A Malaysian city like no other

"Getting George Town a city status like Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur is not important as it was already made a city by the British on 1 Jan 1957. Most of the recognised cities in the country obtained the recognition because of political reasons. George Town is already the first city in the country and Penang is the first state to have a fully-elected local council in 1956 and first mayor in December 1957. We were also first to have elected people’s representatives in government in 1857.”

Dr Goh Ban Lee
Fellow, Socio-Economic and Environmental Research Institute, Penang