bhd.
Lee Cheang Sen 利昌升 5 Jalan Transfer 65 1930 Selling imported fruit Sdn Bhd 有限公司
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Jeweller and goldmith
Chinese goldsmith shops along Campbell Street and Indian and Arab jewellery shops along Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling together make up Penang’s “gold bazaar”. Those included in this list are at least 40 years old. Chinese goldsmith shops are mainly run by Cantonese, whereas Indian Muslim jewellery shops are mostly run by Tamil Muslims. The old jewellery and goldsmith shops have an established clientele of faithful customers. Most of the Chinese goldsmith shops have their own artisans and also source from gold factories. Apart from gold, they also deal with diamonds and jade. The sole gold bullion merchant is more than a century old. The Arab and Tamil Muslim shops are known for their choice of gemstones, which are sourced from or via India, and formerly supplied by itinerant Pathans from Afghanistan. The diamond merchant listed here is Gujerati. A few of the Indian shops still use Tamil goldsmiths or “Pathers” for jewellery repair.
Hajis S.Abdul 1 Lebuh Ah Quee 52, 54 Wahab Jewellers - 1950 Jewellery sales and repair Sdn Bhd. Malik Enterprise Sell and distribute gems and 2 Lebuh Ah Quee 63 - 1950 Jewellers gold ornaments
3 Lebuh Ah Quee 83 S.Ameer Jewellers - 1943 Jewellers
Lebuh Jewellery wholesale, retail and 4 22 Nafil Gems - 1940 Buckingham repair Jewellers, goldsmiths, Nam Loong 5 Lebuh Campbell 5, 7 南隆金鋪 1922 specialize in diamond, jade, Jeweller display of antique jewellery Wing Hing 永興金鋪 6 Lebuh Campbell 32 1953 Jewellers and gold ornaments Co. Sdn Bhd 有限公司 Lai Yuen Co. Sdn. Bhd. / Lai Wah 麗源金碹莊/ 7 Lebuh Campbell 39 麗華金莊 1934 Jewellers, goldsmith and repair Goldsmiths 有限公司 Sdn. Bhd.
Sun Cheong 新昌金鋪 8 Lebuh Campbell 41 1939 Jewellers, goldsmith Co. Sdn Bhd 有限公司 Cheong Loong 祥隆金鋪 9 Lebuh Campbell 46, 48 Goldsmiths 1900 Jewellers, goldsmith 有限公司 Sdn Bhd Cheong Yoon 10 Lebuh Campbell 52 祥源金鑽行 1970 Jewellers, goldsmith Jewellers
Sam Heng 11 Lebuh Campbell 71, 73 三興金鋪 1975 Jewellers, goldsmith Goldsmith
Kim Bian Seng Co. Lebuh 金聯盛有限 Bullion merchants, dealer of 12 134, 136 Ltd/ Kim Bian Aik 公司/金聯益 1910 Carnarvon gold ornaments and diamonds Co. Ltd 有限公司 Jewellers, gem testing, 13 Lebuh Chulia 166 Kae Jih Jewellers 愷記寶石商 1977 diamond grading, cleaning and repair
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Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Jeweller and goldmith Nam Kong 14 Lebuh Chulia 223 南光金鋪 1950 Silversmith Goldsmith Kok Seng Jalan Masjid 國成 Selling and repairing antique 15 74 Goldsmith & 1990 Kapitan Keling 金飾与古董 jewellery Jewellery Antique Haji Hameed Jalan Masjid 16 77 Shaik Son - - Gold jewellers Kapitan Keling Jewellers
S.Mohamed Jalan Masjid 17 79, 89 Kassim Sons - 1937 Gold and diamond jewellers Kapitan Keling Jewellers Sdn Bhd
Jalan Masjid Syarikat Jewellers (gold, diamond, 18 81 - 1947 Kapitan Keling S.O.Almashoor suasa)
Jalan Masjid Mohamed Mydin 19 85 - 1930 Jewellers Kapitan Keling Haniffah
Jalan Masjid Kim Foong Loong 金豐隆 Retail of jade, gems, repair of 20 94 1970 Kapitan Keling Trading 金鑽貿易 jewellery
Haji S. Abdul Jalan Masjid 21 95, 97 Wahab Jewels - 1950 Gold and diamond jewellers Kapitan Keling Sdn Bhd
Jalan Masjid Habib Jewels Jewellers, gold, diamonds, 22 111, 115, 117 - 1958 Kapitan Keling Sdn Bhd precious stones
Jewellers, precious stones, Jalan Masjid Vershine 23 113(2) - 1962 semi-precious stones, synthetic Kapitan Keling Enterprise stones
Jalan Masjid Mohamed Ismail 24 127A - 1930 Jewellers and gems merchant Kapitan Keling Sdn. Bhd.
25 Jalan Penang 453 Aik Ju Enterprise 益裕企業 1962 Retail of jade, trinkets
Diamex Holdings Import and wholesale of 26 Lebuh Penang 8 - 1945 Sdn. Bhd. diamonds and gems
Hsieh Loong 協隆 27 Jalan Pintal Tali 56A Goldsmith 1940 Gold shop 有限公司 Sdn Bhd
Lorong Soo One Thousand 一千 28 29 1970 Silversmith Hong Trading 貿易公司
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Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Keys and locksmith
Key-cutters duplicate keys whereas locksmiths repair and defeat locks. These are traditional trades that have to be learned through apprenticeship. These shops are usually located near the hardware shops, servicing the building industry.
Guan Huat Lock & 原發鎖匙 1 Lebuh Chulia 276, 277A 1978 Keys and Locksmith Keys Sdn Bhd 有限公司 Lebuh 漳泉五金 2 72 Cheang Chuan 1972 Keys and Locksmith Kimberley 電器商 Saw Joo Aun 3 Jalan Pintal Tali 124 蘇裕安企業 1950 Keys and Locksmith Enterprise
Laundry and dry cleaner Laundry and dry cleaning services were initially provided to cater to the European market. However, the service is also essential for the maintenance of certain cultural attire such as Chinese opera costumes. Jalan Kuala 1 83 Cheong Hoe 祥和 1962 Laundry Kangsar
Great Shanghai 大上海 2 Lebuh Leith 39 1940 Laundry and dry cleaning Dry-Cleaning Co. 洗染公司
Marine and vehicle repair
The company that makes and repairs trishaws may be the last one in the World Heritage Site that still does so. Several companies specialize in repairing marine vessels, such as ships, boats and yachts, and supply the spare parts as well. These companies work closely with the metalwork and machining shops to make and modify the customized parts needed in repairs.
Gat Lebuh Shipping, supplies spare parts 1 11, 13 Samudera Jaya - 1940 Gereja for ships, engine spare part
G.K.Mountain Ship repair, supply engine 2 Lebuh Pantai 80A(1) - 1976 Sdn. Bhd. spare parts for ships
Making and repairing trishaw, 3 Jalan Pintal Tali 5 Hup Huat 合發腳車店 1922 repairing bicycle
Eastern Star Lathe Machining and repair for boats 4 Jalan Pintal Tali 150 - 1930 Works & Repair and cars
Pen-Marine Sdn Spare parts for yacht, boat Bhd ( Limbongan 5 Pengkalan Weld 64 - 1970 chartering and brokerage, boat Batu Maung building and repairs Sdn. Bhd. )
Hen Hoe 建和 6 Pengkalan Weld 68A 1950 Repair truck hopper and boat Lorry Body & Boat 造車斗和船
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Metalwork and machining
Many small blacksmithing workshops and machinist shops were established in Penang to service the shipping, mining and plantation industries. The oldest blacksmith is a century old. Traditionally blacksmiths used hammer and anvil but now they use electrical hammering methods. Two blacksmiths near Weld Quay still produce anchors. Machinists use machine tools to make or modify metal parts. When the manufacturing companies opened up in Penang’s industrial area, they initially used local machinists to custom-make, modify or repair machine parts. A few of these companies later developed capabilities in precision-machining and grew in tandem with the manufacturing industry. Two shops carry out light metalwork, such as the fabrication of baking containers and the fabrication of letter boxes and buckets.
Gat Lebuh 1 50 Teck Ban Choon 德萬春 1970 Metal worker Armenian
Gat Lebuh Ban Woh Lee Foundry making iron and steel 2 54, 56 萬和利鐵廠 1960 Armenian Foundry products
Blacksmith, machine welding 3 Lebuh Chulia 163 Hock Kim Hin 福錦興 1912 and repair
Kean Seng (P) Machinery and tools for ships, 4 Lebuh Chulia 172, 174 建成公司 1960 & Co. lawn mowers etc.
Broadway & Repairs machine, retail 5 Lebuh Chulia 350 大路公司 1945 Company accessories
Tek Foh Tin Smith 德和白鐵器 Tinsmith, letter box and bucket 6 Lebuh Chulia 445 1950 & Buckets Dealer 具盆桶發行 maker
Lebuh Blacksmith, machine welding 7 110, 112 Chit Heng 捷興 1950 Kimberley and repair
Lebuh Yee Loong 8 114 義隆機器廠 1930 Foundry, machining Kimberley Foundry
Hockpin 福梹工程 Machining and making castor 9 Lebuh Pantai 353 Machining 1970 有限公司 wheels Sdn Bhd
Joo Hin Leong 10 Lebuh Pantai 374 裕興隆公司 1980 Machining & Co.
Specialised metal work 11 Lebuh Pantai 452 Chia Loong 佳隆 1930 (enhancing metal sheet and aluminium sheet etc.)
Making metal baking 13 Lorong Stewart 57 - - 1945 containers
14 Pengkalan Weld Sebelah57 Hao Foundry - 1959 Foundry
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Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Money-changer
The money-changer is commonly found in the World Heritage Site. These tend to be small shops that offer foreign currency exchange for a small commission. They offer more competitive exchange rates compared to banks. Most of the money- changers are Tamil Muslims originating from several villages in Ramnad. Money-changing, or ‘shrofffing’, was an essential service to travellers when Penang was a free port, and received a second lease of life when George Town started to flourish as a tourism destination.
Navrose Trading 1 Lebuh Light 11 - 1960 Money-changer Sdn Bhd
M.S.K.M. Jalan Masjid Money changer and 2 59 Mohamed Haniffa - 1940 Kapitan Keling numismatic dealer Forex Sdn Bhd
Jalan Masjid Rashidiya 3 71, 71A - 1960 Money Changer Kapitan Keling Trading Sdn Bhd
Jalan Masjid Kanson Enterprise 4 75 - 1907 Money-changer Kapitan Keling Sdn. Bhd. S.M.N. Shaik 5 Lebuh Pantai 82 Mohamed - 1924 Money-changer Sdn. Bhd. KMA 6 Lebuh Pantai 37A - 1960 Money-changer Trading Sdn Bhd
Ravi & Selvam Money-changer and money- 7 Lebuh Penang 35B - 1950 Enterprise lender (Chettiar)
Newspaper and magazine distributor
The newspaper and magazine distributors listed here are at least 40 years old. They support the local newspaper and publishing industry.
Crescent News Book distributor, supplier, 1 Jalan Argyll 88 - 1972 Sdn Bhd publisher
Peng Seng Co. / (檳聲 Newpaper and magazine 2 Lebuh Pantai 239 Seen Seng 1968 有限公司) distributor Agencies
Central Paper 中央紙業代 Newpaper and magazine 3 Lebuh Pantai 423, 425 1972 Agencies Sdn Bhd 理有限公司 distributor
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Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Noodle and poh piah skin maker
These cottage industries are over 50 years old, while the beancurd maker is about a century old. The noodle makers manufacture noodles, Wantan noodles, Chee Cheong Fan and vermicelli for both individual consumers as well as the Penang hawker food and restaurant industry. The Poh Piah skin maker, located near the Chowrasta market, also makes peanut candy.
Poh Piah Making Poh Piah spring roll 1 Jalan Chowrasta 5 薄餅皮 1952 Spring Roll Skin skin, peanut candy
2 Lebuh Cintra 99 (Chee Keong) (志強) 1962 Making Chee Cheong Fan
Yit Khow 3 Jalan Pintal Tali 147 日球麵店 1967 Making Wantan noodles Noodle Shop Kwong On 4 Jalan Pintal Tali 146, 148 廣安昌記 1900 Making bean curd (Cheong Kee) Lee Koe Noodles 5 Jalan Pintal Tali 60B 李高麵廠 1930 Making noodles Manufacturers Gat Jalan Tan Trading 陳貿易公司 6 45 1932 Making vermicelli Prangin Company (麵線工場)
Optometrist and pharmacy
The oldest pharmacy is a branch of a well-known Singapore pharmacy. The optometrists listed here are more than 50 years old and still maintain their vintage shopfronts. Naina Mohamed 1 Lebuh Bishop 31 & Sons (PG) - 1908 Pharmacy Sdn. Bhd. The World 世界 2 Lebuh Leith 24 1934 Optometrist Optical Co. 眼鏡公司 Staroptico 美星眼鏡 3 Lebuh Light 15 1964 Optometrist (Penang) Sdn Bhd 有限公司
Pawnshop
Pawnbroking shops are traditionally run by persons of Hakka origin. Pawnshops usually lend money to individuals, securing those loans with collateral. In the Penang context, the collateral tends to be valuables such as jewellery or Rolex watches. Lebuh Tai Loong 1 185 大隆當 1960 Pawnshop Carnarvon Pawnshop Chung Hiu 2 Lebuh Chulia 313 中興當鋪 1950 Pawnshop Pawn Shop
3 Lebuh Chulia 444 Tai Sin Pawnshop 大信當 1952 Pawnshop
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Perfumery The two perfumeries listed here are more than 90 years old. Perfume blending and distilling is a highly specialized skill and traditional trade. Gulam Husen 1 Lebuh Ah Quee 50 - 1900 Wholesale of perfume Jamal S.M. Badjenid Perfume seller, canvas and 2 Lebuh Pantai 184, 186 - 1910 & Son tarpaulin tent maker
Philately and numismatics The existence of established coin-dealers and numismatists testify to the popularity of these hobbies in Penang since before the Second World War. Philatelic dealer, stamp Jalan Masjid 1 29 L. C. Lee & Co. 時利公司 1939 albums, catalogues and Kapitan Keling accessories Jalan Masjid 2 76 Tan Coin Trading 陳古幣貿易 1985 Numismatic dealer Kapitan Keling Hai Soon 海順 3 Pengkalan Weld 49C 1978 Shipping service, sells old coins Trading Company 貿易公司
Pillow maker and beddings supplier A number of shops make, as well as repair, pillows and beddings made of cloth stuffed with kapok. Many of the family-run inns in Penang still use kapok pillows and mattresses. The oldest pillow maker is more than a century old; descendants of the same family have opened up other shops in the vicinity and therefore several pillow-makers are related to each other. A similar trade is furniture upholstering and cushion making.
Hup Kee Seng 合記成 1 Lebuh Bishop 73 1902 Pillow, repair furniture (Hup Kee) (合記公司) Retail of beddings, blanket, pillow, bamboo curtain, 2 Lebuh Campbell 79, 81 Sin Teong Heng 新忠興 1941 bamboo carpet, rugs, bathroom curtain, apron, sewing products, vinyl flooring Chin Huat 振發 Kapok fibre pillow and 3 Lebuh Cintra 78 1964 Mattresses 棉褥棉花 mattress maker and repair Kapok fibre pillow and 4 Lebuh Gereja 54 Tee Decorations 弟裝飾 1971 mattress maker and repair Kapok fibre pillow and 5 Lebuh Gereja 56, 58 Syarikat Hup Kee 合記公司 1930 mattress maker and repair Syarikat Furniture upholstery, mattress, 6 Lorong Ikan 7 增榮公司 1952 Ching Yong & Co curtain 7 Jalan Pintal Tali 151 Simon Enterprise - 1967 Handmade cushion Kapok fibre pillow and Lorong Seck Syarikat mattress maker and repair, 8 21 同發公司 1932 Chuan Tong Huat mattress, mosquito-net, coconut-fibre
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Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Publishing and printing industry Two vernacular publishers are found in the World Heritage Site, one of Chinese educational books, and another of a Tamil magazine. The printing industry in Penang is centred around two areas; the Lebuh Pantai (Beach Street) area which services the courts, banks and offices, and the Carnarvon Street area, which prints Chinese books and ephemera. Most of the old printing presses listed here are family-run small printing presses operating in shophouses; some subcontract embossing and hot-stamping services from larger printers. One company now has an envelope-making factory in the industrial area. One of the largest printing presses in Penang was founded in 1948 the Lebuh Pantai area and has grown into a modern industrial company. Percetakan 1 Lebuh Acheh 39 - 1979 Small printing press Sulaiman Al-Rafee Printing press, envelope Chiat Cheong 捷昌有限公 maker, related stationery, 2 Lebuh Acheh 145, 145A Sdn Bhd 司/ 捷興信封 1961 printer of education materials, (Win Paq) 有限公司 course books related stationery Rubber stamp maker, namecard printing, plan Georgetown 喬治市印務 3 Lebuh Bishop 47 1980 printing, formerly publisher of Printers Sdn Bhd 有限公司 books and "Pulau Pinang Magazine" Lebuh 4 138, 140 Lian Huat & Co. 聯發公司 1960 Paper suppliers Carnarvon Lebuh Kedai Buku Publisher, printer and 5 199, 201 東南亞書局 1960 Carnarvon South East Asia bookshop Lorong Khyam Seng 謙誠印務 6 30 1983 Small printing press Carnarvon Printing Sdn Bhd 有限公司 Cheong Seng 7 Lorong Che Em 4 昌盛合記 1980 Small printing press Hup Kee Publishing office of monthly Tamil magazine "Ungalkural" ( Your Voice) on Tamil Ungalkural 8 Lebuh China 22 1st floor - 1998 language and literature, it Enterprice includes guides for PMR, SPM STPM, and Tamil language studies Sinaran Bros. Printer of school and university 9 Lebuh Chulia 389 - 1952 Sdn. Bhd. text books Printing press with integrated operations including prepress Phoenix Printers 凤凰印刷 and colour separation, 10 Lebuh Gereja 6 1948 Sdn Bhd. 有限公司 specialising in stationery printing, package printing and book production for export. Jia Yi Stamping 嘉藝 11 Lebuh Pantai 343 1984 Hot-stamping, embossing cards Sdn Bhd 有限公司
12 Lebuh Pantai 401 Choo Seng Press 自生印務局 1950 Small printing press
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Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Publishing and printing industry Chop Tai Seng 大成印務 Printing press, make calendars 13 Lebuh Pantai 404 1950 Printing Sdn. Bhd. 有限公司 and papar bags Jothee (PG) Sdn Jothee Printing press, specialising in 13 Lebuh Pasar 4 1937 Bhd Printers binding accounts books Small printing press, making Tye Teong 大中(1984 ) 14 Lorong Prangin 15 1984 calendar, wedding cards, Sdn. Bhd. 有限公司 Chinese New Year cards Leng Art Hot-stamping , silk screening, 15 Lorong Prangin 44B, 44C, 44D 龍藝企業 1956 Enterprise printing
16 Lebuh Victoria 147 Wu Hong 五豐 1970 Small printing press
Recycling A vigorous recycling industry is an indicator of an efficient and diversified economy. Most of the recycling businesses are owned by Indian Chettiars and employ Indian nationals to sort, take apart, clean and organize the materials. All the recycling businesses listed here are 50 years or older. The most profitable material in the recycling business is scrap metal, which is shipped in container loads abroad, especially to Japan. Old newspapers and aluminum cans are recycled locally. These businesses have stopped collecting bottles since the local bottle recycling factory closed down some years ago. Now they only collect vintage-looking bottles and other resalable items to be sold second-hand in an ad hoc manner. Newer Indian recycling shops are mostly spawned from the old ones. One Chinese company deals with scrap metal and also collects goose feathers for the pillow and mattress industry.
1 Lebuh Acheh 151 Kamatchi & Co 嘉馬志公司 1920 Scrap metal
Narayanasamy Lebuh (penjual Barang 2 108 - 1952 Recycling centre Armenian lama, beli dan jual) Perniagaan 3 Lorong Lumut 13 Barang-Barang - 1950 Recycling centre Lusoh B. Ganesan
Sin Chuan Bee 新泉美 Scrap metal dealer, collecting 4 Jalan Pintal Tali 92 1947 Metals (五金) 號 and exporting goose feathers
Syarikat 蘇拜馬廉 5 Lebuh Victoria 7 1932 Recycling -Mixed Subramaniam 公司
6 Lebuh Victoria 9 S.K.S. Metal - 1952 Scrap dealer Cardboard recycling, mixed recycling centre, export to 7 Lebuh Victoria 145 TMI Traders - 1926 Australia, Burma, India, Indonesia AOMS Ganapathy Scrap dealer and recycling 8 Lebuh Victoria 174A - 1930 Chettiar centre
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Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Religious and ceremonial goods wholesale and retail
A great number of Chinese shops selling joss-sticks, joss paper, brass urns and other prayer items support religious worship in homes and in the temples of the George Town World Heritage Site. There are also Chinese shops specializing in funeral goods and services – coffins, paper oblation and bereavement clothes. The Chinese shops selling religious and ceremonial goods are mainly concentrated in two areas – around the Goddess of Mercy Temple along Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling and along Lebuh Carnavon-Lebuh Kimberley. Although there is currently a proliferation of shops in Little India selling Hindu religious goods, only a few are founded over 25 years ago – these are listed here. A shop, attached to the Catholic Church on Penang Road, sells Catholic books and prayer items. Around the two mosques in the George Town World Heritage Site are shops that cater to the Muslim community – one is a shop selling Hajj-related clothing, and another is an Islamic bookstore, which sells books only; the latter is listed under “Bookshop, new and second-hand”.
Kim Hoe Praying 金河 Paper oblation and praying 1 Lebuh Acheh 1 1893 Articles Trading 神料紙店 articles Heong Cheong 2 Lebuh Acheh 5 恆昌神料店 1940 Selling Chinese religious goods Praying Material Lebuh 3 161 Hock Lean Seng 福聯成 1900 Coffin shop Carnarvon Koay Ah Ong Joss Lebuh 郭亞王 4 182 Paper House 1980 Paper oblation shop Carnarvon 糊紙店 Maker Lebuh 福源發 5 196, 198 Hock Guan Huat 1900 Coffin shop Carnarvon 壽板店 Lebuh 6 213 Sin Tong Hin 新東興 1960 Selling Chinese religious goods Carnarvon Lebuh Yeoh Chip Hong 7 215 楊集芳 1900 Selling Chinese religious goods Carnarvon Enterprise Lebuh 辛慧欣 8 217 Sin Hoay Sim 1960 Selling Chinese religious goods Carnarvon 神料店 Lebuh 龍鳳神料 9 219 Leng Hong 1942 Selling Chinese religious goods Carnarvon 貿易商 Lebuh 10 221 Kong Fatt Trading 豐發神料店 1940 Selling Chinese religious goods Carnarvon Lebuh Producing and selling incense 11 1H Thean Hiang Lan 天香蘭 1960 Carnarvon sticks Selling items related to Hajj, Syarikat Hussain 12 Lebuh Chulia 99 - 1988 Songkok, Jubah (robe), Kain Surani Sdn. Bhd. Ehram 58, 58A, 60, 62, Lebuh Bee Chin Heong 美真香 Selling Chinese religious goods 13 62A, 62B, 62C, 佛具香料古 1960 Kimberley Sdn. Bhd. and reproduction antiques 62D, 191 董超級市場 Kedai Gaharu Lebuh 14 76 Cheng Cheng 正正香 1940 Selling Chinese religious goods Kimberley Heong Lebuh Eng Chin Heong 永真香 15 196, 198, 200 1985 Selling Chinese religious goods Kimberley Sdn Bhd 有限公司 Lebuh 金龍 Selling brassware and Chinese 16 204 Kim Leng Co. 1960 Kimberley 銅器商行 religious goods
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Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Religious and ceremonial goods wholesale and retail Bereavement clothes, LB General Lebuh 林兄弟百貨 “longevity” clothes, funeral 17 212 Merchants 1965 Kimberley (檳)有限公司 towels, urns for ashes, (PG) Sdn. Bhd. wholesale and retail Sin Ghim Leong Lebuh 新錦隆 Selling brassware and Chinese 18 214 Brasswares 銅器 1945 Kimberley religious goods Sdn.Bhd. 有限公司 Bereavement clothes, Lebuh Lim Poh Wah 林寶華 “longevity” clothes, funeral 19 239 1950 Kimberley Trading 貿易公司 towels, urns for ashes, wholesale and retail Lebuh 20 245 Eng Heong Lan 永香蘭貿易 1940 Selling Chinese religious goods Kimberley Lebuh Kedai 美天香 21 92D 1980 Selling Chinese religious goods Kimberley Bee Thean Heong 神料中心 Chandramala 22 Lebuh King 5, 7 - 1970 Design, build and sell altars Enterprise
Jalan Masjid Hock Huat Heong 福發香 23 34, 36, 38, 40 1960 Selling Chinese religious goods Kapitan Keling Sdn Bhd 有限公司 Jalan Masjid 24 62 Guan Seng Hin 源成興 1940 Selling Chinese religious goods Kapitan Keling Selling Chinese religious goods Jalan Masjid Keat Guan 吉源 25 141, 143, 145 1950 and Chinese musical Kapitan Keling Sdn.Bhd 有限公司 instruments Jalan Masjid 26 147 Sin Taik Wang 新德旺 1920 Selling Chinese religious goods Kapitan Keling Sree 27 Lebuh Pantai 91 Meenambigai - 1972 Selling Hindu religious goods Store Shin Hip Shing 新協盛 28 Lebuh Pantai 364 1946 Selling Chinese religious goods Sdn. Bhd. 有限公司 Catholic 檳城公教 Catholic bookshop, prayer 29 Jalan Penang 50F Information 1970 服務處 books, prayer articles Service Selling Chinese cultural 恒記 products, religious idols, urns, 30 Jalan Pintal Tali 59, 61, 63 Hung Kee Sdn Bhd 1945 有限公司 lanterns, red cloth hanging etc. imported from China Kedai Menjual Gat Jalan Barang-barang 31 49 亞福糊紙店 1977 Paper oblation shop Prangin Kertas Sembahyang
32 Lorong Stewart 9 Sin Lum Seng 新南成香莊 1960 Selling Chinese religious goods
Retail of Chinese religious 33 Lorong Stewart 11 Cheah Tong 謝黨 1956 goods and incense
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Restaurants and eateries
Most of the restaurants listed here are more than 40 years old, with the exception of a few specializing in ethnic cuisine. Chinese restaurants specialize in dimsum, steamboat, or serve a wide range of dishes from Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese or Hainanese cuisine. Indian restaurants which specialize in Nasi Kandar, Roti Canai, Capati or banana leaf rice, all serve a variety of curries.
Nasi Kandar restaurant with 1 Lebuh Ah Quee 48 Restoran Ramzan - 1947 duck curry, capati Gerai Makanan & 2 Lebuh Ah Quee Lot 552 Minuman MAJ - 1950 Capati shop Muslim Food Restoran Roti 3 Jalan Argyll 23 - 1955 Roti Canai shop Canai Jalan Argyll Kedai Makanan 宜香 4 Lebuh Campbell 10, 12, 14 1923 Dim sum restaurant Yee Heong 茶樓飯店 Chinese restaurant with Tho Yuen 5 Lebuh Campbell 92 桃園 1932 chicken rice, dim sum, Restaurant mooncake Hameediyah 6 Lebuh Campbell 156, 164, 164A - 1907 Nasi kandar restaurant Tandoori house Lebuh Aik Hoe 7 6, 8 益和茶樓 1952 Dim sum restaurant Carnarvon Restaurant Lebuh Tek Sen 8 18, 20 德盛飯店 1970 Chinese restaurant Carnarvon Restaurant
9 Lorong Chulia 2 Sin Kheang Aun 新瓊安飯店 1941 Hainanese Restaurant
10 Lebuh Cintra 45 De Tai Tong Cafe 大東酒樓 1950 Dim sum restaurant Foo Heong Dim sum restaurant with stir- 11 Lebuh Cintra 56, 58 富香酒樓 1932 Restaurant fry
12 Jalan Hutton 15 Eden Catering - 1964 Western food restaurant Lebuh Goh Huat Seng Chinese steamboat restaurant 13 59A 吳發成菜館 1950 Kimberley Steamboat with stir-fry Jalan Masjid Nasi Kandar 14 96, 98 - 1943 Nasi Kandar restaurant Kapitan Keling Beratur
15 Lebuh Pantai 67 Top One Cafe - 1970 Banana leaf restaurant
16 Lebuh Pasar Lot 276 Krsna Restaurant - 1973 Thosei shop Kashmir 17 Jalan Penang 105(1) - 1984 North Indian restaurant Restaurant Restoran 美味印度 18 Lebuh Penang 22, 24 1959 Banana leaf restaurant Veloo Vilas 香蕉葉餐 Nasi Kandar 19 Lebuh Penang 1A(1) - 1977 Nasi Kandar restaurant Merlin Boey Chong Kee 20 Peoples Court C6 梅忠記 1952 Chinese restaurant Restaurant
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Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Restaurants and eateries Restoran Tajuddin 達朱汀胡申 21 Lebuh Queen 49, 51 1952 Nasi Kandar restaurant Hussain Sdn. Bhd. 餐館
22 Lebuh Queen 57 Restaran Sulltania - 1960 Nasi Kandar restaurant Restoran 23 Lebuh Queen 61 - 1947 Nasi Kandar restaurant A Dawood Lorong Seck Goh Kee Hup 24 55 吳奇合菜館 1932 Steamboat restaurant Chuan Restaurant Goh Swee Kee 25 Jalan Sri Bahari 5 吳瑞記菜館 1977 Teochew Restaurant Restaurant Jalan Sungai Yong Pin 26 11B, 11C 榕檳茶樓 1981 Dim sum restaurant Ujong Restaurant T. S. Bismi 27 Lebuh Tamil 12 - 1952 Nasi Kandar Restaurant Nasi Kandar Nasi Kandar restaurant with 28 Lebuh Tamil 2 Chowrasta Café - 1954 Roti Canai Restaurant 29 Jalan Transfer 7, 9 西公園飯店 1936 Chinese restaurant See Kong Ooi
Rubber-stamp maker and electro-engraver Rubber stamp making, electro-engraving and electro-plating were introduced in Penang in the early twentieth century. Electro-engraving, also called electro-etching, is a process of etching on metal to make printing plates; while more up-to- date processes are now used by big printing presses, the small presses may still use electro-engraved plates for printing greeting cards and ephmera. Electro-engraving is a non-toxic print process and may be revived by local artists as a means of making artistic prints. Electro-plating is the process of depositing a thin layer of metal over an object made of another metal, so for example, old jewellery or household implements could be upgraded through nickel, silver or gold electroplating. Chan Yew Loong 1 Lebuh Chulia 523 陳耀隆電鍍 1930 Electroplating Electro-Plating
Penang Electro 槟城 2 Lebuh Gereja 80 Engraving 1930 Electro engraving for printing 電板公司 Company
真美 3 Jalan Masjid 9 Chin Bee Engraver 1965 Electro-engraving for printing 柯式電板
Star Electro 星光膠印電 4 Lebuh Melayu 64 Engraving 1972 Electro engraving for printing 版有限公司 Sdn Bhd
光藝膠印 Rubber stamp and sharpening 5 Lebuh Pantai 397 Kwang Yee 1970 磨刀公司 paper-cutting blade
Lorong Soo Guan Hong 源豐膠印 6 28 1975 Rubber stamp maker Hong Trading Co. 貿易公司
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Rugs and carpets
Indian and Middle Eastern carpets are used in Penang homes, and are retailed by several shops in Penang. Those listed here are at least 40 years old.
Vilin Carpets 1 Lebuh Chulia 107 - 1969 Rugs, carpets, floor carpeting (M) Sdn.Bhd
Jai Geethas 2 Lebuh Chulia 140, 142 - 1948 Rugs and carpets Trading
Majid's & Rashid's Jalan Tun Syed PPC Complex 3 Carpets & - 1972 Rugs and carpets Sheh Barakbah (iv), (ix) Furnishing
Specialist food and baking ingredients supplier
The two baking suppliers listed here do both wholesale and retail; they supply the town bakeries as well as home makers. One business supplies food colouring to cake and kuih makers.
Lebuh Sim Company 1 193, 195 森有限公司 1938 Selling baking ingredients Carnarvon Sdn. Bhd.
Hock Huat Flour 復發麵粉 2 Pesara Claimant 11, 13, 15 1950 Selling baking ingredients Specialist 專賣店
Guan Moh 源茂 3 Lebuh Clarke 35, 37, 39 1979 Wholesale of food colouring Sdn. Bhd. 有限公司
Specialist packaging
Specialist packagers are an indicator of a diversified local economy. Those listed here are more than 50 years old, and produce packaging for specific businesses: sewing gunny sacks for foodstuffs, making wooden packing crates for the shipping industry, fabricating presentation boxes for jewellery and goldsmith shops.
Lebuh TK Mohamed 1 1F, 1H - 1950 Fabricating jewellery box Buckingham Salleh
Gat Jalan 2 8 - - 1960 Selling gunny sack, packing Prangin
Leader Pack Making wooden crates, 3 Pengkalan Weld 38B Enterprise - 1968 palletizing, vacuum packing, Sdn Bhd fumigation, movers
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Specialist supplier Specialist suppliers are an indicator of a diversified local economy. The shops listed here are more than 40 years old and supply tools, accessories and products for specific businesses: tools, equipment and accessories for the shoe, tailoring, hair- dressing, goldsmithing and fishing industries; seeds for farmers, as well as bottles for medicine and perfume distillers. One company supplies chemicals for many trades as well as school labs. The oldest specialist supplier is a Singapore-based company with a very old branch in Penang, supplying a diverse range of products such as chemicals, food colouring, textile dyes, artist’s brushes and the Bentwood chairs used in Penang’s coffee shops. Supplier of tailoring Lebuh 1 81 Thong Soon Co. 通順公司 1968 accessories, repair of sewing Carnarvon machines Liangtraco 良貿易 2 Lebuh Chulia 352, 403 1940 Chemical supplies Sdn Bhd 有限公司 Supplier of hair and beauty saloon furniture, equipment, Heng Lee Hair & 興利車剪 accessories and haircare 3 Lebuh Cintra 22, 23, 24 1947 Beauty Sdn.Bhd 有限公司 products, servicing hairdressers tools and tailor shears Sewing machine agent Syarikat (domestic and industrial 廣華昌 4 Lebuh Cintra 27 Kwong Wah 1930 sewing machine), supplier of 針車商行 Cheong tailoring accessories, repair of sewing machines Supplier of hardware, chemical Lim Teck Lee 林德利(馬） products, supplier of pigments 5 Lebuh Pantai 177 1920 (M) Sdn. Bhd. 有限公司 and food colouring, Bentwood furniture Retail and wholesale of Soon Huat 順發菜種 6 Lebuh Pantai 245, 328, 330 1930 vegetable and fruit seeds, Seeds Co. Sdn Bhd 有限公司 fertilizers, pesticides Retail and wholesale of Wah Heng Hang 和興行 vegetable and fruit seeds, 7 Lebuh Pantai 360 1934 Seeds & Co. 菜種公司 fertilizers, pesticides, water pump Siow Chiang 紹昌(馬)私 Supplier of fishing equipment 8 Lebuh Pantai 403, 405, 407 1970 (M) Sdn Bhd 人有限公司 and tools Supplier of fishing equipment 9 Lebuh Pantai 457 Hup Kee 合記 1940 and tools Chin Hin Co. 振興 Medicated oil for horse 10 Lebuh Penang 15 1952 Sdn. Bhd. 有限公司 injuries. Luen Wah Leather 聯華皮料 Trishaw making and repair, 11 Jalan Pintal Tali 15 1946 Co. Sdn. Bhd 有限公司 bicycle repair
12 Jalan Pintal Tali 19 Yooi On 悅安號 1941 Dealer in goldsmith tools Supplier of medicine and Million 美聯 13 Jalan Pintal Tali 21, 23 1950 perfume bottles, making Trading Co. 貿易公司 medicated oil
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Spice wholesaler, spice mill and fresh spice paste maker These are businesses that deal predominantly or exclusively with spices. They include spice merchants which import and export spices, a spice mill that grinds spice powders, a retailer that specializes in spice mixes, and a traditional “giling rempah” producer of fresh spice paste. The spices are supplied to the hawker food and restaurant industry as well as for sale in markets. Some Muslim businesses specialize in spices but also sell other foodstuffs; they are listed under “dried food provisions”. Penang Jelita Rase Producing fresh chilli paste 1 Lorong Che Em 1 - 2011 Enterprise (giling rempah) V.Kaleespari 2 Lebuh China 12 - 1942 Grinding spices Grinding Mills
Alagappa Flour 亞拉加巴磨 Selling Indian spices in packet 3 Lebuh China 53 - Mills Sdn. Bhd. 粉有限公司 (cumin, kaskas etc.) Pok Oy Tong 4 Lebuh Chulia 365, 365-1 博愛堂藥行 1913 Making 5-spice powder Medical Hall Lebuh Suan Huah 5 229 碹花企業 1980 Retailer of curry spices Kimberley Enterprise Eusoof & Import and export spices, 6 Lebuh Pasar 28 Mohamed Bros - 1916 pulses, dried herbs Sdn. Bhd. Spice mixes, pickled dates, Hajee Essa 7 Lebuh Pasar 30 - 1950 Arab products, Agarbathi Sdn. Bhd. (incense) Syed Ebramsha Import, export and wholesale 8 Lebuh Penang 92 - 1957 & Company of spices and grains
Stevedoring and shipchandling
These companies are essential for the running of the port. Stevedoring companies supply labour for loading and unloading ships. The nature of stevedoring has changed with the advent of containerization. Ship chandlers specialise in supplies and equipment for ships, provisioning the crews’ food, maintenance supplies and cleaning compounds. They have to run tight logistics operations to allow commercial to ships discharge and turn around quickly. S.M Mohamed Jalan Masjid Shipping, shipchandlers and 1 127 Yusoff Rawther - 1915 Kapitan Keling stevedores & Co. Penang Port Stevedore 2 Lebuh Pantai 80A - 1976 Stevedoring services Corporation Sdn. Bhd.
3 Lebuh Penang 103A Syarikat Shan 勝公司 1972 Stevedoring services
Saleh Rawther Shipping, shipchandlers and 4 Lebuh Queen 54 - 1955 Sdn Bhd stevedores
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Stone craft and stone supplier
The local Hokkien name for Lebuh Acheh (Acheen Street) is Pak Cheok Kay, meaning “stonemason’s street”. There are still two stonemason’s shops along this street and its extension Gat Lebuh Acheh. The stonemasons traditionally chisel and engrave stone using hammer and pick. While the bulk of their work consists of making and engraving tombstones – Chinese, Muslim, Christian, and other faiths, they also sell stone craft such as pestle and mortar. Nowadays, most of items which they used to make by hand are imported from China. However, the stonemasons still engrave the wordings and decoration for tombstones and foundation stones on the premises. In the last few years, they have started to use electrical tools for engraving but they still have the skills to do it by hand.
Gat Lebuh Stonemason and tombstone 1 34, 34A Gim Chuan Hin 錦泉興 1930 Acheh engraver
Teik Hin Stonemason and tombstone 2 Lebuh Acheh 9, 11 德興石廠 1930 Stone Factory engraver
Sundry shop and grocery shop
The sundry shops listed here are more than 30 years old. They are traditional Chinese convenience shops. The Hokkien term for a sundry shop is Chai Diam Ma or Chap Hoay Tiam, which literally means an “assorted goods shop”. The sundry shop carries the basic necessities of life – this is spelt out in Chinese as “firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea”. However, the shop may also sell vegetables and fruits if it is located near a wet market, thus serving customers of the morning market, or alternatively, if it is operating in a location far from the market, thus supplying fresh groceries for the convenience of the local neighbourhood. Of course, in Penang, firewood was superseded by charcoal and then by gas, but today sundry shops may or may not supply gas tanks, as a special license is needed. There used to be one or two such convenience shops in almost every street in George Town, serving the families living in mixed-used shophouses. After the Repeal of Rent Control, the numbers of local residents have declined. Today, a larger proportion of the sundry shops’ business comes from supplying hawker stalls, eateries and restaurants.
1 Jalan Argyll 10 Kung Yik 公益 1970 Sundry shop
Lebuh 2 9 Bean Guan 綿源 1917 Sundry shop Carnarvon Lebuh 3 17 Sin Hock Leong 新福隆 1963 Sundry shop Carnarvon Lorong 4 22 Hock Guan Leong 福源隆 1950 Sundry shop Carnarvon
5 Lebuh China 13 Lum Seong 南祥 1950 Sundry shop
6 Lebuh China 40 Sulaimans Store - 1940 Sundry shop
7 Jalan Chowrasta 27 front Chop Beng Huat 明發 1949 China imported groceries
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Sundry shop and grocery shop Jalan Kuala 8 31 Hin Huat 興發 1952 Sundry Shop Kangsar Jalan Kuala 9 39 Fook Weng 福榮 1957 Sundry Shop Kangsar Jalan Kuala Kedai Runcit 10 91 利美 1940 Sundry shop Kangsar Lee Bee Canned food, provisions, Jalan Dr. Lim 11 52 Chop Lum Seng 南成號 1952 sundries, frozen food, Chwee Leong vegetarian food
Great Wall Jalan Dr. Lim Brothers Sdn. 長城兄弟 Dried goods, mixture of 12 84 有限公司 1935 Chwee Leong Bhd. (Syarikat (長城公司) groceries Great Wall)
Jalan Dr. Lim Dried goods & groceries 13 88 Ooi Peng Lim 黃炳林 1950 Chwee Leong wholesale Jalan Dr. Lim 14 194 Sin Chuan Joo 新泉裕 1950 Sundry shop Chwee Leong Jalan Dr. Lim Guan Chin Hin / 源進興／ 15 100(R) 1949 Mixture of groceries Chwee Leong Hin Hin Company 興興公司 Jalan Masjid 16 160, 162 Sin Hock Beng 新福明 1969 Sundry shop Kapitan Keling
17 Lorong Pasar 23 Tong Teik 同德 1950 Grocery shop
18 Jalan Pintal Tali 86 Lean Hin Chan 聯興棧 1975 Sundry shop
Gat Jalan 19 24 Beng Huat 明發 1954 Sundry shop Prangin Lorong Seck Chop Woh 20 15 和昌號 1951 Sundry goods Chuan Cheong
Lorong Seck Joo Loong 21 25 裕隆什貨 1960 Sundry goods Chuan Sundry Goods
Kedai Runcit Sejahtera 22 Lebuh Tamil 34 Muhibah - 1972 Sundry shop Enterprise Md. J. Abdul Nazar
23 Chew Jetty 41A - - 1952 Sundry shop
Reclaimation 24 176 Chop Soo Seng 賜成 1964 Sundry shop Area Weld Quay
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Tailor shop
Tailoring is an intangible cultural heritage skill which takes years to learn. There are tailors which specialize in men’s clothes or women’s clothes, in Western clothes or Chinese cheongsam. Shanghai tailors are well-known for their fine tailoring skills, catering to a more exclusive market. One tailor specializes in making gowns for judges and lawyers.
Tailor specialising in lawyers' 1 Lebuh Bishop 55 Soon Loong & Co. 順隆公司 1955 gowns Lebuh 2 87 Kwee Sing 癸盛 1980 Tailor shop Carnarvon
3 Lebuh Cintra 74 Capitol Tailor 首都洋服 1962 Tailor shop
Lebuh 謝修武 4 249 Cheah Siew Boo 1950 Tailoring for men Kimberley 新衣行 Jalan Kuala Piccadilly Bazaar 5 Weng Wah 榮華 1950 Tailor shop Kangsar 1
Jalan Kuala Piccadilly Bazaar 6 Universe 世界洋服 1962 Tailor shop Kangsar 2
Jalan Kuala Piccadilly Bazaar 7 Kam Peng Tailor 金平洋服 1967 Tailor shop Kangsar 3
Hock San 8 Lebuh Light 19 - 1952 Ladies' tailor from Shanghai Ladies Tailor
Molly 莫妮 9 Love Lane 77 1980 Tailor shop Fashion House 時裝女服
Teng Yee Yong 10 Jalan Penang 153 鄧裕榮洋服 1940 Tailor shop Tailor
11 Lebuh Penang 84(R) Perniagaan Zinco - 1960 Tailor shop
Lorong Seck 12 14 Ah Choon Tailor 存公司洋服 1939 Tailor shop Chuan
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Textile and piece goods, wholesaler and retailer
During the free port days, Penang was a textile entrepôt. Rather than buying read-made Western fashions, the majority of people still had most of their clothes tailor-made to fit. As in the old days, textile shops are concentrated in four main areas – Campbell Street, Chulia Street, Bishop Street and Little India – only now there are fewer than before. Both Chinese and Indian textile shops sell silk, cottons and fancy fabrics. Indian Muslim textile shops supply “piece goods”, usually ginghams, for making sarong pelikat. One old Indian shop sells fine textiles, including those imported from Korea and Japan, for Western tailoring, while another sells Japanese textiles for sarees, and yet another sells textiles and fancy fabrics for the Malay market. Additionally, Indian textile shops may sell embroidered and sequined textiles for traditional sarees. Textile shop, trading imported 1 Lebuh Bishop 49 Vogue Silks - 1952 fabrics from Japan, Korea Boon Wah Chow 文華綢莊 2 Lebuh Campbell 59, 61 1940 Textile shop Chong Sdn Bhd 有限公司 F.A. Karim Textiles and organza (formerly 3 Lebuh Campbell 180 - 1957 Cloth House brocades, laces and Batik Java) Lean Wah 4 Lebuh Campbell 185 聯華綢莊 1960 Textiles, clothes Silk Merchant Textile shop, Batik cloth, Syarikat 5 Lebuh Chulia 109 - 1962 sarong pelikat and Japanese Medina Store sarees Fazal Mohammed 6 Lebuh Chulia 111 - 1952 Textiles and Hajj apparel Bros. Sdn.Bhd Umayal Textiles Indian saree textiles and 7 Lebuh Pasar 8, 10 巫瑪雅 1951 Sdn. Bhd. - clothes VKN Sivasamy Indian saree textiles, stainless 8 Lebuh Pasar 53, 55, 57 - 1936 & Sons steel & brass wares Ravi Chandran Indian saree textiles, stainless 9 Lebuh Pasar 59 - 1930 Enterprise steel & brass wares Syarikat National Import and wholesale sarong 10 Lebuh Penang 130 - 1950 Palayakat pelikat 11 Lebuh Queen 50 Dawood Textiles - 1919 Sarong pelikat and clothes
Tobacco and cigar shop The snuff tobacco shop and cigar shop listed here are more than 50 years old, with historical connections to India and Rangoon. Such shops used to thrive in Penang during the free port days.
Kwong Hwa 廣和合記 Selling Rangoon cheroot 1 Lebuh Pantai 399 Hup Kee Tobacco 煙草 1960 (Camel brand), Agio brand, Co. Sdn Bhd 有限公司 Banilia brand etc. Jaya Kodi Cigar Snuff (tobacco powder), 2 Jalan Penang 157 - 1923 Co. making cigar
Traditional florist This florist, which makes traditional jasmine garlands, relocated here from Jalan Mesjid Kapitan Keling (Pitt Street) where there is a cluster of florist stalls supplying flowers to worshippers frequenting the Goddess of Mercy Temple as well as the Mariamman Temple on Queen Street. Indian garlands for wedding, 1 Lebuh Queen 45 Gerai Rauf Florist - 1970 temple and occasions
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Traditional massage and blind massage Ayurvedic massage and Chinese reflexology are forms of traditional massage services available in Penang. In the last few years, several centres offering massage by the visually impaired have opened in the George Town World Heritage Site. Lebuh Traditional Island Blind massage and foot 1 225 - 2002 Kimberley Massage reflexology Sanjeevani 2 Lebuh King 53 Ayurvedic Centre - 2006 Ayurvedic massage Sdn Bhd Blind massage and foot 3 Jalan Penang 217-1 Asiatika Venture - 2008 reflexology Healthy Foot 健康腳底 Foot reflexology by Chinese 4 Jalan Pintal Tali 54 Reflexology 1990 按摩中心 physician Centre Lucky Blind Foot Reflexology Jalan Sungai Blind massage and foot 5 4 Centre & - 1991 Ujong reflexology Traditional Massage
Traditional medicine and healing
Traditional Chinese medicine and Indian health treatments are based on Asian medical systems which are deeply rooted in Penang’s multicultural society. A few Chinese herbalists make their own patented medicines. Some Chinese medical halls now also offer traditional acupuncture and acupressure. Traditional Chinese healing services include piles treatment and bone-setting. Most Indian health centres offer Ayurvedic treatment and herbal medicines, whereas one offers Siddha treatment and yoga classes. Gat Lebuh Kedai Ubat Traditional Chinese medical 1 44 益安堂 1962 Armenian Aik Aun Tong hall Lebuh Supply traditional Chinese 2 23 Poh Thye Hoe 保太和 1945 Armenian medicine Kee Sang Tong Traditional Chinese medical 3 Lebuh Campbell 54 歧生堂藥行 1957 Medical Hall hall Poh Aun Tong Traditional Chinese medical 4 Lebuh Campbell 125 普安堂藥行 1943 Medical Hall hall Cheng Woh Traditional Chinese medical 正和藥行 5 Lebuh Campbell 164B, 164C Medical Hall 1933 hall, Chinese herbal soups, 有限公司 Sdn Bhd desserts and flower teas Lebuh Ping Min Traditional Chinese medical 6 7 平民藥行 1973 Carnarvon Medical Hall hall Traditional Chinese medical Kedai Ubat Lebuh 中原藥行 hall and supplier of 7 149 Tiong Guan 1963 Carnarvon 有限公司 acupuncture and medical Sdn. Bhd. equipment Lebuh Chinese Piles Haemorrhoid and piles 8 250 中國醫療院 1970 Carnarvon Centre treatment clinic
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Traditional medicine and healing Making traditional Chinese Lorong 沈氏馬戲 9 3 Kedai Ubat Sung's 1932 medicinal pills for bruises, Carnarvon 大藥行 athritis and aphrodisiac
Lorong Kong Shang Hong 廣生行 Distributor of traditional 10 18 1969 Carnarvon Trading Sdn Bhd 有限公司 Chinese medicines, herbalists
Sri Kottakkal Arya Aryuvedic shop, authorized 11 Lebuh China 91 Vaidya Sala - 1949 dealer for Aryuvedic medicines Sdn Bhd from Kerala Traditional Chinese medical 益康中藥 12 Lebuh Chulia 27 EE Care 2012 hall, acupuncture and 治療中心 acupressure Traditional Chinese medical 13 Lebuh Chulia 156 Eu Yan Sang 余仁生 1873 hall Yoong Chee Tong 榮濟堂 Traditional Chinese medical 14 Lebuh Chulia 305 1940 Medical Hall 中西藥行 hall Pok Oy Tong Traditional Chinese medical 15 Lebuh Chulia 365, 365-1 博愛堂藥行 1913 Medical Hall hall
Kedai Ubat 位生棧 Traditional Chinese medical 16 Lebuh Chulia 451 1978 Way Shang Char 中西藥行 hall, pharmacy Distributor of traditional Weng Thye Heng 17 Lebuh Chulia 18, 18A, 18B 永泰興 1974 Chinese medicines, herbalists, Sdn Bhd making medicated oil Zhong Yen 中原貿易 Traditional Chinese medicine 18 Lebuh Chulia 440A 1960 Trading Sdn Bhd 有限公司 distributor Kedai Ubat 永興 Traditional Chinese medical 19 Lebuh Cintra 62 1987 Weng Heng 參茸藥行 hall 羅氏痔瘡 Haemorrhoids and piles 20 Pesara Claimant 9 Klinik Buasir Loh's 1989 醫務所 treatment centre Lebuh Kedai Ubat Traditional Chinese medical 21 118 宏昌藥行 1970 Kimberley Hong Cheang hall Lebuh Seong Fatt 祥發 Traditional Chinese medical 22 122 1970 Kimberley Medical Hall 中西藥行 hall Lebuh Wei Min Medical Traditional Chinese medical 23 190 惠民藥行 1965 Kimberley Hall hall Kedai Ubat Kim Lebuh Traditional Chinese medical 24 202 Hooi Tong & 金惠堂藥行 1982 Kimberley hall and acupuncture Accupunture Jalan Dr. Lim Kedai Ubat Traditional Chinese medical 25 172 奇福堂藥行 1980 Chwee Leong Kee Hock Tong hall
Jalan Dr. Lim Pak Hoe Tong 百和堂 Traditional Chinese medical 26 220 1950 Chwee Leong Kedai Ubat 中西藥行 hall
Jalan Masjid Siew Seng Loong 兆成隆 Traditional Chinese medical 27 35 1952 Kapitan Keling Sdn Bhd 有限公司 hall
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Traditional medicine and healing Agasthiar Indian Traditional Indian medicine ： Traditional Siddha treatment for asthma, 28 Lebuh Pantai 99 Medicinal Centre - 1969 sinus, Yoga and Siddha (Agasthiar Sidtha medicine class Vaidya Nilayam) Trading in traditional Chinese medicines – ginseng, monkey gallstone, bird's nest, Kedai Ubat 永安 29 Lebuh Pantai 121 1960 agarwood, seahorse, Weng Aun Thye 泰參茸莊 seadragon, ambergris, gecko, sea cucumber, saffron, native products Yong Yi Xing 永義興 Traditional Chinese medicine 30 Lebuh Pantai 197 參茸藥行 1970 (M) Sdn. Bhd. (馬)有限公司 wholesale Weng Seng Heng 永勝興 Traditional Chinese medicine 31 Lebuh Pantai 221 Medical Hall 1950 參茸莊 wholesale Sdn. Bhd Syarikat Ubat Cina 中華藥業(馬) Traditional Chinese medicine 32 Lebuh Pantai 279 Chon Hua (M) 1982 有限公司 wholesale Sdn Bhd Traditional Chinese medical 33 Lebuh Pantai 298 Lee Hong Huat 李鴻發 1960 hall Seang Wan 祥旺貿易 Traditional Chinese medicine 34 Lebuh Pantai 346 Trading Co. 1982 有限公司 wholesale Sdn. Bhd. Traditional Chinese medical Hong Yang Hoo 鳳陽府藥行 35 Lebuh Pantai 429 1957 hall, make medicated oil for T.Y.T. Sdn.Bhd 有限公司 children Ayurvedic herbal products 36 Lebuh Pasar 71E(back) Chandra Store - 1959 (herbal oil, herbal water, toothpaste) Amma Ayur Ayurvedic medicine treatment 37 Lebuh Penang 34 - - Centre and medication Making and distributing Syarikat Lam Tat 南達 capsules of bee pollen, Eastern 38 Jalan Pintal Tali 24 1969 Trading Co. 貿易公司 medicines and Western medicines Making and selling nutmeg 新嘉華 balm, nutmeg oil, citronella oil, 39 Jalan Pintal Tali 27 Xin Kawa Trading 1949 貿易公司 rheumatism and embrocation oil Sun Chang Distributor of traditional 40 Lorong Prangin 62 Medical Hall 新昌葯行 1968 Chinese medicines, herbalists Sdn Bhd Tan Chong Kar 陳宗嘉 41 Lebuh Victoria 189 (Chinese 1943 Traditional bone-setting 專醫外科 Physician)
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Traditional occupation The two traditional occupations listed here appear as registered businesses. The petition writer and auctioneer are practitioners of traditional trades associated with the court system as well as with Penang’s role as an administrative and commercial centre. Syarikat Federal (代寫書信及文 1 Lebuh King 24A(2) Traders, Syarikat 件) 1959 Petition writer Public Service 2 Lebuh Leith 19/19A Ho Auction Room 何拍賣館 1960 Auction house
Traditional pastimes The breeding of singing birds and mahjong playing are two common traditional pastimes in Penang. Due to the decline in mahjong playing and the availability of cheap imports, the shop that used to make mahjong tiles now specializes in the repair of mahjong tiles. Gold Cup 1 Lorong Stewart 69 金杯麻將 1970 Repair mahjong tiles Mahjong Tan Bee Eng 2 Tan Jetty 90C 陳美榮鳥店 1962 Selling birds and bird food Birds Shop
Watch and clock shop Penang was a centre for the sales and repair of watches and clocks since the early twentieth century. Many of the watch shops were concentrated along Campbell Street and Penang Road. Some of these watch shops now specialize in the sales and repair of high-end mechanical watches, antique clocks. Heng 興鐘錶 Watch retail and repair, can 1 Lebuh Bishop 33 1986 Watch Service 服務中心 repair big clock
See Chun 時珍 2 Lebuh Campbell 69 1942 Watch and clock retail Watch Repairer 鐘錶商店 Woo Hing 和興兄弟 3 Lebuh Campbell 96 1950 Watch retail Brothers 錶行 Cheah 4 Lebuh Campbell 162 謝企業公司 1982 Watch retail and repair Enterprise Co Kedai Jam 5 Lebuh Chulia 279 來順成 1986 Watch retail Lye Soon Seng Watch retail and repair, selling Jalan Dato 6 16 Cheah Chye Beng 謝再明 1972 watch components imported Koyah from Switzerland Kit See Too Watch 及時圖鐘錶 7 Jalan Penang 151 Dealers & 1930 Watch retail and repair 修理商店 Repairers 美都鐘錶 Watch retail and repair, 8 Jalan Penang 437 Mido & Company 1965 百貨公司 trading second-hand watches Tai Wah 9 Jalan Penang 467 大華鐘錶行 1972 Watch retail Watch Dealers 10 Jalan Penang 469 Syarikat Fah Shing 華勝百貨商 1962 Watch retail Tuck Seong 11 Jalan Penang 153-1 德商錶店 1930 Watch repair Watch Repairer
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Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Street Company Company Year No. House number name in Brief description name name Chinese founded
Weighing equipment Toploading mechanical dial scales are used ubiquitously in sundry shops, provision shops and markets as well as kitchens. All three shops selling weighing equipment are about 50 years old; they were probably established with the mass import mechanical scales for commercial use which gradually replaced the traditional hand-held Chinese balance scales. Nowadays, they also sell digital scales and other weighing equipment. HyBrid Measurement 1 Lebuh Pantai 363, 365 榮和磅商 1964 Weighing equipment Engineering / Chop Eng Hoe Teong Thye Hin 2 Lebuh Pantai 400 Weighing 長泰興磅商 1960 Weighing equipment Machines Eong Huat Household and industrial 永發 3 Lorong Prangin 16, 18 Corporation 1964 kitchenware, weighing 有限公司 Sdn. Bhd. equipments
Woodwork and woodcarving A number of woodworking workshops are found in George Town. Carpenters have various levels of skills. Some carpentry workshops make modern furniture and interior house fittings. Those who are trained in traditional Chinese woodcarving, gilding and lacquering, can make Chinese calligraphy plaques and ancestral tablets; of this group, a few specialize in producing religious idols. Gat Lebuh Furniture making and 1 32 - - 1970 Armenian carpentry Woodcarving, lacquering, gilding, signboard, couplet, Lebuh Sung Dynasty 2 77 宋朝木刻 2008 temple seal, ancestral tablet, Carnarvon Wood Craving hawker signage, furniture gilding Lebuh 3 41 ML Construction - 1950 Furniture making and capentry Kimberley Malaysia 馬來西亞 Woodcarving and engraving of Lebuh Qingshan 青山 4 220 2007 Chinese Taoist and Buddhist Kimberley Woodcraft 精雕工藝 religious idols Sdn. Bhd. 有限公司 KS Furniture & 強勝 5 Love Lane 49 1980 Carpentry and furniture-maker Decoration 傢俬裝飾 Customized, making, repairing 6 Lebuh Penang 38, 40 - - 1967 wood products Tuck Cheong 德昌 7 Jalan Pintal Tali 127 1950 Furniture making and capentry Furniture 木器工程 Woodcarving, lacquering, Kok Ying Chow 8 Lebuh Queen 41 郭應就牌匾 1930 gilding, signboard, ancestral Signboard Maker tablets, restoration of deities Lorong Seck 9 18 Lay Art Deco - 1930 Furniture making and capentry Chuan
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