Sculpturing Penang’s public spaces
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Ooi Kok Chuen
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The short but significant story of the Khean Guan Insurance Company
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In 1885, the Chinese-owned Khean Guan Insurance Company was established in Penang. This was in response to the growing number of Western insurance companies operating in the city in the final decades of the 19th century.
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Kikuchi Mitsuo standing next to his sculpture, Under a Penang Sky.A squat oval marble sculpture on a circular pedestal sits forlornly at the edge of the...
