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Issue 9, Year 2000


The New Face of Northam Road
Wherever you are The Penang File 
brings you news of Penang and its concerns. 
 
We are shattered by the forthcoming disappearance of the Ayer Itam market (COMMENT); the uncertain fate of the inner city is discussed in CONCERNS; some are critical of the Draft Structure Plan (NEWS); PEOPLE exceptionally carries an obituary on a great son of Perak, Tun Mohamed Suffian;  Lim Kean Siew recalls a dream of Prangin River in Poodle and Elephant (HERITAGE);  in CONCORDANCE there is more from Raymond Kwok's collection of  Baba sayings; Ghulam-Sawar Yousof is favourably impressed by Tan Sooi Beng's "Bangsawan"  (BOOK REVIEW); and at PAGE11 Kerry G describes the agony of a long wait for an operation on her broken ankle.

 November 2000
Stories and articles in the Baba dialect will be particularly welcomed

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