Prangin Road, George Town
Prangin Road is a major thoroughfare in the city of George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. The one-way road, one of the busiest in the city centre, forms the southernmost limit of the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site and runs along major landmarks such as Komtar and Prangin Mall.
Prangin Road, George Town
Prangin Mall (left) and Komtar (right), as seen from Prangin Road.
Sia Boey Market was a wet market adjacent to the Prangin Canal. The site had been rejunivated into an urban archaeological park opened in 2019.
Komtar Walk is a stretch of food outlets along Prangin Road. The southern side of the road (seen here) is also outside the city's UNESCO Site.
The Tun Abdul Razak Complex, formerly the Penang Urban Centre, is a civic complex within the central business district of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. At the time of its completion in 1985, Komtar Tower, at 231.7 metres (760 ft), was the second tallest building in Asia and the tallest in Southeast Asia until 1986 when it was surpassed by One Raffles Place in Singapore. Other buildings in the complex include a hotel building, four shopping malls, an urban park, and a central transportation hub. The complex contains 1,420,000 square feet (132,000 m2) of office and retail space on a 27-acre (11 ha) superblock. It currently houses the administrative offices of the Penang state government and the chief minister of Penang.
Komtar Tower in 2024.
Bus route 101 at the first lane of the terminal
Windsor Building and Capitol Theatre, c.1937.
Lim Chong Eu, chief minister of Penang, was highly influential in the development of Komtar.