| VOP Code: | KSN591 |
| Category: | Photographs & Paintings |
| Scale/No.: | n/a |
| Title: | Aerial View East from KOMTAR |
| Keywords: | Prangin Ditch, Sia Boey market, Carnarvon St, jetties, Urbanscape, Modern housing development on reclaimed land in the Macallum St area, adjacent to the Koay Chinese Muslim jetty since demolished |
| Features: | image taken: 1991-1993, Context: Prangin Ditch once marked the boundary of George Town, the area directly in the centre is earmarked as KOMTAR phase five, Details: predominantly two-storey environment filled with living tenant population later evicted under the Repeal of Rent Control 2000, Materials: once swamp land the original building materials were bakau plies, granite, masonry walls, lime mortar and lime plaster, The Prangin Ditch marks the northern boundary of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, George Town |
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| Source: | The KSN Collection |
Aerial View East from KOMTAR
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Acknowledgement:
We would like to thank the Archives and Special Collections, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Library, University of London, for providing access to the Light Letters Collection. We are particularly indebted to Susannah Rayner, who was head of Archives and Special Collections at SOAS Library and Erich Kesse, the Digital Library Project Officer at SOAS Library. Our gratitude goes to Dr. Mulaika Hijjas, Professor Ernst Ulrich Kratz and Dato’ Dr. Annabel Teh Gallop. Our appreciation is also extended to Zulqarnain Abu Bakar, Muhaimin Sulam, M Pisol Mat Isa, M Nuri al-Amin and Raja Ahmad Iskandar Raja Yaacob of the Department of Management and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.
Accuracy:
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For Further Information, Please Contact
Professor Dato’ Dr. Ahmad Murad Merican (muradmerican@gmail.com), Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Mr. Abdur-Rahman Mohamed Amin (urrahman_amin@petronas.com.my), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.
