Mak Besar Bee bt Md Joonos

Mak Besar Bee is Dr Che Lah's eldest and only sister. Mak Besar Bee was possibly born in 1901. Dr Che Lah was born in 1903. Mak Besar Bee is in a group photo for my mother's send-off at Port Swettenham in Klang, Selangor. Below is a group photo taken in 1952 on the deck of...

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The British East India Company in Penang

INTRODUCTION The British East India Company (British EIC) came to Penang after the Sumatran Malays had arrived in Penang prior to 1734. These early Sumatran settlers opened Penang. They settled in Kg Batu Uban. Land cultivation extended to Tanjong Penaga (renamed George Town...

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