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Malaysian Architecture - Nyonya Chinese Peranakan Shop Houses
Modernity is a sword that slices both ways – its wielder sometime gets cut too.
On 2000’s New Year’s Day, streets like Penang’s Lebuh Chulia saw rental shot from RM300 to RM4000 overnight, pulling the rugs under tenants’ feet causing them to flee by the thousands, leaving old buildings and shop houses unattended till today. What [...]
Posted: January 27th, 2008 under Architecture - Urban.
Tags: heritage tour, history, Malaysian, Penang, Peranakan, Peranakan Cina
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