Pekan Gurney New Village named after British High Commissioner Sir Henry Gurney

The main road of Pekan Gurney New Village in Sitiawan.

THE villagers were all excited when they were told that their Simpang Tiga New Villlage would be turned into a town.

It was a promise made to them by then British High Commissioner Sir Henry Gurney who visited the village in Sitiawan to take a closer look at a row of shophouses said to be burnt down by the communists.