I attended the opening ceremony of a commemorative exhibition on the life of Dr Wu Lien-Teh last week, and I duly went to the function hall at the Kwong Wah Yit Poh premises in Presgrave Street yesterday for the event. I have to say that the ceremony was very well organised and they had even invited the new Chinese Consul in Penang to attend. There was also a huge crowd, notably from two Chinese schools - Sek Men Jenis Kebangsaan Jit Sin and Sek Men Jenis Kebangsaan Heng Ee. None came from Penang Free School, however, as possibly no effort was made by the organisers to inform Wu Lien-Teh's own school. The exhibition runs until tomorrow (30 October 2022).
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| What a coup by the secretary of the Wu Lien-Teh Society who managed to get all the VIPs to hold a scroll of Wi Lien-Teh's portrait. This wasn't in the script at all. Among the personalities I can identify are Wu Lien-Teh Society president Anwar Fasal, Loke Gim Tay, Penang exco member Chong Eng, the new Chinese Consul whose name escapes me and Dr Doraisamy from the Malaysia-China Friendship Association. |
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| We wanted to take a picture with the Chinese Consul and the Penang exco member, but someone else happened to be on the stage at the same time and we couldn't ask him to leave |
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| This lady here was the curator of the whole exhibition |
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| In this and the following pictures are various pictures taken of the exhibition |
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| Loke Gim Tay playing the role of guide to the pupils from Jit Sin and Heng Ee |
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