Get to know the Tan Kongsi

Full of history: The plaque stating the title of General Tan Seng Ong or 'Wei Hooi' at the entrance of the Kongsi.

MENTION the oldest clan house in Penang, and most Penangites would probably say the Eng Chuan Tong Tan Kongsi (ECTTK).

Founded as early as 1810 by a Tan family from the Fujian province of Zhangzhou in China, the ECTTK, commonly known as Tan Kongsi among locals, was originally known as the Tan Seng Ong Kongsi.