Sitiawan: The Promised Land of the Foochows
By Koay Su Lyn
March 2018 TOWNS OF MALAYA
Access to this article is open for a limited time only. To read more on our e-archive, subscribe here. Home to Foochow settlers since the turn of the century, Sitiawan continues to reflect the close-knit community’s heritage and religious ties.Sitiawan gets its name from the tragic tale of two elephants, one of which perished after becoming stuck in mud, while the other drowned as it faithfully clung to its friend as the tide of the Dindings River rose. The river was subsequently...
Koay Su Lyn
reads and writes of the past to make sense of the present. She is a research analyst in the History and Heritage Programme of Penang Institute.
