Heng Lee Group’s newest development Sandilands promises to become a premier location for work and play.It was the 1930s and the coconut oil business in Penang was booming.Well-known self-made tycoon Yeap Chor Ee sensed the potential and bought over an oil plant at the mouth of Sungai Pinang and set about installing the latest modern machinery. Soon, backed by a 350-horsepower Deutz diesel engine, the Ban Hin Lee Oil Mill – taking up almost 2ha of land – was up...
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is a freelance journalist who has lived in the US and Australia but, for reasons unknown to herself, finds it impossible to call anywhere but Penang home.