Swatow Lane, George Town, Penang

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Swatow Lane is a minor street in George Town. It is a one-way street running from the junction at Hutton Lane to the junction at Burmah Road, and forms a junction with Bawasah Road. The street was named the city of Shantou, historically known as Swatow, in eastern Guangdong province, in southern China.

Swatow Lane used to be famous for hawker food in front of the walls of the disused New World Park, a popular amusement park in the 1950's. Now a new food centre that takes the name of New World Park has been built on the site of the amusement park, and many of the hawkers have relocated into the food centre. However, popularity of the hawker stalls there have plummeted, due to unproven claims that the taste has deteriorated.

Swatow Lane (9 December 2008)
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Lorong Swatow roadsign (9 December 2008)
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