Dato Abdul Malik Mydin (born 1975) is a Malaysian solo long-distance swimmer, hailing from Penang.
Living most of his life on Pleasant Mountain, Thomson Road, Logan later moved to Penang in 1969, after the death of his brother, James Richardson Logan.
In 1990, at the age of 19, he left his hometown in Penang and went to Singapore in search for that dream.
Ahmad Nawab (born April 6, 1933 in Penang, Malaysia) or officially Dato' Dr. Ahmad Khan Nawab Khan is a Malaysian composer.
He was transferred to Batavia, Singapore and the Bombay office, and stationed in Batavia from 1896 to 1902 until he was appointed agent at Penang.
Angie Ng (born February 24, 1987) is a Malaysian Chinese model born in Penang, Malaysia.
In 1985, while on tour with the Associated Board in Malaysia, Anna met Toya, a Batik artist living in Penang, and his nephew Kia.
Anthony Soter Fernandez is also the Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Penang, where he was Bishop from 17 February 1978, until his appointment to head the Church in Kuala Lumpur.
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Antony Selvanayagam is the Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Penang, Malaysia.
Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (the National University) in Kuala Lumpur in 1997 and Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy from Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang in 1999.
On her travels around the world, Bly went through England, France (where she met Jules Verne in Amiens), Brindisi, the Suez Canal, Colombo (Ceylon), the Straits Settlements of Penang and Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan.
He will contest the Sungai Acheh state seat in Penang in the 2013 general election.
Following the Tongmenghui's history of raising relief funds for war efforts in China through the United States and South-east Asia, the pair secretly eloped into British zone through Hong Kong, and set sail to Nanyang (modern day South-east Asia), onto British Crown territories, stopping at Phoenix City (Traditional Chinese: 鳳城：Hanyu Pinyin Fengcheng) (modern day Kuala Lumpur), Penang and Singapore.
Dr. Chan Eng Heng was born in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia in 1950.
In his stay in Singapore, Charles took on positions as First Secretary of the Singapore Sporting Club, an amateur thespian and, in 1847, High Sheriff for the settlements of Singapore, Malacca and Penang.
Cheah Kah Peng (谢嘉平) was a full-time painter, writer, filmmaker and human rights advocate before he was elected as a Penang State (Legislative) Assemblyman in Malaysia.
Chow is also a member of the Executive Council of the state of Penang as Chairman of the Local Government Committee, and represents the seat of Padang Kota in the Penang State Assembly.
She paved the way for the WABA-ILCA Fellowship by being an exemplar of a fellow, having spent several months each year in Penang volunteering at the WABA Secretariat almost annually.
In 1824 he taught Samuel Dyer at Gosport before he left for Penang as a missionary with the London Missionary Society.
She captured several more vessels, and then raided the port of Penang.
The species was originally described by Thorell from a single male specimen from Penang.
Sir Edmond Stanley SL (1760–1843) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer and politician who served as Serjeant-at-Law of the Parliament of Ireland, Recorder of Prince of Wales Island, now Penang, and subsequently Chief Justice of Madras.
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established the right to a permanent Court of Judicature in the settlement of Penang.
In 1911 Kelly was assigned to the Christian Brothers District of Penang.
In October 1944, No. 159 Squadron mounted an audacious minelaying raid on the Japanese held port of Penang.
Their ancestry can be traced to emigrants of countries that span the length and breadth of Europe, although Eurasian migrants to Singapore in the 19th century came largely from other colonies in Asia, such as British Malaya in particular Malacca and Penang; Chittagong and Goa in India; the Dutch East Indies and French Indochina.
She spent her early life in Penang where she attended St. George's Girls' School.
His account was based on two specimens collected from Penang in Malaysia by General Thomas Hardwicke and presented to the British Museum.
Grace Chen of The Star writes that fish soup bee hoon is "to Singaporeans what the char kway teow is to Penangites".
The Galathea proceeded to Southeast Asia, calling at Penang, Singapore, Batavia, and Manila before heading for the Chinese coast and visiting Hong Kong, Macau, Canton, Amoy, and Shanghai.
She then shaped a course across the Indian Ocean to Penang, arriving there on 27 August after 153 days at sea.
For example, in George Town, Penang in Malaysia, the label "Ghaut" is used to identify the extensions of those streets which formerly ended in ghats before reclamation of the quayside (e.g., Church St Ghaut - in Malay Gat Lebuh Gereja - is the name of the extension of Church St beyond where the street used to descend to the water via a ghat).
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In both Penang and Singapore, there are areas named Dhoby Ghaut (dhobi meaning "launderer" or "laundry", depending on whether it refers to a person or a business).
In Malaysia, each of four non-monarchical states (Penang, Malacca, Sabah and Sarawak) has a ceremonial Governor styled Yang di-Pertua Negeri, appointed to renewable four-year terms by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the federal King of Malaysia on the advice of the Prime Minister after consulting the state governments.
On 1 July 1968, he was consecrated Bishop, and took over the Diocese Of Penang from Bishop Francis Chan who had died on 27 October 1967.
Han Chiang Indoor Stadium is a basketball arena located at Jalan Lim Lean Teng, Penang, Malaysia.
In Malaysia, the word was used to refer to various general strikes in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, such as the All-Malaya Hartal of 1947 and the Penang Hartal of 1967.
Hokkien hae mee (Hokkien prawn noodles) is commonly served in Penang and Singapore while Hokkien char mee (Hokkien fried noodles) is commonly served in Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley.
It was founded in June 12, 2012 by Engku Isa Al-Husam and Mohd Fitri Ibrahim in Penang and later joined by Tunku 'Abidin Muhriz and Dato' Kusyairie Amir as the board of advisors.
Irene Ng (born Sze Ng (黃敏) on July 30, 1974 in Penang, Malaysia) is a Malaysian-born American former actress best known for playing Shelby Woo on Nickelodeon's The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, which aired from 1996 to 1999.
Born in Penang, Malaya, Brown was the younger of two sons of Dr. William Carnegie Brown, a specialist in tropical diseases, and his wife Jean Carnegie.
During the campaign however he contracted a fatal illness and died from it at Penang in Malaya late in 1826.
In August, 1942, the Isuzu was reassigned to the Indian Ocean theatre, patrolling between Singapore, Mergui, Burma, Sabang Harbor, Sumatra and Penang, Malaya; however, on 24 August 1942, Isuzu was reassigned back to Makassar.
From the end of August 1943 to the end of January 1944, Ōi and Kitakami made four troop transport runs from Singapore and Penang to the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean.
At 11:30 p.m. on April 5, 1934, before reaching Penang, Sato was found missing by his compatriot Jiro Yamagishi.
Cheng-Hopkins hails from Penang where she attended St. George's Girls' School.
He sank another two ships, bringing his career total to 19 ships sunk, totalling 101,744 GRT, and four ships damaged (51,668 GRT), before reaching Penang on 23 September 1944.
Upon his arrival in Penang on January 5, 1952, Venerable Dhammananda stayed at the Mahindarama Buddhist Temple.
Despite being Malaysia's longest running Chinese-language newspaper, the daily is not a national newspaper (Nanyang Siang Pau being the oldest national Chinese-language newspaper), but based in Penang, where it has the largest readership in the northern region.
In 1947 he was posted to Singapore where he worked until 1954, with interim postings in Bangkok and Penang.
The Group's real estate development projects are mainly located in the Klang Valley, Johor Baharu, Penang and Kota Kinabalu.
Market Street is a street within the core zone of the Penang capital, Georgetown, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In the 1974 Asian Team Chess Championship in Penang, Fuller played on board one for Australia and scored 6/7, winning the individual gold medal.
Mohd Azrul Ahmad (born March 3, 1985 in Seberang Perai, Penang) is a Malaysian professional football player who plays as a striker for Felda United FC.
Known as "Mawi" by fans, the Penang-born striker was one of top player at Penang FA since drafted to senior team in the 1998 season.
From Đà Nẵng, Gauthier took Nguyễn Trường Tộ to Hong Kong, Penang in Malaysia, and other places in Southeast Asia where the Foreign Missions Society had established seminaries.
The two joined several further theatrical troupes, including Club Moonlight Crystal Follies in Penang (under Njoo's leadership) and Dardanella, travelling throughout southeast and south Asia.
At its headquarters in Regensburg, Germany, a further production site in Penang (Malaysia) and a global network of sales and marketing centers, the company employs more than 6.000 people.
They mostly settled in Penang in business like money exchangers and restaurant workers.
In 1961, the Burmese government sent him to become the chief abbot of the Dhammikarama Burmese Temple in Penang, Malaysia.
It is native to and common in swiftly flowing forest streams of the Malay Peninsula, Cambodia, Thailand, Borneo, and Sumatra, having originally been described from a population in Penang state in Malaysia.
Penang International Sports Arena (PISA) is an indoor sports arena located at Penang, Malaysia.
In 1851, Truong was granted a scholarship by this school to study at the Penang Seminary, then the main centre of Roman Catholic training for Southeast Asian countries.
Lim was born under the name of Lim Phaik-Seng in Penang, Malaysia, Straits Settlements (occupied by Japan at the time of her birth), and was the daughter of the palm oil millionaire Lim Cheng-Taik.
Prai River Bridge (Jambatan Sungai Prai in Malay) is a dual-three lane cable stayed bridge connecting the banks of the Prai River in Prai, Penang.
This led to the arrival of Charles Moir in Penang in 1851 followed by Thomas McKenzie Fraser in Singapore in 1856.
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Many early missionaries from the London Missionary Society (LMS) such as William Milne who arrived in Malacca in 1815 were from Presbyterian or Reformed backgrounds and many LMS missionaries assisted in the providing spiritual nurture to the Scots community in Penang and Singapore along with chaplains of the East India Company who conducted worship for Church of England members.
RadiSys had over 280 people in its research and development department as of 2009, located in offices in the United States (Oregon, Iowa, Florida), India (Bangalore), China (Shanghai), Malaysia (Penang), and Canada (Burnaby, BC).
Raneem followed her brother into squash at the age of six and first played for Egypt in the World Juniors 2001 in Penang, then aged ten.
His collections of magazines and articles are kept in his gallery in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang.
Richard Rivalee, is a Malaysian fashion designer based in Penang, Malaysia.
Forced to leave Japan, he goes to British colonial port of Penang to continue his fundraising.
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In Road To Dawn, Winston Chao plays Sun Yat Sen for the second time - which revolves around a young Sun Yat Sen in Penang.
This competition is organised by the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics (SEAMEO RECSAM), which bases its operations in Penang, Malaysia.
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Unlike the International Mathematical Olympiad, the venue for this competition is not rotated from country to country and it has been held in Penang, Malaysia since its conception.
Galloway began his career with Dalat International School and joined in 2004 to Malaysia who signed for Chinese Recreational Club in Penang.
His baronetcy passed to his eldest son, Sir Thomas Harvie Farquhar, 2nd Baronet, although it was his second son Robert Townsend Farquhar who was most successful, becoming the governor of Penang and Mauritius and subsequently a Member of Parliament.
At the behest of Tsuji Masanobu, the Japanese High Command's Chief of Planning and Operations, Sook Ching was extended to the rest of Malaya, particularly Penang.
On 17 July 1880 Jeddah sailed from Singapore bound for Penang and Jeddah, with 778 men, 147 women and 67 children on board.
From 1979 he moved into medical research and teaching, with positions at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Oxford University, a research centre in Kilifi, Kenya, and the Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang.
Born in Penang, Malaysia, Oh studied at Penang Free School and graduated with a Business degree major in Accountancy from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Stewart Tan Seng Teong was born and raised in a big Chinese family in Penang, Malaysia.
Stuart Herriot (25 April 1812, Swinton & Simprim, Berwickshire – 21 February 1885 in Penang, Malaysia) was a British born trader based in Penang since the 1830s.
Church of the Divine Mercy, a Roman Catholic church and Christian Community Centre has been constructed since 2007 and completed in 2010 will be a landmark for the township.
She became the national marathon champion first time in 1984 by winning Delhi Marathon She won medals in the Penang and Kedah marathons.
For a number of years in the 1950s, at the time of the communist insurgency, he served in Malaya as a rubber plantation manager in the Penang Settlement.
Tadashi Takeda (born 27 July 1986 in Penang, Malaysia) is a Malaysian-born Japanese professional football player, currently playing for the Japanese club Fagiano Okayama.
His resignation from Keadilan followed the instigation of disciplinary action against him by the party after he criticised Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng from the party's Pakatan Rakyat coalition partner the Democratic Action Party.
In August 1939, during three months leave, Otway married Stella Whitehead, daughter of Basil Whitehead of Bovey Tracey, Devon, a retired Colonial Police Officer, who had been Chief of Police in Penang, Malaya.
Jardine (Sam Hardy), a plantation owner, is determined to have Poppy, and when she wants to escape from the Oriental underworld, he offers to help, provided she accompanies him to Penang.
In 1871 Speedy sailed to the Straits Settlements in Malaya and became superintendent of police on the island of Penang.
The George Town trolleybus system was part of the public transport network in George Town, on the island of Penang (part of Malaysia since 1963), for more than 35 years in the mid-20th century.
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Opened in 1925, the system gradually replaced the George Town tramway network.
Later, when the United States entered the war, the U-boats ranged from the Atlantic coast of the United States and Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, and from the Arctic to the west and southern African coasts and even as far east as Penang.
He completed his study in Philosophy at the Major Seminary (College General) in Penang, Malaysia, and did his theological studies in the Major Seminary in Singapore.
The present building was rebuilt in 1997 with a donation of US$0.84 million from Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi, Penang.
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Xiangcheng is the second place where dominated by 邱 (Qiū, Khoo in Hokkien) surnames settlers, and the second is Penang, Malaysia.
Between 1939 and 1941, he held solo exhibitions in Singapore, India and Malaya (Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh) to help raise funds for the war relief effort in China.
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The Supreme Court of Penang, which was first housed at Fort Cornwallis, was opened on 31 May 1808.
It moved to its headquarters in Wangsa Maju (KL) from its Ampang campus and it also has campuses in Subang Jaya (KL), Penang,and Johor Bahru.
For example, the judge of the Supreme Court of Penang, Sir Edmond Stanley, was first housed at Fort Cornwallis when the court opened on 31 May 1808.
In fact, Malays in Penang are only second to their counterparts in the Klang Valley.
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This was followed by the appointment of the first Supreme Court judge designated as the 'Recorder' and Sir Edmond Stanley assumed office as the First Recorder of the Supreme Court of Penang in 1808.
Among those who had played at Hard Rock Hotel Penang are The Wailers, Mizz Nina, Ella, Zainal Abidin, Sheila Majid and Amy Search.
Harold Ambrose Robinson Cheeseman was the founder of the Scouting movement in the Malaysian state of Penang, at the Penang Free School on March 27, 1915, and in the state of Johor at the English College Johore Bahru in 1928.
There are also several private mini-bus services which focus on tourist destinations, including Phuket, Koh Samui, Koh Pha Ngan, Pak Bara Peer in Satun (a gateway to the islands in the southern Andaman Sea), Langkawi, Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
Type locality: "India, fl. Ganges, Penang"; restricted by Smith (1931:162) to "Fatehgarh, Ganges," India = "India: Ganges; Futtaghur" (Gray 1864: 92)
Leaving in 1914, he spent CAN$250,000 of his own money to establish branches of Rotary International in Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Jerusalem, Burma, Siam (Thailand), Java, and in several of the Malay states including Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Penang, Ipoh, Klang and Singapore.
In October 2013, Jesse issued a warning about Malaysia's economic bubble on his Forbes column, which made news headlines and prompted a response from the country's leaders, including Zeti Akhtar Aziz (the governor of Malaysia’s central bank), Mustapa Mohamed (International Trade and Industry Minister), and Lim Guan Eng (Chief Minister of the State of Penang).
Koh had been involved with pepper cultivation already long before his arrival at Penang, having had experience in this field both in Phuket and in Kedah.
On November 6, 2011, the Penang state government under Lim's leadership managed to strengthen ties and forge friendship with the state of Victoria, Australia when the Governor of Victoria Alex Chernov made an official day-long visit to Penang with the invitation of the state government.
Operating out of its hub in Penang, Firefly provides exclusive routes daily to Subang, Penang, Kuantan, Kuala Terengganu, Kota Bharu and Langkawi in Malaysia, and 4 times a week to Phuket and Koh Samui in Thailand.
The hotels include PARKROYAL on Beach Road, Singapore, PARKROYAL on Kitchener Road, PARKROYAL Darling Harbour Sydney, PARKROYAL Parramatta Sydney, PARKROYAL Melbourne Airport Tullamarine, PARKROYAL Kuala Lumpur, PARKROYAL Penang, PARKROYAL Yangon and PARKROYAL Saigon.
She died due to pneumonia, in Penang, on March 12, 2000 at the age of 80 and was buried next to her husband grave, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj at Kedah Royal Mausoleum in Langgar, Kedah.
André "Titi" Buengo (born 11 February 1980 in Luanda, Angola) is an Angolan football striker who plays for Penang.