I-Penang - indaba yamahhotela amabili

I-MALAYSIA (eTN) - U-Tun uDkt. Lim Chong Eu, indoda eyabangela ukukhula kukaPenang kusukela esiqhingini esincane esaziwayo ibe yisibonelo sempumelelo yezomnotho yashona ngesonto eledlule eneminyaka engu-91. Ukufa kwakhe kuvala isahluko esibalulekile emlandweni kaPenang, njengoba uDkt. ekuthuthukisweni komnotho wasePenang ngesikhathi engungqongqoshe omkhulu. Waguqula i-Penang yasuka emnothweni owawuncike kuphela esimweni sayo sechweba lamahhala wayisa esimweni esisemadolobheni nesithuthukile ngokwanele ukwaziwa ngokuthi iSilicon Valley yaseMalaysia.

IPenang iphinde ibe yikomkhulu lesifunda ezinkampanini ezinkulu zamazwe ngamazwe njenge-Intel ne-Motorola.

Ngisho noma uhlangothi lwezimboni lwe-Penang luqhubekela phambili kanjalo namagugu alo amasiko, futhi ohulumeni basekhaya bayaqhubeka nokuba nobuciko ngokwengeziwe ekufuneni izindlela zokulondoloza isikhathi saso esicebile nesinemibala.

Uhambo lwami lokugcina lwebhizinisi oluya ePenang lwaphenduka uhambo lwasolwandle olungalindelekile esikhathini esidlule sikaPenang.

Njengoba ngiye e-Penang ohambweni oludlule, ngangivele ngiye ezindaweni eziningi “zokuvakasha” enyakatho ezaziwa ngokuthi i-Gurney Drive ne-Batu Feringhi. Kulokhu ngangizimisele ukuhlola idolobha elingaphakathi laseGeorgetown, elinye lamadolobha amadala kakhulu eMalaysia, elalisanda kuklonyeliswa ngesikhundla seNdawo Yamagugu Omhlaba yi-UNESCO ngo-2008.

Ukuzithola ulahlekile ku-maze yemigwaqo emincane nemizila e-Georgetown yakudala kuyingxenye yobumnandi. Njengokuhamba uye esikhathini esidlule, isikhathi sama endaweni ethile cishe ngo-1958. Umuzwa ufana neHavana endala ngaphandle kwezimoto zakudala. Ama-peeling opende avela kuma-facade amathempeli, futhi akukho lutho olulungisiwe, cishe lutho.

Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, izakhiwo eziningi zamagugu ezindala e-Penang zibuyiselwe futhi zanikezwa ukuqasha okusha empilweni ngenkathi zigcina ubuhle bezwe elidala. Enye iphrojekthi enjalo iStraits Collection endaweni eyinhloko ye-UNESCO Heritage Georgetown. Izindlu zezitolo ezibuyiselwe endaweni eyigugu yaseGeorgetown eduze kwase-Stewart Lane kanye no-Armenian Street zathengwa zaphila ngengxube yezitolo, ikhefi, ukufundwa komphakathi, indawo yefilimu, kanye nezindawo zokuhlala zesikhathi esifushane nezesikhathi eside.

Ukuphindaphinda indlela yokuphila yasePenang yasekuqaleni, cishe ngo-1900, into eyenza kahle kakhulu owazalelwa e-Australia uNarelle McMurtie. Njengoba esevele ephethe indawo yokungcebeleka esiqhingini esingumakhelwane saseLangkawi, iBon Ton Resort, okuyiqoqo lezindlu ezindala zaseMalay naseShayina ezifakwe ngokucebile ngezitayela ezifanayo, izinhloso zakhe zifaniswe ngokulinganayo eGeorgetown neStraits Collection. Ihhotela ngokwalo liqukethe izindlu zasedolobheni ezilungisiwe, zonke zihlome ngezinsiza zehhotela lezinkanyezi ezinhlanu, njenge-air conditioning kuwo wonke amafulethi nama-mini bar, kanye nesistimu ye-Wi-Fi enhle kakhulu kanye nezingcingo zokudayela eziqondile.

Ingxenye yomgwaqo kaPenang wokuzuza isimo samagugu omhlaba ingabuye yabelwane ngesinye isakhiwo esingokomfanekiso, i-Eastern & Oriental Hotel (E&O Hotel), eyahlala ithule iminyaka eminingi futhi yabuyiselwa ngothando esimweni sayo sangaphambili se-Grand Dame ngo-2001.

Mhlawumbe akukho lutho olungcono kunengcaphuno yencwajana yehhotela eyabhalwa ngo-1922 engafingqa ngalowo mzuzu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, “Okubonakala kude olwandle, lesi siqhingi sasePenang, iparele le-Malay Archipelago, sibonakala sintanta ngaphezu komkhathizwe” kuqhubeka , "Ngakho-ke, akuyona into emangazayo ukuthi labo abaye bavakashela ihhotela elidumile, babheka i-E&O njengezulu okufanele lifunwe ngokuphindaphindiwe njengoba umhambi ebuyela ekhaya lakhe lothando."

Lena yindlela engizizwa ngayo ngePenang entsha.