People's Court (GPS: 5.41723, 100.33324) is a low-cost housing project within the inner city of George Town, Penang. It is located off Cintra Street, and was an early public housing effort to provide homes to the urban poor.

Built in 1961, when the late Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee was Chief Minister of Penang, People's Court comprises three blocks 4-storey walk-up flats, lined up to form an "L". The ground floor is occupied by shoplots, many of which are used as restaurants. The construction of People's Court was to fulfill an election promise made by the Socialist Front, which won the 1959 local government election for the City Council of George Town.1

People's Court on Google Street View

People's Court is on the Map of Cintra Street, Penang

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