Khoo Kongsi: 118 Proud Years of History

By Lim Wan Phing

January 2025 FEATURE
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Chin Kok Yong, a member of Urban Sketchers Penang, looking pleased at what he has drawn.
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FROM SIN KANG VILLAGE in Fujian, China, men sailed south for greener pastures. Steer left, and you would arrive in the Philippines. Steer right, and you would arrive in Thailand. Go straight on and you hit Semarang. Take a sharp right and you reach Singapore, after which a U-turn up north would bring you to Penang, Medan or Rangoon (Yangon today).That was how the Khoo forefathers arrived in Penang Island in the late 1700s. A century later, the community had...

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Lim Wan Phing

is a freelance writer based in Penang. She has a short story collection, Two Figures in a Car published by Penguin SEA.

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