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Sun Yat-sen's Penang Base (built late 19th century onward)

This traditional Straits Chinese shophouse served as the base of Dr. Sun Yat Sen's revolutionary party, the Tung Meng Hooi, from 1909-1911. It was here that Dr. Sun and his overseas Chinese supporters met in 1910 to plan the Canton uprising in the spring of 1911. This famous meeting went down in the history of China as the 'Penang Conference'. The country's oldest Chinese language paper, the Kwong Wah Jit Poh, was founded in this house by Dr. Sun's Penang supporters.