The making of Penang’s very own Central Park in historic Sia Boey
A view of some of the abandoned buildings near the canal at Sia Boey. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
The once-brackish canal, formerly known as the Prangin Canal, has already been rehabilitated and restored into a pristine waterway with fish swimming in it. “Our concept is to make sure it is a recreational park for the community, with a playground for children, and it will make the city a liveable city,” Ong said.He said the park will go very well with the Penang Island City Council’s vision to repopulate George Town with public amenities to draw people back to the city.Sia Boey began life as a trading hub back in 1804.
The row of shophouses on the site along with the market hall were left to decay. The whole place became overgrown with vegetation, while the state government of the day proposed one project after another, which never took off, for the site. The archaeological findings on the site — a police barracks and a basin with canal lock — will be integrated into the park.
GTWHI built environment and monitoring officer in archaeology, Charlotte Papillaud Looram, and conservation architect Virajitha Chimalapati worked together to sieve and identify the thousands of artefacts dug up from the canal.
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