Penang Hokkien On Life Support

Apart from the Penang Hainan Association that was established in the 1870s, there are no notable landmarks marking the Hainanese community’s early settlement in Penang. Most Hainanese immigrants hailed from Wanning, a county-level city in the south-east of Hainan Province.

Convent schools – and missionary schools in general – have provided education in Malaysia since long before Independence. Establishing their first s...