#shihchung #georgetown #penang Penang Heritage Trust President Lim Gaik Seng talks about the past, the present and future of Penang's Shih Chung Branch School.
Thank you for this lovely story of Penang and Heritage. Hope this building will be restored and renovated for generations to understand the Chinese diaspora and the history of Malaysia.
I found the story and images of this building fascinating and evocative. It reminds me of the decaying plantation mansions in the US deep south. I am a great granddaughter of Tye Kee Yoon (on my mother's side) and Alexia Tye (below) is my cousin.
Thank you Nicky for this video. You must have got a drone up there. I am a great grand daughter of the previous owner, Chinese Consul Tye Kee Yoon, so it means a lot to me
Thanks so much for the lovely comment, I'm happy that the video has this special meaning to you! GS actually told me about you. Hope I can meet you one day.
Thank you so much for this video! I learned so much from this after scourging the internet for more information regarding this building. Such an old building with a rich history left to decay... How did you manage to get in contact with the Penang Heritage Trust President? It was lovely to hear her speak so fondly of the building. Odd that the owners didn't restore the place despite applying for a permit. I wonder how much this building is worth today considering it's current condition. How did they buy this building in the first place? Sorry for all my questions. I'm naturally very curious.
Thank you for your kind comment, glad you like this video. She's actually very approachable, she's always around at Penang's gatherings and she really is a walking historic encyclopaedia :) So much knowledge! I think she would the right person to answer your questions. Are you based in Malaysia?
@@NickyAlmasyyeah I'm from here. I recently began reading about abandoned buildings in this country after watching restoration videos involving abandoned school's/homes in the US, and chateau's/convents in France. Not to mention all those abandoned castle's in Europe. Naturally, I became curious of what abandoned buildings existed here as it was difficult to find such information through RUclips. It was disappointing to find mostly 'this haunted abandoned (insert building)!' type videos. Videos involving the actual history with no ghost stories seemed impossible to find. So I searched for information online which is gave me much better results. I learned a lot more from this website I stumbled upon by raz talhar. That person takes pictures of abandoned places all over the country and writes small bits of history about them. Just type in abandoned buildings raz talhar and you will the website immediately! She seems like a social person then! I'd love to explore Penang more, but it's unfortunately hours away. I'd love to ask her questions too, but how would I do that? How would I contact her being so far away? I am also rather shy... Would it really be alright? Anyways, you two make learning history much more interesting compared to school. I fear information of this place will disappear one day- so I suppose it would be best to collect all my sources now while they're still here. I wish other Malaysian RUclipsrs made videos like this. They're very popular in the west judging by the amount that exists, so maybe one day.
I knew something was off with that building.. (because like every single time i went pass this road, i was like : "ey why isit like that one" , and so yeah i didn't expect it to be haunted.
I actually stumble upon this abandoned building this morning, while waiting for dimsum, i walked into the parking space and start taking photos around this abandoned building, I do hope it's not barricade as I do hope i can get more photos out of this building, it's definitely facinating to see this type of building still standing till this day. @exy_memento
Thank you for this lovely story of Penang and Heritage. Hope this building will be restored and renovated for generations to understand the Chinese diaspora and the history of Malaysia.
I found the story and images of this building fascinating and evocative. It reminds me of the decaying plantation mansions in the US deep south. I am a great granddaughter of Tye Kee Yoon (on my mother's side) and Alexia Tye (below) is my cousin.
Fascinating story! Thank you for sharing 🙏
Thank you Nicky for this video. You must have got a drone up there. I am a great grand daughter of the previous owner, Chinese Consul Tye Kee Yoon, so it means a lot to me
Thanks so much for the lovely comment, I'm happy that the video has this special meaning to you! GS actually told me about you. Hope I can meet you one day.
Thank you so much for this video! I learned so much from this after scourging the internet for more information regarding this building.
Such an old building with a rich history left to decay... How did you manage to get in contact with the Penang Heritage Trust President? It was lovely to hear her speak so fondly of the building. Odd that the owners didn't restore the place despite applying for a permit. I wonder how much this building is worth today considering it's current condition. How did they buy this building in the first place?
Sorry for all my questions. I'm naturally very curious.
Thank you for your kind comment, glad you like this video. She's actually very approachable, she's always around at Penang's gatherings and she really is a walking historic encyclopaedia :) So much knowledge! I think she would the right person to answer your questions. Are you based in Malaysia?
@@NickyAlmasyyeah I'm from here. I recently began reading about abandoned buildings in this country after watching restoration videos involving abandoned school's/homes in the US, and chateau's/convents in France. Not to mention all those abandoned castle's in Europe.
Naturally, I became curious of what abandoned buildings existed here as it was difficult to find such information through RUclips. It was disappointing to find mostly 'this haunted abandoned (insert building)!' type videos. Videos involving the actual history with no ghost stories seemed impossible to find.
So I searched for information online which is gave me much better results. I learned a lot more from this website I stumbled upon by raz talhar. That person takes pictures of abandoned places all over the country and writes small bits of history about them. Just type in abandoned buildings raz talhar and you will the website immediately!
She seems like a social person then! I'd love to explore Penang more, but it's unfortunately hours away. I'd love to ask her questions too, but how would I do that? How would I contact her being so far away? I am also rather shy... Would it really be alright?
Anyways, you two make learning history much more interesting compared to school. I fear information of this place will disappear one day- so I suppose it would be best to collect all my sources now while they're still here.
I wish other Malaysian RUclipsrs made videos like this. They're very popular in the west judging by the amount that exists, so maybe one day.
Tq for telling the story of this building.. any proposal forwarded to the Chinese Government to restore it to be the Chinese Consulate in Penang?
I think this is still in the talks.
I knew something was off with that building.. (because like every single time i went pass this road, i was like : "ey why isit like that one" , and so yeah i didn't expect it to be haunted.
I actually stumble upon this abandoned building this morning, while waiting for dimsum, i walked into the parking space and start taking photos around this abandoned building, I do hope it's not barricade as I do hope i can get more photos out of this building, it's definitely facinating to see this type of building still standing till this day. @exy_memento
I have made a VR set of this place. Just search for Heritage Building of Shing Chung on the map and you may look around inside the building.