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Penang Islamic Department Building
The Penang Islamic Department Building is an office building in George Town, Penang, George Town within the States and federal territories of Malaysia, Malaysian state of Penang. Completed in 1909, the building, situated at Downing Street, George Town, Downing Street within the George Town Central Business District, Penang, city's Central Business District (CBD), was formerly part of the Government Offices, the administrative seat of Penang under the Straits Settlements. It now accommodates the Penang Islamic Department. History Between 1883 and 1889, land was Land reclamation, reclaimed along George Town, Penang, George Town's eastern coast, creating what is now Weld Quay, George Town, Weld Quay. This newly created land enabled the Straits Settlements government to construct the U-shaped Government Offices along King Edward Place, Weld Quay and Beach Street, George Town, Beach Street. Construction of the two-storey Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical-style Government Off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beach Street, George Town
Beach Street is a major thoroughfare in George Town, Penang, George Town within the States and federal territories of Malaysia, Malaysian state of Penang. Part of the George Town Central Business District, Penang, city's central business district, it is also one of the oldest streets in Penang, having been created soon after the founding of the state by Captain Francis Light in 1786. The concentration of Malaysian and international banks around Beach Street has made George Town the financial hub within northern Malaysia. In addition, Beach Street is within the UNESCO World Heritage Site, thanks to the colonial architecture of the bank headquarters and other commercial buildings along the street. Administrative buildings built by the British also once stood along Beach Street; however, these buildings were destroyed during World War II. Etymology Beach Street was so named as it was once a coastal road, stretching along the eastern shoreline of George Town, Penang, George Town. To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Town World Heritage Incorporated
George Town World Heritage Incorporated ( GTWHI) is a state-owned conservation organisation in the Malaysian state of Penang. Established in 2010, it serves as the conservation authority for George Town's World Heritage Site, gazetted by UNESCO since 2008. As a special-purpose vehicle of the Penang state government, GTWHI is chaired by the state's Chief Minister who serves as its chairman. Background Heritage conservation within George Town was sparked by haphazard urban planning and a real estate boom in the 1980s, as developers rapidly redeveloped large swathes of the city to build high-rises. The drastic transformation of the cityscape posed a risk to the colonial-era buildings within the city centre. Concurrently, both the federal government and the Penang Island Municipal Council (now Penang Island City Council) demonstrated a lack of political will towards urban renewal and heritage conservation. From 1976 to 1986, a total of 67 monuments across Malaysia were protec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Office Buildings Completed In 1909
An office is a space where the employees of an organization perform administrative work in order to support and realize the various goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it (see officer or official); the latter is an earlier usage, as "office" originally referred to the location of one's duty. In its adjective form, the term "office" may refer to business-related tasks. In law, a company or organization has offices in any place where it has an official presence, even if that presence consists of a storage silo. For example, instead of a more traditional establishment with a desk and chair, an office is also an architectural and design phenomenon, including small offices, such as a bench in the corner of a small business or a room in someone's home (see small office/home office), entire floors of buildings, and massive buildings dedicated entirely to one company. In modern terms, an office i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1909 Establishments In The Straits Settlements
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Buildings And Structures In George Town, Penang
A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof, walls and windows, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory. Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for numerous factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the concept, see ''Nonbuilding structure'' for contrast. Buildings serve several societal needs – occupancy, primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical separation of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) from the ''outside'' (a place that may be harsh and harmful at times). buildings have been objects or canvasses of much artistic expression. In recent years, interest in sustainable planning and building pract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Penang
The Government of Penang refers to the government authority of the Malaysian state of Penang. The state government adheres to and is created by both the Malaysian federal constitution, the supreme law of Malaysia, and the constitution of Penang, the supreme law in Penang. The government of Penang is based in the state's capital city of George Town. The state government consists of only two branches - executive and legislative. The Penang State Executive Council forms the executive branch, whilst the Penang State Legislative Assembly is the legislature of the state government. Penang's head of government is the chief minister. The state government does not have a judiciary branch, as Malaysia's judicial system is a federalised system operating uniformly throughout the country. Executive Head of government The Chief Minister is the head of government in Penang. He is officially appointed by the Governor, Penang's head of state, on the basis of the latter's judgement that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuanku Syed Putra Building
The Tuanku Syed Putra Building is an office building in George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. Completed in 1962, the building, situated at Downing Street within the city's Central Business District (CBD), is owned by the Malaysian federal government and accommodates the Penang General Post Office (GPO). It once served as the seat of the Penang state government and, until 1966, was the tallest building in George Town. Background Prior to the Japanese invasion in 1941, the U-shaped Government Offices at the junction of Downing and Beach streets functioned as the administrative seat of Penang, then part of the British crown colony of the Straits Settlements. The complex, built in phases between 1884 and 1909, consisted of three two-storey blocks accommodating the Governor's office and various government departments. In 1945, the Government Offices were largely destroyed by Allied aerial bombardment, with only a section (now occupied by the Penang Islamic Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Jurist
Operation Jurist referred to the British recapture of Penang following Japan's surrender in 1945. Jurist was launched as part of Operation Zipper, the overall British plan to liberate Malaya, including Singapore. While a larger Allied fleet sailed on to Singapore through the Strait of Malacca, Malacca Strait under Operation Tiderace, a detachment of Royal Navy warships, led by Vice admiral (Royal Navy), Vice Admiral Harold Walker (Royal Navy officer), Harold Walker, moved towards Penang Island, arriving off the island on 28 August 1945. The Japanese garrison in Penang surrendered on 2 September and a party of Royal Marines, Royal Marine commandos landed on Penang Island the following day, thus returning Penang to British rule. Consequently, Penang became the first state in Malaya to be liberated by the British; Singapore would only be formally surrendered to the British on 12 September, while the rest of Malaya was subsequently liberated in the following weeks. Background Dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Straits Times
''The Straits Times'' (also known informally by its abbreviation ''ST'') is a Singaporean daily English-language newspaper owned by the SPH Media Trust. Established on 15 July 1845, it is the most-widely circulated newspaper in the country and has a significant regional audience. The newspaper is published in the broadsheet format and online, the latter of which was launched in 1994. It is regarded as the newspaper of record for Singapore. Print and digital editions of ''The Straits Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' had a daily average circulation of 364,134 and 364,849 respectively in 2017, as audited by Audit Bureau of Circulations Singapore. In 2014, country-specific editions were published for residents in Brunei and Myanmar, with newsprint circulations of 2,500 and 5,000 respectively. History Early years The original conception for ''The Straits Times'' has been debated by historians of Singapore. Prior to 1845, the only English-language newspaper in Singapore was ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Raids On Penang
Between 1944 and 1945, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) conducted bombing and mining missions against Japanese occupation of Malaya, Japanese-occupied Penang. Carried out by long-range bombers based in British Raj, India, the raids aimed to disrupt maritime shipping in the northern Strait of Malacca and the use of Swettenham Pier, Penang's harbour as an Axis powers, Axis submarine base. While these Allied aerial missions effectively disrupted Japanese military logistics in the region, they also resulted in considerable damage to the urban landscape of George Town, Penang, George Town, Penang's capital city. Background In November 1944, the Royal Air Force, RAF's Strategic Air Force, based in India, was reconstituted to full operational strength with the return of the Seventh Bombardment Group and several squadrons equipped with Consolidated B-24 Liberators. The operations of the Strategic Air Force were subsequently expanded to include stra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Governors Of Penang
The Governor of Penang, officially Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang (') is the Ceremony, ceremonial head of state of the States and federal territories of Malaysia, Malaysian state of Penang. The role of governor is largely ceremonial with the power vested in the executive branch of the Government of Penang, state government led by the Chief Minister of Penang, chief minister. The Yang di-Pertua Negeri is styled Malay styles and titles, Tuan Yang Terutama (TYT) (''English: Excellency, His Excellency''). Until the 18th century, the Penang Island, island of Penang was part of the Kedah Sultanate, Sultanate of Kedah. In 1786, the island was ceded by the sultan of Kedah to the East India Company, Francis Light representing the company. Light renamed the island ''Prince of Wales Island''. In 1790, after suffering a military defeat at the hands of Light, Sultan Abdullah formally handed over the island to the British Empire, British. Light was appointed Superintendent of Prince of Wale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Library Board
The National Library Board (NLB) is a statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Digital Development and Information of the government of Singapore. The board manages the public libraries throughout the country. The national libraries of Singapore house books in all four official languages of Singapore: English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil. Other than paper books, the libraries also loans CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, VCDs, video cassettes, audiobooks on CDs, magazines and periodicals, DVD-videos, Blu-rays and music CDs. Its flagship institution, the National Library, Singapore, is based on Victoria Street. History Although the NLB was first formed on 1 September 1995, its history had begun way back in the 1820s when Stamford Raffles first proposed the idea of establishing a public library. This library was to evolve into the National Library of Singapore in 1960, before expanding into the suburbs with the setting up of branch libraries in the various new tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
