Email [email protected] with the subject “Readers Share”. While I was on holiday recently in Ipoh, Perak, I was surprised to see an awkward street name: Concubine Street.

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Since 1964 the museum has been housed in a heritage building on Farquhar Street opposite the Courts complex. The building dates back to 1816 and was originally used by the Penang Free School.

THE Penang Museum, which has seen a steady increase in the number of visitors over the past several years, is looking forward to even bigger numbers once its restoration is completed in three years.