| VOP Code: | KSN512 |
| Category: | Photographs & Paintings |
| Scale/No.: | n/a |
| Title: | Corner site |
| Keywords: | 24 Buckingham St, 22 Buckingham St, 20 Buckingham St, Shophouses, part of Kapitan Keling Waqf, endowment, |
| Features: | image taken: 1991-1993, Context: on corner of Sek Chuan Lane, open drains, before the Buckingham St-Campbell St beautification project 1997 and repeal of rent control, and subsequent ‘adaptive reuse’ project, Details: chamfered corner site, jack roof, was a Chinese tenant selling mattresses and furniture: Lam Cheang and Co, Materials: Marseille roof tiles. Full height timber louvre shutters with glazed transom light above, masonry walls, lime mortar, lime plaster, cement tiles and reinforced concrete beams, George Town, |
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Corner site
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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:
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the transliteration and summary for each letter. Any comment and feedback are welcomed.
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.
