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 Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Page 1/46 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 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 Traditional Trades and Occupations In George Town World Heritage Site Page 2/46 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 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