Families Hard at Work at Pulau Tikus Market
By Jennifer De Souza
August 2024 PHOTO ESSAY
PULAU TIKUS MARKET, located along Jalan Pasar between Jalan Cantonment and Solok Moulmein, first opened in the 1950s. The wet market is a vibrant, bustling place where families from different backgrounds gather each morning to sell fruits, vegetables, fish and poultry. It forms the core around which dry stalls sell items such as traditional medicine, kitchen and laundry items, bread, snacks and clothing.Over the years, while Penang’s street food hawkers have long enjoyed extensive social media coverage, the same cannot...
Jennifer De Souza
lives in Penang and loves to meet Malaysians and
record their daily lives through their stories and photographs. Pulau Tikus market reminds her of a similar market in Singapore, a few steps away from where she grew up.
