Couple tells story behind Zacharevic's famous mural on Armenian Street


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 24 Nov 2013

GEORGE TOWN: Few people are aware that the characters in one of Penang’s famous street art were based on actual people.

While tens of thousands have taken photographs of the mural “Little Children On A Bicycle” in Armenian Street, not many know that the children portrayed were actually siblings Tan Yi and Tan Kern.

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