International Conference 'Penang and the Indian Ocean'

(16-18 September 2011, George Town, Penang, Malaysia)

Abstract

On 7 July 2008, George Town, the historic capital of the Malaysian state of Penang, was formally inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, alongside Malacca. It was officially recognised as having “a unique architectural and cultural townscape without parallel anywhere in East and Southeast Asia.”