hakka heritage museum, balik pulau, penang!!

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Saturday June 12, 2010Plan to build Hakka MuseumBy ANN TAN

THE Penang Khek Association will identify a suitable land in Balik Pulau to build a Hakka Heritage Museum.

Association president Datuk Dr Cheah See Kian said the association was looking for a piece of land measuring 1,858.06 sq m (20,000 sq ft) to build the museum.

Unique architecture: An aerial view of the Hakka round houses found in Fujian, China.



Dr Cheah, who is also the Malaysian Federation of Hakka Associations’ deputy president, said the museum would be modelled after a traditional Hakka round house.

“We have submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and I will be following up with him to see if it is possible for the state to grant us a piece of land in Balik Pulau for the purpose.

A front view of a Hakka building which the Penang Kek Association hopes to model after for the proposed museum in Balik Pulau.



“The museum will feature different kinds of historical Hakka cultural treasures and the unique living style of the Hakka people,” he said in an interview.

He said the round house would have an eatery, a souvenir shop and an audio visual room for children.

Dr Cheah said Penangites could boast of a new tourist attraction in Balik Pulau if the state approved the project.

On the type of structure chosen for the museum, Dr Cheah said the round house was more commonly known by the people compared to the phoenix house and flat house ping fang.

He said there was historical evidence to prove the existence of Hakka settlement in Balik Pulau about 200 years ago.

“Although the Hakka community is not the largest native dialect group in Penang, it was the pioneer group to open up Penang island, with other dialect groups successfully migrating to Malaysia from south China,” he said.

Dr Cheah said the project, once completed, would be a tribute to the Hakka ancestors and their great achievements.

State Local Government and Traffic Management Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow when contacted said the state would hold further discussions with the association on the proposed project.

“We will have to look at the feasibility of the plan first,” he said.

Maisarah

aku tau muzium ni. masa nk pi teluk tempoyak hari tu kwn aku ada tunjuk tp x berani nk masuk sbb dgr cite tempat tu angker. ms lalu tu pun seram tgk jln masuk, dh le gelap xde org plk tu. prnh kwn aku nk pi teluk tempoyak tp xtau cemana leh termasuk situ plk mcm ada org panggil2 je dia masuk. pastu bila tersedar, dia cepat2 pusing balik tp mmg rasa semacam le katanya.

tupaiterbang

why nak bina kat balik pulau? dah abis tanah lain ke kat penang?