Fate of fountain in limbo


Work of art: Chung’s fountain at the Penang Turf Club. Chung, who was the last Kapitan China of Perak and Malaya, donated this fountain to the club in 1904. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Way back in 1904, Chung Thye Phin, the last Kapitan China of Perak and Malaya, had an ornate fountain commissioned.It was designed and built in Glasgow, Scotland, at a cost of 3,000 Straits Settlements dollars.

It was installed at the then Penang Turf Club (PTC) premises in Macalister Road, where the St George’s Girls’ School now stands.

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