Fwd: Tanjong Tokong

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From: Jimmy C S Lim <cslcyy@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: December 29, 2011 17:34:14 GMT+08:00
To: cslcyy@yahoo.co.uk, sophinetann@yahoo.com, rebecca duckett <rebeccaduckett@mac.com>, yan lee <leeyan.c@gmail.com>
Subject: Tanjong Tokong

Tanjong Tokong

1.  Open spaces.  As infills in village, spots where houses were demolished.  Part of revitalization of transforming them into picnic grounds or little clearings in an old orchard.
2.  Old fruit trees.  Cashews and mangos.  Highlight their presence and existence.  A historical marker.
3.  Dilapidated houses to be re furnished.  Made into Tourists' centres or overnight accommodations.  Own and run by TT/Chant Trust.
4.  Relocate market or upgrade existing market space to reflect it's long history.
5.  Central open space to be centre of traditional herbal allotments.  To promote local medicinal herbs and salads.
6.  Showcase cultural use of plants not only for food but also for medicinal use in Traditional Malay village in Penang.
7.   Living Museum of traditional cultural integration between Malay and Chinese that existed in villages prior to Arabisation of Islam into Malaysian culture.
8.    A village which typifies the peaceful religious co-existence.
9.    Re- identifying and highlighting traditional village and architecture.
10.  Revitalizing traditional lifestyle, values and dignities.
11.     Reintroducing traditional craft form.
12.   Revisiting fishermen's craft eg net making, boat building, carpentry, weaving of traditional fishing traps, fishing paraphernalia, fishermen's boxes....
13.  Artistes colonies and residents hub.
14.  Portrayal of an authentic village quality of life.
15.  An attractive alternative for the up marker residents and visitors from Sri Tanjong.
16.  A self- made and proud village of descendants of fishermen in this Millennium.
17.   A 300 yr old historic village regenerated.
18.  A Folk Museum out of all abandon vernacular houses to showcase the villages' history.


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