Campbell Street

6.14pm 13/10/2010

Campbell Street, Penang : It's also known as the Chinatown as it is populated with the Chinese once upon a time. This is one of the streets in Penang where shophouses from different eras can still be found. You can still see a lot of old Chinese people surviving with old trades such as the Chinese pharmacy, Rolex shop, wet market, antiques shop, gold shop, textile shop and so on. The whole George Town area including this street used to be very lively before the repeal of Rent Control Act in year 2000. Now, it has become a quite street. Many tenants have moved out. The shophouse only open in the day time for business. At night, you can see some sex workers making their lives here. If no action to be taken to revive this heritage street, we can never see, learn and experience the beauty from the past. To live in a modern world, we don't necessarily have to destroy the past. Modernisation and heritage can be blend together.