While the state receives millions in conservation funding, it faces challenges in preserving the Protestant cemetery due to its climate
Tour guide Zul Harris arrived in a purple shirt, grey trousers and a black flat cap to greet seven tourists waiting at the gate.
Inside, a narrow laterite path ran through the cemetery beneath old frangipani trees, whose dense canopy cast a muted green light over weathered headstones tilting at uneven angles.
Zul was leading a cemetery tour in George Town, where one of Penang’s oldest burial grounds is drawing attention as a historical site with unique heritage features.
Interest is growing in such tours as visitors seek out the island’s darker and lesser-known histories, beyond the food, shophouses and architecture that are core to Penang’s appeal.
Source: News - South China Morning Post
