ALTHOUGH the Koay Jetty in Penang was demolished in 2006, people can still admire the once charming jetty through miniatures of the heritage stilt houses set up at the Koay Jetty Memorial Hall in Gat Lebuh Macallum.
Koay Jetty chairman Keh Teng Hean, 57, said his father moved to Koay Jetty when he was six years old in the 1970s.
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Miniatures of the wooden stilt houses on display at the Koay Jetty Memorial Hall in Gat Lebuh Macallum, Penang. — Photos: CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
The temple which was relocated after the Koay Jetty was demolished.
A view of the Koay Jetty and Peng Aun Jetty settlements in the foreground taken in this photo dated January 2004 before they were demolished in 2006 to make way for development.
The miniatures of heritage stilt houses on display at the Koay Jetty Memorial Hall at Gat Lebuh Macallum in George Town, Penang. /Picby:CHAN BOON KAI/The Star/15 September 2020.
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