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..THE
SARA SAGA
..HAIL,
PENANG!
..PENANG
UNDER THE BRITISH
..EAST
INDIA COMPANY:
..1786-1858
..PENANG
AND ITS REGION
..FATIMAH'S
KAMPUNG
..IPOH
WHEN TIN WAS KING
..HERITAGE
HOUSES IN PENANG
..ENGLISH-PENANG
HOKKIEN
..POCKET
DICTIONARY
..SUN
YAT SEN IN PENANG
..HELEN
ONG'S GREAT DINING
..IN
PENANG
..THE
CHINESE IN PENANG:
..A
PICTORIAL HISTORY
..DAYS
GONE BYE:
..LIVING
IN PENANG
..ROAD
TO DAWN: FILMING
..IN
PENANG
..TULILA:
MUZIK BUJUKAN
..MANDAILING
..PENANG,
THROUGH GUILDED
..DOORS
..MORE
THAN MERCHANTS
..PENANG
TRAMS,
..TROLLEYBUSES & RAILWAYS
..OUR MALAYSIA
..KINTA VALLEY
..PENANG POSTCARDS
..COLLECTION
..STREETS OF GEORGE
TOWN,
..PENANG
..RAJA BILAH AND
..THE MANDAILINGS
..IN PERAK
..WATER WATCH
Areca
Books
120 Armenian Street
10200 Penang, Malaysia
Tel: +60 4 2620123
Fax: +60 4 2633970
Email: arecabooks@gmail.com
Website: www.arecabooks.com
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Hail,
Penang!
George
Bilainkin
Price RM40
2010, Areca Books
Hardcover, 15cm x 21.6cm,
304 pages,
56 black & white illustrations.
Includes index.
ISBN 978–967–5719–02–8
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Speech
by Ilsa Sharp,
on 'Hail, Penang!'
by George Bilainkin
at book launch
10 July 2010, Penang
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Reviews
& Press
The
Star,
Thursday August 5, 2010
'' More
books on heritage city to meet growing interest''
By Christina Chin
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Hail,
Penang!
Contents
List
of Illustrations vi
Acknowledgements viii
Foreword by Ilsa Sharp ix
Preface xxiv
I
Towards the Pearl of the East 1
II Ricksha Coolies' Greeting 11
III I Meet The Staff 19
IV The Colour Bar 31
V Keng Hor and Abdul 45
VI Willing Slavery 53
VII Damaging European Prestige 63
VIII Fighting Loneliness Everywhere 75
IX Dr. Voronoff's Ambition 87
X Sidelights on Local Life 93
XI White Outcasts 103
XII Christmas in the Jungle 115
XIII Marriage a Real Lottery 137
XIV Englishwoman on a Leper Island 149
XV Human Suffering 163
XVI Europeans' Manners 175
XVII "Failed B.A." 187
XVIII A Malay Love-Letter 199
XIX Noel Coward's Wizardry 213
XX Racial Clashes 225
XXI Malaya - For Whom? 235
Index 260
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