Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, Penang, Malaysia

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Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion

Cheong Fatt Tze (1840 - 1917), a Hakka from Tai Pu in
the Teochew district, migrated to Java in the 1850s
where he prospered and moved his base to Penang in the
early 1890s. A powerful Nanyang industrialist and a
first-class Mandarin in the Manchu government, he was
made Consul-General in Singapore and economic advisor
to the Empress Dowager. 

Cheong Fatt Tze had eight wives and owned many
residences throughout his trading empire but made
Penang his base, where he raised his six sons. 

The Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion was built over seven years
from 1896 to 1904 by teams of master craftsmen from
China. This mansion is only one of three of its kind
left outside China. The mansion is the only stately
Chinese-type dwelling representing the best of 18th
and 19th century Chinese architecture in the State. 

It was acquired and painstakingly restored to its
original splendour by a group of conservationists
several years back. To visit, go to Leith Street which
is off Lebuh Farquhar, beside St. Xavier’s Institution
school.

 

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