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The good doctor from Penang
Medical and scientific descendants around the world honour Dr Wu Lien-Teh, the internationally acclaimed 'Plague Fighter'.
‘Defer Qing Ming this year’
GEORGE TOWN: The Chinese community has been urged to postpone this year’s Qing Ming festival (All Souls Day), and to pray from home to avoid any unnecessary social or religious gatherings which could help spread the Covid-19.
Malaysia’s little-known plague fighter
HIS name is conspicuously absent from our school history books and he has never been accorded the recognition he truly deserves.
Wu Lien-Teh: Malaysia's little-known plague virus fighter
The Malaysian doctor fought a deadly plague in China which killed 60,000 people.
Opening a new chapter in history with book translation
GEORGE TOWN: A Bahasa Malaysia version of a book on the history behind Penang’s street names authored by Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai and his fellow Penangite colleagues has been completed by Universiti Sains Malaysia students.
Hu Yew Seah honours legendary poet and doctor
GEORGE TOWN: The local mural art scene now has an extra attraction along Madras Lane here, where the historical Hu Yew Seah buildings are located.
Stamp cover featuring Nobel Prize nominee a big hit
GEORGE TOWN: Collectors snapped up 1,000 private souvenir covers featuring 1935 Nobel Prize nominee Dr Wu Lien Teh within two hours at the Philatelic Stamps Exhibition and Fair at The Star Pitt Street here.
Malaysian-born specialist appointed member of Order of Australia
MELBOURNE: When Dr Yvonne Ho moved to Australia from Malaysia with her parents 37 years ago as a young student, she never dreamt that one day she would become an internationally acclaimed specialist in radiology and nuclear medicine.
Passionate about Penang
BOOK lovers learnt about snippets from the past during an up close and personal sharing session with the author of ‘Penang’s History, My Story’, Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai at the Popular Mega Bookfair at the Straits Quay Convention Centre in Penang.
Penang plague fighter made global impact
THE Penang Heritage Trust’s (PHT) talk on ‘Dr Wu Lien-Teh and China’s First Medical Research Institute’ celebrated the Penangite’s invaluable contributions to medical services.
