| VOP Code: | KSN576 |
| Category: | Photographs & Paintings |
| Scale/No.: | n/a |
| Title: | Koe Guan Company office |
| Keywords: | 63 Beach St / Lebuh Pantai, Shophouse building, office and residence |
| Features: | image taken: 1991-1993, Context: next to a car park and bus depot which was formerly open space used by the market of Market St / Lebuh Pasar, Details: unusually the side façade is pierced with openings and simple keyhole style architrave of the early Straits Eclectic period, Materials: masonry walls, lime mortar and plaster, the building was three stories reduced to two with a parapet to the façade and jack roof, Personalities: Khaw Soo Cheang former Governor of Rangoon, patriarch of the famous Khaw family, George Town |
| Year: | |
| Source: | The KSN Collection |
Koe Guan Company office
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Manuscript Reference Number: MS 40320
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.
