We reached Kuala Sungei Pinang( 双溪槟榔港口) late, after having great time eating durian at the orchard in Sg Pinang(west). It was sunset....the arch at the entrance of the village town welcome us, even it was a big late...
The bridge leading to the jetty
The fishing village town, unlike Sungei Pinang which is a Hakka town, the Kuala Sungei Pinang is a Teochew village.
The colorful fishing boats
It was low tide when we visited the jetty
The view towards the end of the river ,maybe to the sea
Another view of sunset at fishing village
Fishing boats
Fishing jetty
The stream behind the town
At the back of the shops
Small stream separate the town and jetty
SJKC Yu Chye(育才小学), a Chinese primary school, the school hall, normally used as badminton court
The main block of the school, motorbikes belong to the basketball players
The school sign in front of the school
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Kuala Sungei Pinang is a small fishing village town in Balik Pulau. It is located at the west side of Penang island, an off road P236 from the east of the road, Jalan Singei Rusa( from Balik Pulau to Sungei Pinang). The villagers are mainly fishermen.
There is no tourist attraction in Sungei Pinang, it is only a village towns, with a bridge leading to jetty. There is one Chinese primary school, SJKC Yu Chye, the school is big and modern, with a basketball court. Many youngsters are playing basketball when we visited the school. It is very comforting to see how a small fishing village is able to support a primary school of that size, which is even bigger than the school in Sungei Pinang town (west).
The Thean Hou Temple (天后宫)in Kuala Sg Pinang contributed finance to the SJKC Yu Chye, through the ice factory owned by the temple, all students of the school do not need to pay any fee , buy exercise books; as all these expenses are financed by the revenue from the ice factory. The temple was awarded 1990 Lim Lian Geok Award for their contribution to the school.
1990年第三届林连玉精神奖得主: 槟城浮罗山背双溪槟榔港口天后宫
获奖理由: 四十年如一日，承担着当地华小的一切发展费用，以及当地华小学生的一切学杂费，在普及教育、作育英才方面，为国家社会作出了贡献。
SJKC Yu Chye(浮罗双溪槟榔港口育才小学)
四十余年来，免除缴交学费、考试费、补习费及购买作业簿等等，这是浮罗双溪槟榔港口育才小学历届的学生历年来所得的厚待。该校的学生在槟州已是公认的最幸运的学生，他们免除缴交各种的费用，经为部分家庭减轻负担，尤其是贫穷的家庭。
学生们多年来免交学费等是因为育才董事部历年来皆挺身而出赞助学校的所有开销。惟董事部的一切经济来源皆来自港口的天后宫。因为天后宫每年将其“冰厂”（产业）所赚取的极丰厚利润用在发展育才小学。
坐落在天后宫旁的“冰厂”（该小型“冰厂”是当地唯一的冰块供应 商），是双溪槟榔港口已故热心华教人士林镇坤及蔡金城捐献予天后宫的，彼等的愿望是在得到天后宫全体理事的保管下，将该“冰厂”每年所赚取的利润用在协助 育才小学逐步成长，同时也为就读该校的学生们承担所有的学费及考试费等，减轻家长的负担及确保后代的子孙们有机会接受启蒙的小学教育。他们二人的崇高精神 的确值得后人尊敬与学习。
历年来，天后宫除了负责学生们全年的学杂费之外，也负起发展学校的重任。浮罗山背双溪槟榔育才小学现有学生约一百五十名，创校初期校舍是简单的亚答屋，惟于五十年代迁移校舍至现址至今。
(source: extract from http://llgcultural.com/awards)
Here, we can hear the rhythm of the fishing village, watch the sunset at the jetty, observing the birds from nearby mangrove swamp. Villagers said there were also some fireflies nearby, but not many. A short eco-tour.....
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3-5-2009 with the title" Lim Lian Geok(林连玉) - Defender of Chinese Education in Malaysia
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