100 Cintra Street
Built in 1897 by a Siamese lady as her home, south of the Malabar Village of Penang. It exchanged hands many times until the Lim family acquired it in 1938. They have owned this building since. The atmosphere within the building is unique in that the interior reflects the philosophy of the 'passage of time' to record the events of the
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Love Lane Hostel
Love Lane, Lorong Cinta, opposite Love Lane Inn, Penang ...
Penang is the name of an island in the Straits of Malacca, and also of one of the states of Malaysia, located on the north-west coast of peninsular Malaysia. It is nicknamed Pulau Mutiara or Pearl of the Orient. Penang is the second smallest state in Malaysia after Perlis, and the eighth most populous. A resident of Penang is colloquially known as a Penangite.
21st century Penang remains a thriving commercial (and now industrial) centre with a relatively high standard of living. However, in terms of development it has been overtaken in recent years by the Klang Valley, which is the political and economic heart of modern Malaysia. While the slower rate of development in Penang has left much of its cultural and architectural heritage intact, what development there has been has been poorly managed due to underfunding in infrastructure by the federal government, corruption and the breakdown of participatory local government since the late 1960s. Nonetheless, Penangites maintain a strong civic identity rooted in Penang's former pre-eminence, reinforced by a strong local cultural and linguistic identity.
