The team responsible for producing the book having a discussion.
ABUNDANT with lush vegetable fields, traditional taukua “workshops” and a public market that sold everything from live fish and chicks to every ingredient needed to make your weekly Friday bowl of laksa, the Batu Lanchang of half-a-century ago stands in stark contrast to that of today.
Located in the central upper part of Penang island, the state constituency is often known as the middle ground or thoroughfare between George Town – the state capital – and the bustling factory sector of the Free Industrial Zone in Bayan Lepas.
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The team responsible for producing the book having a discussion.
For kite fighting, a ‘glass string’ would be used. Some kite flyers would make their own glass strings.
Paying 40sen for a movie was one of the few entertainment options one could get in the olden days.
A grocery shop in the days of old was like the supermarket of today. — recopied images provided by Batu Lanchang Service Centre
The cover of the 36-page book.
Taukua is often used in preparing noodle dishes. In the olden days, pieces of taukua were arranged in rows in wooden boxes for wholesaling to retailers.
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