Malay Street (Lebuh Melayu), George Town

Malay Street, George Town, Penang (4 July 2019)

Malay Street (Malay: Lebuh Melayu, Traditional Chinese: 刣牛後, Simplified Chinese: 刣牛后, Pinyin: Zhōng Niú Hòu, Penang Hokkien: Thai3 Gu3 Au33

), is one of the streets in the inner part of George Town. Part of the street forms the border between the core zone and buffer zone of the World Heritage Site. The street got its name before in the old days, it was a village path through the Malay and Achenese village located in its vicinity.

Map of Malay Street, Penang

Accommodation on Malay Street

Betel Nut Lodge (GPS: 5.41443, 100.33447)
D'Nice Heritage House (GPS: 5.41305, 100.33537)
Yong Yi Yuen Guesthouse (GPS: 5.41345, 100.33514)

Sights on Malay Street

Carbon (GPS: 5.41359, 100.33493)
Ghost Museum Penang (GPS: 5.41374, 100.33484)
Lung Yen Association (GPS: 5.4132, 100.3355)
Original Premises of Chung Ling High School (GPS: 5.41296, 100.33571)
Tong Aun Kim Har Association (GPS: 5.41312, 100.33559)
Yeoh Clan Association (GPS: 5.41306, 100.33564)

Notesworthy sights on Malay Street

No. 16, Malay Street
This property today houses Heong Giap Paper & Stationery Sdn Bhd. This property housed the Chinese newspaper Kwong Wah Yit Poh back in 1913, after the papers were established in 1910 at No. 120, Armenian Street.

16, Malay Street (the house on the right, with its door open) was the premises of Kwong Wah Yit Poh in 1913. (4 July 2019)

No. 18, Malay Street
This property today also houses Heong Giap Paper & Stationery Sdn Bhd. It was here that Chung Ling School was informally founded in July 1917 (though the school was conceptualized on 9 February of that year, and that date is taken as its official founding date).